Bio:
When people think of "grief", it often reflects to memories of a lost loved one with tears of anguish that are never to be forgotten. It is also overlooked as a form of recovery from gloom in partnership with time and music. Born as Jose Feliciano on October 23, 1983 and raised in the city of Camden, NJ eventually came "Greeph" (pronounced as grief), with a provocative, and fresh motivating Hip-Hop style of music crafted to revamp the hearts and souls of music lovers, who from their hardest hours can see that life isn't just darkness but with acceptance much more. Listen to one of Greeph's songs and soon find yourself believing that things don't stay bad forever but with time can have you emotionally charged up.
With previous mixtape CD's, "From Scratch" and "Scrape Da Plate", already released via internet and physical copies, creating exceptional buzz with the media from hit songs such as "Legendary" and "Call It In Da Air", Greeph is currently working on his newest mixtape projects, "Good Greeph" and "Scrape Da Plate 2". With promotional shows every week in the New Jersey and Philadelphia Area at clubs such as D's Place, 20 Horse Taverns, Palladium, Club 27, and more, Greeph has managed to create a following of fans by the hundreds that trickle all da way down the east coast region. Looking to surge his numbers into the millions, Greeph continues to innovate the sound of Hip-Hop. After performances with such a high energy that could make a person in a wheel chair walk, known figures of the Music industry have commented; "Greeph is the face and voice of New Jersey right now..." says Phil Jackson of WPRB 103.3 Radio, Legendary Philly radio host DJ Jayski mentioned, "He's a beast... He always goes hard!", and DJ Cutlass from Delaware states "Man when Greeph gets on stage, you can feel every word!" In addition with the feelings that overwhelm you with his live performances, he now connects with fans worldwide via his own website at www.GiveMeGreeph.com and new social promoting tools such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.
Greeph has done so much in such little time that his reputation and credit for hustling hard speaks for itself. From ranking top 3 out of a 40 artists "King of Mic" Contest to winning awards such as "Hook of the Year" for a "Who Got Next" Showcase in South Jersey. He has even been rated one of the, "Tri-State's hottest up and coming artist" in Buzz Magazine, not to mention up coming articles for other books such as Swagg Magazine. Trust and believe that the future looks even more promising with Greeph's ideas on an exclusive clothing line and construction business. And that's just the start of things to come among other things such as the album entitled, "The Five Stage of Greeph"! Which is carefully being mapped out to be a classic. Besides all the work ahead of him this unsigned phenom is constantly developing new paths on his road to success. There isn't a single person in the world that doesn't see grief at some point in their life, So it only makes sense you'll hear of this musical talent someday.
1.What made me go into music?
I'll be honest... I never had ambitions to do hiphop music... I just knew I loved it. It took me till my senior year in high school to actually started to write lyrics. I use to always see my friends battle and cypher in between periods or even in class. They would always ask me to join them but I could never keep up with experience they had. I use to just write to myself and basically only spit my lyrics to myself for no one to hear what I had to say. Who would of knew I was top knotch stuff you know. But it came to a day where I was really forced to spit in from of a few people. Turns out I had skills that everyone else appreciated. So I continued on... Just like I did with my writing. I started to record myself. I wasn't that confident with myself at first but I pretty much started to learn some production skills using various programs with a cheap mic that I could only afford from Radio Shack. Time's are always hard when things ain't perfect. It was an ON/OFF type of thing with me and rap. I wrote and sometimes I didn't. Being in the streets was taking away from my focus and so was my adolesences. It wasn't until I noticed the support that people continued to give me while I wasn't rapping to actually tell myself... I got this! After years, and much writing. I'm more than confident in what I can bring to the music hiphop genre. So what made me what to be a rapper you ask? It was the support of all the people who believe I got it in me. My family, my friends, and everyone else who believes in me.
2.What are my short and long term goals for music?
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