The L.E.F.T. The Massachusetts born Bay Area breed lyrist best known as The L.E.F.T. (Letting Energy Freely Transmit) truly encompasses all the essential elements vital to the artform of emceeing. One listen to any rhythmic pattern blessed by The L.E.F.T. leaves no question on why hes regarded as one of the most dynamic up and coming artist in the rap world. Lefty was scooped up at the age of 17 by Style Misia co-founder of the south bays groundbreaking quartet Daysmen Empire. The two instantly clicked & a working relationship was birthed. Misia took The L.E.F.T. to buy a Tascam analog 8-track recorder along with a $25 Shure microphone & gave him his old mic stand with a popper stopper made up of a closet hanger draped in panty hose along with a batch of beats to develop his style to. Around this same time Leftys continual home issues along with chronic depression which stem from as far back as he can remember, were beginning to take their toll. At the time he was enrolled in the 10th school he had attended & was renting rooms from place to place when he finally dropped out of high school to pursue music as a career.
He would furnish material quickly & hit the block hard with the hand-to-hand hustle in tradtion of the Bay Hustlers that came before him. After experincening brief exposure on local airwaves with the now defunct New Moon crew & the emcee collective Constylations, The L.E.F.T. dropped his independent solo debut album entitled Rule by the People teamed up with Chicago native producer Dextah together they executive produced the cohesive album, which featured production by Dextah, Style Misia & Henboogie of the Bay Areas legendary Dereliks crew. After the local praise of Rule by the People, Lefty became a hot free agent & without hesitation signed with the independent upstart label D&C records which Style Misia was co-CEO of. They immediately went to work on the heavily leaked, however, never officially released due to partnership/financial issues record entitled The Gangland EP. With Style Misia exclusively handling the production duties The L.E.F.T. fully came into his own on the Mic & separated himself from the pack. After the label fallout Misia retained the rights to the D&C name & Lefty filled the vacancy of co-CEO of D&C records.
To Launch their independent campaign D&C teamed up with Evolution music to drop the limited edition split 7(blue) which featured The L.E.F.T. The grind (remix) b/w Style Misia Die another day which is now a vinyl collector favorite. The L.E.F.T. recently reunited with his long time partner in rhyme Piseas to create the groundbreaking duo Bash Bros. Whose debut entitled Everyday along with subsequent vinyl release The Everyday EP is currently tearing shit up on hip hops international stage. Armed with the seasoned production of Dextah & Style Misia to accompany the polished chemistry between the two lyricists. Continuing to feed to his propelling street buzz, The L.E.F.T. releases his Not to be fucked with mixtape entitled Gangland-the Mixtape, which will undoubtedly solidify his star quality.
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