User:Tia Morningun/sandbox

Born, Rutia Maria Curry February, 5th 1980 to Ruetia Curry and Arthur Hall Jr. (both born and raised in ) Tia Gunz www.mytiagunz.com always had a call on her life to be a leader. After being pulled away from her mother at the age of 2 by her adopted Grandmother Mary Smith (born November 13, 1923 in ) Tia Gunz childhood didn't last too long. From the age of 5 Tia Gunz had many responsibilities from cooking and cleaning to babysitting and church duties. While visiting her mother in 1988 Tia Gunz discovered Hip Hop. and were at the top of the charts and like magic her light went off. "I can do that!", is what she believed and wanted to be on a throne just like them. At 10 Tia Gunz moved back in with her mother from the High Point Projects to the Holly Park Projects in South Seattle. This is where she began to battle rap in the hood. Her first competition came at the age of 14 where she would challenge one of the best Male on the block. The prize would be his belt if she won, and she did just that. After a quick legal stint at middle school she was placed in a in-house rehab program for teenagers. This is where she discovered the difference between wrong and right. "I wanna be somebody, not a failure." Tia Gunz began life as an activist under the mentoring of of. This opportunity opened the doors for her to be a community leader. She lobbied laws and had a major impact in the as Rutia Curry. Until the age of 22 Tia Gunz remained a major part of the shaping of Seattle's streets and youth laws. After moving to in 2002 Tia Gunz made every effort to make it in the music industry as a singer and emcee. Tia Gunz moved to where she did runway modeling, then to where she began acting for major productions like of the. The doors began to open when she discovered she was pregnant with her first child. Coming from a background abortion was not even a thought. All she wanted was to be home close to her loved ones. Mary Smith was getting older and sicker but Tia Gunz prayer from childhood was to have her grandmother live to see her first child. And she did! This made her very happy but 5 months later Mrs. Smith was gone, December 2004. This event saddened Tia Gunz and sent her on a downward emotional spiral of drugs and isolation. Then in Spring of 2005 she got the call which would change her life and put her back on the right track as an artist. "Music is my life." is so true for this artist. She lives, breaths, and sleeps music & art. Since 2010 Tia Gunz has been living in working on her own record label and with partners and.