User:Kriminal (Hip Hop recording artist)

Mr Kriminal Also Known As Kriminal is a native southern Californian who was born in Stanton, CA. He is an Italian, Spaniard who grew up in just about every bad neighborhood you could imagine in California. He spent most of his adolescent life in the Costa Mesa, Santa Ana area not to mention pretty much all of Orange County. He was locked up a lot as a youth and was always getting in trouble it just seemed to find him were ever he went. He got arrested his first time when he was nine for shop lifting. He comes from a ruff background. His mother and her brothers all grew up in Compton, CA and until recently he still had relatives living in that area. When he was younger he would spend his weekends there with one of his cousins and the homies he has made of the years from Lime. So his mother knew the early warning signs and tried to get him out of the area they were living in and in to a nice middle class area. She was hoping to keep him out of that element. Little did she know it was only a matter of time before he got involved with the wrong crowd again.

Since then he has been married and is raising three children. Since the birth of his kids he has changed his life around and has been trying stay out of jail. Presently he has been trying to focus in on his music. We all dream of doing something for a living that we love to do. So he has made it his goal to make a mark on this music industry. He is also taking the advice of all of his friends who are sick of the countless hours of listening to his never ending freestyle frenzies. “This for you and you guys know who you are now you get what you want a cd with your homie on it, and when you get tired of listening to music just turn it off.” His love affair with hip hop started when he heard his first RUN DMC song in the Bandera Isle apartments Ontario/Mont. Claire, CA. He has been hooked on hip hop ever since. His love affair with hip hop music only grew with LL, NWA, and Too Short. In fact it was memorizing NWA and Too Short songs that started him on his way to writing his own songs. That was also with a little help from his friend Shane.

Mr Kriminal is a 2nd generation gang member. He grew up around the life style so it was easy for him to follow suit. He can remember getting high and drunk with his homeboys at parties free styling to impress women. That eventually led into his rapping at house parties. Where he was approached by an A&R represenitive of Shiloh Records who was asking him to sign a deal and record with them. He unfortunately ended up in jail doing a County year. After his release Shiloh Records said they did not want to work with him since he was living that type of lifestyle. Since he has had nothing but obstacle after obstacle all while trying to reach his goal, and that is to bring a sound that every one can feel while staying true to his up brining. He then hooked up with Avalanche Records out of North Carolina who signed him, and while making his single they went bankrupt. He has since returned home to California with a new found focus. Especially since his rap career was put on hold early due to having to support his family. Now he is using his spare time to focus his street knowledge, credit and talent to launch him into a hip hop career. So far it has been a very successful ride.

Mr Kriminal came on the underground Hip Hop Scene in 2004 when he launched his 5 track single with the help of Nonp Productions. He instantly became an overnight success with his local community of Orange County. Never before was there some one repping Orange County as Mr Kriminal has. Since his emergence on the scene he has shared the stage with the likes of the Far East Movement, Hood Surgeon (Dr. Dre’s Son), Mansion of Mayhem, Saint Dog (formally of the KMK), Judge-D, Mower, OPM, Wu-Tang Clan, Prodigal Son, Tech 9, Insane Clown Posse, Sean Price, Buckshot and the Black Knights. He is now working with Upscale Records as an unsigned artist to get his debut album out in stores. He his first full length album is soon to be hitting stores everywhere. It’s called Life in the “OC”. So far is has been a highly anticipated album. He has done interviews for LA UNDA TV for Latin Hip Hop, Apple town Magazine, and has been asked by Skinnie Magazine to submit his finished work for an article in their publication.