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Fear! the Faithful
Leonardo Dejesus Alvarado (born July 18, 1984) known professionally as '''Fear! the Faithful''', is an American record producer and mix engineer based in Jersey City, New Jersey. He is the Founder of Beat Fiendz Media Group and Fear the Faithful Beats. Up until recently he has stuck with working with local rappers and singers. More notably, Ray Pearson and Cito on da Beat. Formerly known as MethMurda of production/rap duo BeatFiendz along with Erick (Pskotic Beatz) Otero a fellow Jersey City, New Jersey native. Together they released the album "Royalty" in 2014 and after much personal struggle the duo went there separate ways in 2015.

Fear! the Faithful continues to work on music but has re-branded after discovering spirituality, stating that he has been given a purpose.

Early Life
Born in Hoboken, New Jersey to parents who immigrated from the Dominican Republic. He and his two sisters were raised primarily in New Jersey before departing to Atlanta, GA in 2006. Coming from a Dominican house hold, music was always an important facet of his life but it was Fear! the Faithful's first encounter with hip hop that left him head over heels in love. His father was an amateur DJ specializing in Latin music with a vast record collection which was Fear! the Faithful's first source for samples when he began making beats on the first computer he built in 1999. Fear! the Faithful taught himself how to produce, record and mix songs while attending high school at Union Hill High School in Union City, New Jersey. That's when the passion really took hold. He and his friends would throw together rap battles and record songs in his parents basement.

Career
In 2003 he was introduced to Psykotic Beatz at Killa Konceptz who primarily worked on an MPC. Fear! the Faithful showed Psykotic Beatz a different way to make beats and the rest was history. Now working on Propellerhead Reason the duo would go on to make 80 + records together while building their reputation as local artists. Gaining notoriety for their songs "I'm Drunk" and "We Comin."

In the midst discussions with Sony Records and a possible advertisement placement with Poland Springs, Fear! the Faithful was slated to head to Atlanta which put a strain on the partnership and led to both deals falling through. However, years later in 2010 the two would reconcile and begin to work on music again. It unfortunately wouldn't last. The duo released one album and decided to disband.

Fear! the Faithful transitioned from rapping to solely producing and making beats for other artists in Hip Hop genre. Working with artists like Ray Pearson and studios like EVR Records. After re-branding, Fear! the Faithful decided to dip into EDM and Reggaetón to expand his production skill. Fear! the Faithful refuses to be kept in a box creating music across a variety of genres including Trap, Reggaetón and Drum & Bass. Heavily influenced by latin rhythm and his urban surroundings…Fear! the Faithful’s signature sound heavily leans on dramatically dark soundscapes, high energy drums and Earth shaking bass.