User:REEthakidd



REE. was born in Phoenix, Arizona and grew up in the neighborhood of Maryvale. His father a hustler, his mother a assistant nurse. At a young age REE.'s father was incarcerated, and around the age of thirteen his mother went missing; the absence of both parents would have a significant effect on his personality and subsequently his music. At the beginning of REE.'s seventh grade year he was introduced to huffing which effected his brain, becoming paranoid and having random panic attaks for a few years. And when REE. was 14 he was convicted of a felony for Burglary. REE. attended Tolleson High School for two years, transfered to Hope High School got kicked out of Hope,transfered back to Tolleson to get kick out, transfered back to Hope finished his junior year there, and his senior year transfered to Copper Canyon High School.

REE. first began rapping in elementary school when his music teacher had his class write and perform Hip Hop in front of the class. REE. then found himself rap battling during lunch time, making songs with his friends on his radio that had a mic installed on it with his friends after school. Hip-Hop was an everyday thing for REE. until the summer of 2004 when he came into contact with huffing. Being inactive in Hip Hop for three years during REE.'s sophomore year of high school REE. met his cousin Sierra Penn's new boyfriend, A rapper, producer, dj, out of Paterson, New Jersey Richie Vacca Better known by his stage name, Shyne Sheeza or Dj Shyne Sheeza the Ceo of Money & Music West. Who wanted to do a track for fun w/ REE. and his twin brother Tyron Laviel Hubbard, at the time known as Lunatic and label signee Smoke Dawg, titled "Ova here". Shyne Sheeza seen potential in REE. and Lunatic and wanted to work with the two to create a young rap group called "Young N's in Charge". Young N's in Charge made songs and did one show. And Lunatic saw music wasn't for him. REE. went into the studio countless times recording track after track but not seeking a group of songs that he found "mixtape worthy" so when REE. was 17 he then put Hip Hop on hold for a second time to pursue another passion dancing he then created a group called: T.G.I.F. (acronym for: Thank God I'm Fresh") inspired by his favorite rapper at the time Kid Cudi. REE. put out video's on YouTube of his crew and became a local internet sensation, gaining a fan base as well as respect over a period of 10 months. Towards the end of REE.'s dance era he and Shyne Sheeza made a track called "JerkFace" and got local crews together to make a music video for and they posted it on YouTube and it got around and REE. was getting respect as an artist.