BALLISTIC WAS BORN AND RAISED IN JAMAICA AS WELL AS SPENDING A PORTION OF HIS LIFE IN NY/NJ. HE CURRENTLY RESIDES IN SOUTH FLORIDA. BALLISTIC'S FIRST INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC WAS BY HIS FATHER. HE SAYS HE RECALLS HIS FATHER BEING VERY INVOLVED IN ALL ASPECTS OF MUSIC, HAVING TURNTABLES IN HIS HOUSE, AS WELL AS PLAYING AND [DJ]-ING ON THE MIC, AS THEY CALL IT IN JAMAICA. BALLISTIC BECAME VERY INTERESTED IN MUSIC AS A YOUNG BOY, ATTENDING HIGH SCHOOL LISTENING TO VARIOUS ARTISTS SUCH AS TUPAC, BIGGIE, AND WU-TAN CLANG. IT WAS AROUND THIS TIME HE STARTED RAPPING AND DEVELOPING HIS SKILLS. DURING HIS TIME IN THE MILITARY WAS WHEN BALLISTIC STARTED GETTING HEAVILY INTO SONG WRITING. THE FIRST SONG HE WROTE WAS ENTITLED "THRILL YOU," WHICH HE WROTE, AMONG OTHER SONGS, WITH ONE OF HIS FELLOW SOLDIER COMPANIONS, NELAMS.
AFTER RETURNING, BALLISTIC CONTINUED TO WRITE MORE RHYMES AND EVENTUALLY OBTAINED STUDIO TIME, AND HAS BEEN RECORDING EVER SINCE. RECENTLY HIS CAREER HAS BEGUN TO TAKE OFF AND YOU CAN FIND HIM PERFORMING AT VARIOUS HOT SPOTS AROUND SOUTH FLORIDA, PLACES LIKE BOOMERS IN BOCA RATON, AS WELL AS ROMAN PUB, SOBE LIVE AND STUDIO A IN MIAMI.
CONTINUING HIS WRITING AND PERFECTION OF PAINTING PICTURES, HE FURTHER DEVELOPS A VERSATILITY LIKE NO OTHER RAP , R&B , OR REGGAE[DANCEHALL] ARTIST. HE SIGNED A NON-EXCLUSIVE DEAL WITH " BABY G MUSIC " FOR HIS SONG " YOU FEEL LIKE DANCING" WHICH HE SAID HE CAN BACK OUT OF AT ANYTIME WITH 30-60 DAYS NOTICE. SO FAR THE DEAL IS A WASH, SO HE KEEPS ON PUSHING IT TO THE LIMIT. BALLISTIC HAS DEVELOPED A FAN BASE AS RESULT OF HIS PERFORMANCES, HIS MYSPACE, AND MYRECORDDEAL.NET. HE JUST CAME BACK FROM HOLLYWOOD IN APRIL WHERE HE ATTENDED "ASCAP." BALLISTIC IS A DRIVEN ARTIST PROVEN BY THE FACT THAT HE ATTENDED ASCAP ALONE, WITHOUT ANY FRIENDS OR FAMILY TO SUPPORT HIM AND HIS MUSIC. HIS PERSEVERANCE AND SKILLS HAVE GOTTEN THE ATTENTION OF MANY ARTISTS AND PEOPLE IN THE INDUSTRY WHO ARE NOW WANTING TO DO COLLABORATIONS WITH HIM, AND ASKING WHERE THEY CAN FIND HIS MUSIC. WHETHER IT BE REGGAE, HIP-HOP, OR RAP, HE BRINGS IT ALL, ALL THE TIME! THIS TALENTED ARTIST CLAIMS HIS TALENT COMES NATURALLY TO HIM BECAUSE HE BEGAN WRITING WITHOUT ANY BEATS OR INSTRUMENTALS. YOU CAN STILL FIND HIM PUSHING ON THE INTERNET AT MYSPACE.COM/CANTSTOPB1 MYRECORDDEAL.NET/BALLISTIC YOUTUBE.COM/CANTSTOPB1 AND HERE AT MUSIC.COM/BALLISTIC
