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| Born | Speed Walton III 16 February 1989 Cincinnati , Ohio |
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| Years active | 2009 - present |
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| Website | www.Instagram.com/RealNameSPEED |
Speed Walton III (born February 16th) which as a artist goes under his born first name as his stage name SPEED is an American Hip Hop recording artist, song writer, Entrepreneur. SPEED who gained recognition under his old stage name which he was formerly known under as Buggs Tha Rocka where he dropped a slew of underground mix tapes dating back since his 2009 release of Hip Hop Supa Hero with DJ Mick Boogie. The then popular social website MySpace is where SPEED cultivated a great internet presence and built up a colt like Fanbase which he often refers to them as "Space Invadaz" which helped him create even more of national buzz with the 2010 release " Mutant Level 5" which featured national acts like Freeway, Little Brother, Tanya Morgan, S.A.S and more...
Always looking to expand in 2011 SPEED formed a band called Gold Shoes which consisted of a diverse group of musicians from Cincinnati which featured many different musical influences ranging from Jazz, Funk, classical and beyond all while still recording and performing solo hip hop music. In 2012 SPEED teamed up with longtime friend and Cincinnati native ClockWorkDJ known for his role as national recording artist Mac Miller's full time DJ and released a stellar mixtape " Wrath of Zeus" it got rave reviews and set SPEED apart from his peers as one of this generations top lyricist and artist on the rise. off that success and buzz generated SPEED hit the festival circuit and performed at various known events like SXSW, A3C, Bonnaroo...
Late 2014 the young Cincinnati legend released his last solo project under his old stage name Buggs Tha Rocka "Scattered Thoughts of an American Poet" which was met with critical acclaim world wide and really showed growth sonically, and in skill set he had learn to master over the previous years Which helped him get the attention of the hip hop world on a national scale where the hip hop legend Talib Kweliinvited SPEED on his prisoner of conscious Tour which eventually lead to SPEED to sign with Talib Kweli's record label Javotti media under the group name Space Invadaz in 2015 with Donte the Gr8 know for his earlier work in the 90's with the group MOOD. Donte also a Cincinnati native and also viewed as a hip hop legend in his own right for his critically acclaimed project DOOM with producer Hi-Tek. SPEED has managed to gain many co-signs from many Main stream acts now the world waits on his next moves to finally break out the underground circuit and fulfill his prophecy as Hip Hop's next super star. SPEED also formed his own record label Galaxxy Enterprise in 2017. }}</ref>
Early life
editSpeed Walton III was born on 16 February 1989 in Cincinnati, Ohio . SSPEED grew up in a two family household in Corryville on East Daniels with his Grandma referred to as Big Momma, his mother Tanya, older brother Jamey, Aunt Angie, and 5 cousins and their dog named Demon a pit bull breed. His grandma worked and retired from Frisch'sand mom worked at many fast food places as a server as well to provide for their family. SPEED had a strong relationship with his grandma who helped introduce him to music and gave him his first journal which eventually turned into a rhyme book for lyrics and poems. Speed's mom moved to a area called Northside a very troubled neighborhood (Ashtree) that is where Speed ultimately grew up most of his years with his youngest brother Noel. Speed went to His neighborhood schools like Kirby, Chase, Schwab elementary where he earned his nickname Buggs and met most of his friends and music collaborators who are still around today like Charles Reynolds aka Beataholic long time Friend and music producer, Fredrick Mango aka Mango (A&R), Herm, Tawon Arnold aka Monty Burns all went to the same High School Aiken. Throughout this duration of time SPEED stayed perfecting his craft and always wanted to be a musician above anything else he eventually graduated and attended one year of college at Central State University his sophomore year he decided to leave and pack up to New York to Pursue a career in music with the help from. }}</ref>
Career
editSPEED dropped a lot of mixtapes in the underground circuit under the stage name then Much of his success and notoriety is credit to the popular social network MySpace where many national mainstream acts caught wind of SPEED's lyricism, song writing, and unique fashion.
Overall it was his last breakout project "Scattered Thoughts of an American Poet" which helped SPEED get national attention bursting out of the underground and inking a partnership deal with hip hop legend Talib Kweli label Javotti Media to release his next project under the group name Space Invadaz with Donte The Gr8 from MOOD.
Personal life
editSPEED's carries a third generation name that was passed down by his father and grandfather who happen to be from the Dominican Republic. Speed credits his grandma Big Momma for helping him find his was with music with telling him always to be your self and express your self freely. She initially gave him his first rhyme book where he began to write his first song. His Mom had three boys Speed is the middle child. He grew up in a very religious home and was actually told by his mom not to listen to rap music because she felt it was too vulgar and violent. That helped him get more creative if he was to do hip hop to prove it didn't always have to be that way, also had him research and study different genres of music. SPEED began searching for his own individuality early which had him researching different religions from Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, five percent nation, Moorish Science. Speed with a strong bond with his city does tons of activism and charity work within the community also helping the race relations in a place known for its racism.
Speed style of music is like a melting pot of different influences which he credits that to where he lived in corryville (clifton area) in Cincinnati where he seen many diverse people and musicians at Bogart's and Sudsey Malones where rock bands, jazz bands, hip hop and many more styles of music would come play live he would watch them all as a kid that would help cultivate him as the artist we know him for today.
Discography
edit- Hip Hop Show Hero w/ Dj Mick Boogie (2009)
- Mutant Level 5 (2010)
- Wrath Of Zeus w/ ClockWorkDJ (2012)
- Lost Luggage w/ Beataholic (2013)
- Scattered Thoughts of an American Poet (2014)
- Contact (Space Invadaz) (2016)
References
editJavottiMedia.com- http://www.javottimedia.com/artists/space-invadaz/
Sway's universe - http://swaysuniverse.com/space-invadaz-speak-on-cohesiveness-of-the-cincinnati-music-scene-linking-with-talib-kweli-perform-tracks-from-their-project-contact-in-our-live-concert-series/
A3C interview - http://blog.a3cfestival.com/buggs-tha-rocka-talks-touring-with-talib-kweli-and-thoughts-on-being-signed Fox 19 interview - http://www.fox19.com/clip/11831351/talib-kweli-and-buggs-tha-rocka
Citybeat - http://www.citybeat.com/music/music-feature/article/13003625/whats-up-rocka