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Location:
Silver Spring, Maryland
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🔗https://www.instagram.com/realslayertyler?igsh=d2x1enJhcDUybG9o&utm_source=qr
Bio:
I go by the name of Benjamin Sherman aka Chinua. I grew up in a city called Paynesville , a city that taught me the true meaning of survival, struggles, pain, and ambition. My whole life has been around hip hop from the positive to the negative side. It’s always been an escape, my voice, and a way to express everything I’ve been through. I wasn’t always a rapper at first I had a crazy love for basketball, I wanted to be like Kevin Durant. I just used to vibe to the mixtapes my dad and my brother brought home from the likes of jayz, biggie, pac, em, nas, jeru da damaja, llcool, Kendrick Lamar, j Cole, Joey badass, earl, Danny brown and many more. My early influences came from tyga, 2 chainz, meek mill, Rick Ross, Drake. They were the artists popping. But as I got older I wanted to venture w the music more, it wasn’t relatable to me anymore. When I actually tuned in to the likes of dot, Cole, Joey, earl, Tyler that’s when I knew I wanted to be a rapper and tell my story.
They related to the struggles I face esp Kendrick and J COLE. From the environment we come from and the struggles, we go through as black people in this world.. like speaking for the community, empowering.
When I started I doubted myself so many times and felt I was never good enough, slept on , rejected but I knew this was gonna be my destiny.
First of all, my parents are African imagine me telling them I want to be a rapper. They would’ve been disappointed lmao and that became a fear. My motive was to make my family proud. So I kept it a secret for the longest. It was not until one day my dad went through my notes and saw my verses. He was so surprised, I thought he was upset but he told he was proud and if it made me happy keep doing it. So I started off with battle rap in my neighborhood, school and local entertainment centers.
I started gaining fame from my block and the people started to want the music, and that became the challenge. I was insecure bout it at the time and I didn’t want people to see the other dark side of my life and the thoughts I had growing up. But I’ve learned pass that because at the end of day you want to relate to people. That’s what an artist does. So I started releasing music recently, I dropped my debut EP last year “THE CHINUA EP” which made a lil noise and I’m currently working on my mixtape “THE STORM BEFORE THE COME UP”
I’m very passionate about this craft like Kobe Bryant type of passionate because this genre helped discover who I am. And I’m ready to share my light unto the world
I want to thank my fans for always supporting. I love them wholeheartedly .. God bless
- Chinua
