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Antonio Asaiah Amir Rodriguez (born March 11, 2002), known professionally as Asaiah, is an American rapper, singer and songwriter, born in Tuscon, Arizona on March 11th, 2002. He began taking his music career seriously the summer of 2018, releasing his first 4 songs “Gains”, “Drip”, “Purest Intentions”, and “Blame” in June. A month later, after establishing a platform, he released his self directed and written extended playlist 11:Eleven, later taking it down and compiling it with his first four singles to release 11: Eleven Extended. Since then Asaiah has partnered with Legends Never Die Entertainment to produce his first industry project Don’t Warn Me, which released March 28, 2019.

Early Life
Antonio Asaiah Rodriguez was born on March 11, 2002, in Tuscon, Arizona. His father, Jackson Rodriguez, was in imprisoned at the time of his birth, and his mother, Shannon Westberry, was left to raise him as a single parent. Shortly after birth, him and his mother moved to New York City where his father was. Asaiah spent most of his time growing up moving between Connecticut, New York City, and Baltimore, Maryland, usually living a year or less in each new place, and spending summers in New York with his cousins. His passion for music began when his mother played Drake, DMX, Lil Wayne, and NeYo while he was growing up. He later took interest in artists such as J. Cole, XXXTENTACION, Big Sean, Trippie Redd, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, and Meek Mill. Asaiah began taking his music career after moving to New London, Connecticut for the second time in 2015. He began writing and recording music summer of 2018, releasing "Gains", "Purest Intentions", "Drip", and "Blame" across all major platforms.

Career
Asaiah began recording music the summer of 2018, recording his first 4 songs June 2019. The tracks landed him a performance at Sailfest 2018 as a guest of the Writers Block, despite his very recent enter onto the music scene. After establishing himself as an artist in his town, he released his first project 11: Eleven. The project included 8 tracks, including the previously released songs Gains and Purest Intentions. Asaiah took a couple months off of music, working on his craft while also dealing with personal life issues. He stepped back onto the scene March 7, 2019, releasing his single Answers in collaboration with Nas Blixky, which accumulated over 60,000 streams on Spotify. On March 8th, 2019, Asaiah performed at Connecticut College during March Madness, a Legends Never Die Entertainment event, having Nas Blixky and numerous local artists perform. The self promoted and self developed show sold about 300 tickets. Shortly after, he dropped his first songs in months, releasing his extended playlist Don't Warn Me, which itself has accumulated over 100,000 streams, including Answers. Recently, Asaiah's collaborated with Yung Devo to release a two-pack project titled Twin Turbo, and Leeky Bandz to release their single Redemption.

Influences
Asaiah has attributed his musical inspiration to many artists, the biggest hip-hop influences being Drake, J.Cole, and A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie. He also attributes some to various R&B musicians for his integration of the genre into his own music, including Keyshia Cole, NeYo and Trey Songz.