X-Kid The Bio
The early years of the X-Kid/ Immaculate Flave saga started as a youth in the fledging Portland, OR hip hop scene as a breakdancer for Reflex (sponsored by Pepsi) & as an intricate member of hip hop/ electro-rock crew Dynamic Sound Machine w/ Seanski Luv & DJ Pauly Paul (whose brother Henry Bogdan was original bassist for hard hitting rock band Helmet). During this embryonic stage a young multi-instrumentalist X-Kid first honed his complex lyrical stylings and mastered the art of beat manipulation & production. Also there was a brief but powerful collaboration with Kickin It Productions, whose alumni includes Herman Da Brown Hornet, super producer Bosko, Jumbo & Vursatyl of LifeSavas & Pete Miser.
Street hustling & opportunity continued X-Kids journey north to the City Of Rain Seattle, WA. There X-Kid connected with EZ Shock aka DJ Demo, first as NSP (until New Kids On The Block stole the name after a chance meeting at Puyallup Fair) then as sexually energized P.O.W. (Players On Wax), culminating in the release of the seminal NW classic “Down Wit P.O.W”. A corrupt, desperate legal system created situations that folded X-Kid’s original label, D. Ganksta Records, when label owner Darryl “D-Bone” Armstrong was framed, falsely convicted of conspiracy as part of Seattle’s infamous “Weed & Seed” federal sting operation. Shortly thereafter X-Kid joined forces with spit fire mc Mista Snipe & formed power duo Mack Patrol, inter-mingled with a as a stint as engineer/ producer alongside RC Tha Trackaholic, Beezie 2000 & Mike Wingo for legendary Central District studio Let’s Do It Productions, founded by the late great Sam Stephens.
Early 2000 X-Kid created Immaculate Flave with longtime cohort Dank P & a small roster of NW artists, including a young Julie C. (currently of Alpha P/ 206 Zulu). A string of releases followed: X-Kid “Bangable” EP, Metaphoric “Welcome To My World”, Dank P “King Dank Version”, Freeze “Situations” & 2003’s X-Kid “Scienz Klass”. Sprinkled in were X-Kid appearances on South Bronx’s Trakwerk “Affiliated” & groundbreaking Pete Miser “Camouflage Is Relative”, shows all across US & Canada performing solo, w/ Flave crew & as bassist singer for hydro rock band Indo Stix (w/ super shredder Shawn Julien.)
2005 saw X-Kid relocating to industry hot Hollywood, CA & Immaculate Flave expanding its executive branch with the arrival of business partner/ artist Aries. Intense, action-packed shows (w/ Dudley Perkins, Hollywood Kill, Pic Vicious, Marcie Smith, Truth, Menacin Johnson, Megabusive to name a few), additional releases: X-Kid “The Tombz”, Aries “Scholarly Prodigies”, “Smoke Muzik” & “Flaveworld” mixtapes, national & regional tours including “Blow Treez” Tour, “.700 World Series” Tour, “Massive Damage” Tour, touring alongside such contemporaries Alpha P (Sea), The Pirate Signal (Den), The Bayliens (Oak), DJ Inform (Ohio), Snow White Tha Product (SD), MTA (MI), League 510 (SF), prog rockers Ben’s Jazz Kit (Sea) & many others. It also saw the introduction of X-Kid’s alter ego Red Apache as lead singer/ bassist of neo pimp punk band Black Gravity (w/ extreme drummer Jazz Turnbow of Ben’s Jazz Kit & No. Michigan guitar god Taro Taylor.)
2010 has exciting ventures on the horizon spearheaded by the current releases of X-Kid “The Don Juan Of Saddam” & X-Kid & Dank P “Block Propaganda”. Upcoming releases by Dank P “Sex & Communion”, Red Apache “The Dark Side Of Nowhere”, self titled releases by Black Gravity & supergroup Turf Commission (feat. X-Kid & L.A. underground mic terrorists Emaculent, G-Profit & Infamous), projects in the works with Portland, OR lyrical assassins Beanz & Artoffacts, Seattle, WA songbird Ashley Grammer & femcee S.E.A. Endeavors in fashion, film and web commerce continue to enhance Immaculate Flave’s ever-expanding portfolio. X-Kid will continue to be a resilient staple in the NW & national underground/ mainstream hip-hop scene.
Artists X-Kid has shared stage with includes: NW heavyweights Sir Mixalot, LifeSavas, Pete Miser, Ol Dominion, Alpha P, MADK, Sonny Bonoho, Boom Bap Project, Neema, Left Coast Ink, SandPeople, Incubiz, Rocket One, Mic Crenshaw, Animal Farm, Keegan Smith, Elefaders, Bad Habitat, Sapient, Silent Lambs Project, Vitamin D, DJ Funkdaddy, Mind Movers, Oly Ghost, Mr. DOG, Silver Shadow D, Livio, Young Thyn, Cool Nutz, Maniac Lok, National artists De La Soul, Digital Underground, Ol D B (RIP), DJ Quik, Twista, X-Clan, Bad Brains, Tash of Tha Liks, Jeru Tha Damaja, Yukmouth, Living Legends, Boot Camp Clik, T-Nutty, Tone Loc, 2nd To None, N2 Deep, Afu Ra, Kanser, Finale, J. Rawls & underground artists coast to coast in every market of US.
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