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Pratta P ... Franklin Love Jones (born March 3, 1987), better known as the stage performer Pratta P, is an American rapper, song writer, music engineer, and entrepreneur. Born and raised in California Pratta attended schools in Long Beach, CA. Forming a locally known group with childhood friends named the AH's right after high school, P realized his musical dreams of becoming a performer. After deciding that splitting up was the best decision for the group Pratta went on to release his first solo mix tape YFF in 2010, which hit a million downloads on the internet, becoming the marker in the beginning of his career. During this time the young entrepreneur created the ever growing entity named the Flymovement. In recent years Pratta has gone on to collaborate with big names in the industry such as Ludacris, Nate Dogg, Snoop Dogg, Jim Jones, Dip Set, Justin Timberlake, Warren G. and many more.

Bibliography 1987-2004 Early life Pratta P was born Franklin Love Jones on March 3, 1987 in Torrance, California, to parents Franklin Jones Sr. and Shelly Robinson. Growing up in Los Angeles with his mother, three sisters, and one brother, off 103rd and Willmington, an area better known as Watts he has created a self appreciation for the neighborhood that created in him a man. Being a young man in a poverty stricken city he did not fall victim to a life of crime and incarceration that claims the attention of most of it's youthful inhabitants. Pratta attended schools in Long Beach, California, because his mother would not allow him to attened neighboring schools, and because his father lived in Long Beach so the young artist was out there a lot. He went on to graduate from Loyola Marymount University in 2010. In the 8th grade coming from poverty with no anything of that was of a name brand Pratta relied on his looks and charm with the girls. This nicknamed him playboy. Not wanting to get trapped in the pretty boy stigma he put a spin on Prada. From this Pratta P was created, and it followed him from high school days to college and the stage.

AH's The group AH's, which stands for Ass Holes, was an unlabeled hip hop rap group that consisted of four childhood friends: Pratta P, Mike, Will, and Bully. After five years of performing together in local venues the group agreed to go seperate ways. A reconciliation is not in the future plans; however, performing on stage as a group to perform their already recorded songs is not totally being ruled out.

Rap Career Soon after the break up of the AH's Pratta began working on his solo mix tape titled YFF the leak. The first song sold off of the mix tape is I need you. Young Fly and Flashy, which debuted in 2010, reached over a million downloads on the internet making Pratta someone to be recongnized by the industry. Pratta has participated in both the 2011 and 2012 Honda Center Powerhouse performances with artist like Young Jezzy, Snoop Dogg, and T.I. The second mix tape is expected to be released in the fall of 2012.

Other Ventures

Flymovement Pratta P created the business entity the Flymovement shortly before of the release of his mix tape YFF; Young Fly and Flashy. The name Flymovement was created in Pratta's middle school years, with the motto "Be fly or be flown over." The dream has since grown into 15 active supporters, 90 members, and a growing name in the music industry. Created as a way to promote good music, it does not require it's members to but their dreams on hold, but encourages them to excel and succeed. The more people that work with the Flymovement ultimately spread it to other artist, and those artist are helped as well. In order to help solidify the bonds between the male and the females there are two divisions appropriately named Flyboyz, and Flygirlz. Within this concept of good music and artist is the undertone of family. FlygirlZ and Flyboyz alike play together, give time to charities together, encourage and work hard together, and go through things together as a family unit. The goal is to one day turn the Flymovement into a house hold name.

Charity Pulling from the roots of South Central where Pratta grew up, he is dedicated to giving back to the community. He has participated in a school tour with the Los Angeles Unified School District for two years. Believing that when recognizable people go back to visit schools and neighborhoods they grew up in they are able to have more of an effect on the young minds there, as some one who has been through the same things yet found a way to rise above it all. Pratta also takes time around the holidays to go and feed the homeless and spend time interacting with people that need the time of someone who is willing to listen.