Draft:Dana Burtin

Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio LyricalGenes (July 18, 2001) is an American rapper, songwriter, music producer, author, and entrepreneur from Cleveland, Ohio. With a relentless and professional attitude that promotes a more positive message, LyricalGenes creates material based on his experiences. He has received online co-signed by The Black Eyed Peas and Chris Brown's music producer, Kanye West's engineer, and by the sound engineer who facilitated the music for Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse. LyricalGenes is also the owner of record label Boyz II Business Entertainment.

Early Life
LyricalGenes attended Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin High School. Here, he played basketball and ran track. In track, he broke the 100m and 200m school records and would be published in the News Herald for making school history as well as a mention in regard to his music career. Later, Burtin would graduate from Cuyahoga Community College as an Honors Student. At Tri-C, Dana Burtin would receive a feature in Tri-C's Times Magazine acknowledging Burtin's accolades in writing and music. He was featured on Fox 8 News for making the Cleveland Browns hype song, "Motivated".

While in high school, Dana Burtin posted his first video in 2017 by taking part in the SoGoneChallenge. In the same year, Burtin would go by the name "LyricalGenes" and release his first official music video entitled, "Brainstorm".

The American entrertainment industry trade publication Backstage featured Burtin in their February 2022 magazine publication.