Danny Ramalho (born Sept 10,1993) better known as his stage name Machiavellian is a Cape Verdean American rapper from Bridgeport, CT.

Biography

Early life

Danny Ramalho was born and raised in the BIG city of Bridgeport,Connecticut by Nicholas Ramalho and Ana Ramalho, as the fourth of his father's six children. When he was young, he and his brothers performed at local parties and close-by clubs. Ramalho was influenced by the artists which his cousins played on the home radio, such as Mase and The Notorious B.I.G. Before becoming a rap artist, Ramalho was interested in becoming a pianist. At the age of 9, he wrote his first song titled "The One n' Only". In the song he featured his younger brother, Nicholas Ramalho better known as Lil Kidd. Later on, Ramalho was asked by his father to play the piano while his younger brother rapped the lyrics to his song. This went on for about three years until Ramalho's father left to go visit his home country, Cape Verde, for six months. The distance between his father didn't allow him to continue playing together as a family, so Ramalho decided to move on forward on his own.

The First Time

During the departure of his father, Ramalho found out his school was holding a dance in which would include a talent show. Ramalho thought this was a great opportunity of accomplishing his dream since well-known DJ Rush would be there. Later that day, Ramalho rushed home to write his song he would sing at the dance. He chose to write a song about his beloved hometown Bridgeport, CT thinkin everyone who was watching would love it because they were all from the same place. But two days before the dance Ramalho just couldn't make up his mind. He didn't want to perform anymore because he knew it was challenge writing a hit song within two days. But finally he came up with a chorus and two verses that he thought would please the audience. On the day of the dance, he got ready for his performance and to do what he dreamed of: to make his audience scream his name. After the performance, Ramalho had tons of people come up to him congratulating and complimenting his great first rap performance. After that tremendous night, Ramalho had the motivation he needed to go far. Soon, he started writing more music and finally at the age of 13, he recorded his first song on his older cousin, Henry Gomes' laptop titled "A Hundred Bars" and passed out CDs to his closest friends.Nelson