wow it feels like for ever but i would say since like '99 but taking it seriously about 2 years ago. Well i feel in love with hip hop back in like 88 at like 6-7 years old, all my cousins were like 18 at the time n my little young ass was tagging along behind them listening to what ever they did, Run DMC, Rakim, kane u know the greats, but it wasnt till Illmatic came out the i began to love hip hop, so areound 94 in 6th grade i started writing little bs rhyms nothing serious, thin in high school a new kid on the block came from NY n he was in to sone under ground and freestyling n we clicked so i started free stylin and i got good i used to do the point and rhyme thing (acttually i still do) this was like 97-98 ish then BLACKSTAR came out n i was blown away, so started writin' more and more rhymes, and in '99 i got my first copy of Fruity loops to make beats for my self, the joints was mad cheezzy but it was a learning exp. Then in like 2002 i linked up with my artist DK and he liked the beats i was making, and from there it was a wrap i gave up writing Kinda, my freestyle is crazy now cuz that how i test my joints, I was still using fl and now i was recording on acid and mixing shit down there too. as i got better i started loinking up with more and more ppl, and in '03 i liked up with my man capi coo, this dude taught me almost everything i know bout sampling and out me on to hardware, and in 04 I finanly got my (after i traded on a little bullish sp505) MPC 2000xl later i got my box protools and triton, and now im big on recording 2 but beats is my life, oh anf i still use fl studio im an official user at that well thats my in a nutshell, Kinda long lol but hey life is short. LOL