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George III (musician)
In October 1994 in Greensboro, NC once home to the Saura Tribe, from birth George Lynn Moore III was destined to be a unique case. Better known as George III his mother and father had high expectations from him. He fondly recalls his earliest memories in the tiny 1 bedroom apartment he once called home.

“ My parents were always full of drive. They came from poverty and put in the work so that I wouldn’t have to”, he regardfully states. “ When they were living in Massachusetts my pops was enlisted in the army, I think he was a private. He had a second job at Burger King, and my mom worked on post at McDonald’s, the PX, and the Commissary. My Dad was also in college at the time, and he eventually became a Lt. Colonel, while my mom did the same later on and became a Major”.

George was always moving from state to state, or city to city while growing up, and was never able to put down roots or make long term friends. He began playing by ear on his grandmother's piano at age 4 and learning the saxophone at age 10. He states that whenever he was around people he would have headphones on just to avoid pointless conversations, which led to his growing appreciation of music over the years.

“I was the kid who would have 20 other kids at his birthday party, but be in my room reading a book. I didn't grow up watching television. I got my first T.V. as a prize from my school for getting a bunch of AR points because I read so much. Since I always knew I would never see them again, I kinda just learned that making friends was a waste of time, plus trying to fit in is too difficult because small talk and gossip bore me. All I did growing up was play instruments, listen to music, and read books or write short stories”.

George started rapping at an early age, and was focused on being a lyricist, “I didn’t care about being cool, I wanted to have bars”. By age 16 George was a strong competitor in freestyle cyphers, and rap battles in and out of class at Cape Fear High. “A lot of people told me to stop using big words when I rapped because it was lame, but I always figured that just because someone doesn't understand what I’m saying or how intricate the wordplay is doesn’t mean it’s not good”.

“I started rapping when I was 12, I was always a year younger than my peers because I started school early. I loved Eminem, Lil Wayne, Biggie, and Nas. When I heard other kids trying to rap I figured I could do it better so I started writing every day, and battling my pops because he used to rap too. After about 3 months, I got good enough for my dad to stop trying to battle me and around age 16 I quit all sports and the school band, just to focus on rapping. It was my passion and escape. I never let people bully me growing up, I always fought back and made sure to take it a little further than needed so they would leave me alone. I got a bad reputation at school for it, and most of my teachers disliked me because I would always correct them or tell them they were wrong”.

His grades fluctuated between extreme highs and lows. “I would always make A’s on tests but in classes where classwork and homework counted a lot, I bombed because I would never do any. I figured, what's the point of doing homework if I always made A’s on tests. I don't need to practice”.

George changed his tune completely in regards to music, sometimes rapping for 15hrs a day, only stopping to eat and sleep. “ I think practicing a skill is very important, and the ones at the top are the ones who treat their craft like a child. Even when you're not around or your kid is at school, you don’t stop being a parent. Every day, every fight and every interaction is practice, and that's how I treat music”.

At age 17 George attended a STEM summer program at Fayetteville State University, where he tied with two individuals as far as ranking, one in Biology, and the other in Chemistry. He states he was always good at the sciences and likes to reference that and his love for psychology and mythology in his music. “My dad and I fought a lot because I wanted to go to school for music and he wouldn't let me. I came home registered for a music program and he made me change it to Biochemical Engineering. I didn’t like that so I enrolled in school, but only went to a class once that whole semester. I wrote papers for people and did other things I won’t mention so that I would have spending money. After I turned 18 I dropped out and joined the Army as an infantryman. I told everybody in college that I was going to use money from the army to build a studio, so I could produce, record and mix my music for free”.

In Afghanistan, George would spend his limited free time teaching himself how to make beats on a laptop he bought while deployed. “My beats were terrible, they were basically loops with bad drums. I didn't get decent at making beats until a few years ago, and I started back in 2015”. After safely returning from combat, George suffered his first manic episode which led him to be honorably discharged from the army. “ My parents always said there was something wrong with me but they couldn't figure it out, I had been seeing a psychologist and multiple Therapist since I was 6 years old. I got diagnosed with bipolar type schizoaffective disorder when I was 20 and thought my life was over”.

After leaving the military with no savings but enough equipment to record his music, George returned home for a short amount of time, frantically scrawling raps throughout the day while attending and then dropping out of numerous colleges. He moved from Austin, TX, to Washington, DC, and then to Atlanta, GA. “I had a hard time keeping everything together. I couldn't pay my bills so I lived off of ramen, sardines, rice, and fast food. My lights would get shut off every couple of months, women stopped approaching me because I gained a lot of weight, and I kept getting fired from crappy jobs that I needed. I felt like a loser. I worked in warehouses pulling 12 -16hr shifts, and at one time was even collecting trash. It wasn’t until 2019 when I figured out how to get my finances stable”.

Releasing his first project “Southern Reach” George proved that if you give him a week he can make a solid mixtape or Ep. “So far every project that I’ve released has been written and recorded in under 2 weeks. I get paralyzed sometimes because I try to make things perfect. I've thrown out thousands of songs, and have 3 tuft boxes full of notebooks and random pieces of paper all filled with raps. I decided to stop trying to make things perfect in the short term. I’m putting all of that into my upcoming albums. I release Ep’s as a way to practice”.

Many people refer to George as extremely intelligent, reclusive, witty, ridiculous, and introverted, but the skill he shows and his rate of improvement seem to be exponentially increasing. “My only goal right now is to beat yesterday's goal. I'm not focused on getting signed or getting Instagram clout. I don’t date, I don’t sleep around, and I don't make excuses. I work”.

No one can predict the future, only time will tell if George will be successful or be one of the millions who’ve failed, but the one fact that everyone who has heard his unreleased music can tell you, is it will be entertaining. Stylistically varying greatly from song to song, dripping with wordplay, jampacked rhyme schemes, emotion, and a surreal level of self-awareness, it’s obvious he’s been planning his musical output and path with laser-like focus.

His plight will be one to be remembered.