ARTIST BIO:

Deal The Villain, born in the year of Rapper's Delight’s commercial release. Raised by a mother who incorporated music from day’s beginning to end & early exposure to Hip Hop “turntablism” introduced DTV to the fundamentals of Hip Hop early on. With the correlation of his ever present affinity of Jazz to Hip Hop made through rap groups such as A Tribe Called Quest, Deal had all he would need to recognize, produce, & write monumental music. Influenced by Jay Dilla's production & MF Doom's style and content, DTV can sample the sweetest songs into gutter anthems or create ballads from scratch to create “boom-bap” in a contemporary form. You can hear DTV's production on Brokn.Englsh's R.E.M., PreWreck mixtapes,& Dreamscape EP, Myk Dyaleks' Chilla Than a Caterpilla mixtape & the underground smash Bodybag feat. Fresh Daily, 8thW1, & Homeboy Sandman. Deal's writing prowess can be heard on The World Class Wrecking Crew tracks Guillotine, 5 Rings, & March Madness, Tom Chase (of St. Joe Louis’) 100 Yard Dash Mixtape, and lead production & lyricist from the 12 man NJ/NY conglomerate Elite Assembly.