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Francisco Trevino (born June 7, 1993), better known by his stage name Frank Mcfly, is an American hip hop recording artist and record producer from Brownsville, Brooklyn. Frank Mcfly first break out into the industry was in 2012 with his song VLS  produced by Gene Bell. The song has over 550,000 plays on youtube since the release,The song has over 550,000 plays on youtube since the release In 2015 he began to gain more recognition following the release of his third mixtape, The Solution, with the single Grammy Speech debut video featured on MTV.

Early Life and Musical beginnings
Frank Mcfly was born on June 7th, 1993 and was raised in a poverty stricken neighborhood Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York. Mcfly comes from a music & entrepreneurship background, his parents owned their own gift shop, Uncle Russell owned the Soul Shack, a local record store.

From 2007- 2010 Frank attended Midwood High School (Medsci Program) and played on the school basketball team. After high school he attended three different colleges St. Francis College, Medgar Evers College , and York College. In college he majored in Business & Economics.

Frank Mcfly showed an early interest in music, writing his first song at the age of 13 recording is on his computer using his webcam as a mic. He grew up listening to Brooklyn artists such as Jay-Z, The Notorious B.I.G., Fabolous, M.O.P., and Mos Def. Between 2011 and 2015 he released his first three mixtapes via DatPiff, Hotnewhiphop and Live MIxteapes Since their initial release, the mixtapes have gone on to receive over 40,000 views.

2015 - Present:
In 2015 Mcfly released]his third Mixtape entitled "The Solution"which quickly received recognition and positive feedback, he has been featured on blogging platforms such as HypeBeast, Urb , Dj Booth Earmilk , HYE TV, and had a cover story written on him featured on the Odyssey. Frank's Entrepreneurship, hard work, and dedication speaks volume to his career. His single from the Project Grammy Speech ft. Xay Charles video was featured on MTV and nominated for a MTVU Freshman Video Award. MTVU Freshman Video Award Mcfly also was featured as the leading man in the Manolo Rose single "Super Flexing" video. UK based production company SENSE SEE MEDIA flew to New York to interview and shoot the video for another song off McFly's The Solution mixtape, "The Solution" Mixtape. In August of 2015, Frank performed in the BXC Brooklyn Music Festival. He also starred as the leading male in Concordia Records singer Saiko's debut single Chemical Ex. In September, Frank released his single "Nemo" Prod by Donato making it available on all streaming services such as Apple Music], Tidal , Spotify & Pandora. Frank followed up by releasing a love sonf called Only Want You. Mcfly went on a five boro New York City and around the Tristate area called The Level Up Tour]. Recently, this past December Frank Mcfly attended and performed at events for Art Basel hosted in Miami, Florida.

Projects

 * Take Of Another Flight Mission (2011)
 * Relish The Moment (2012)
 * The Solution (2015)

Philanthropy
Frank Mcfly co-founded a Non Profit organization FMWW(Frank Mcfly and Wavey's World), along with Wavey Baby(Actor, entertainer and CEO of Wavey’s World online series in 2014. The purpose of FMWW is to bring about political, social, economic and environmental change through non profit activities.

*BACK TO SCHOOL COOKOUT - 2014
-FMWW gave away 130 book-bags filled with school supplies for families in the Brownsville community. Free food, music and FMWW gave away 130 book-bags

*BREAST CANCER WALK BKLYN - 2014
- FMWW made 12 Breast cancer awareness unisex T shirts sold them for $20 and donated 80% of the earnings ($192) to the Breast Cancer Walk foundation. The FMWW organization also walked in the event.

*THANKSGIVING GOBBLE GOBBLE FEAST- 2014
- FMWW feed over 100 residents and gave away clothes in Brownsville, Brooklyn

*YOUTH LEADERSHIP - 2015
- FMWW gave a speech to the elementary kids at the school about music and life lessons. FMWW created a song and music video for the children.

*SECOND BACK TO SCHOOL COOKOUT - 2015
- FMWW gave away 300 book-bags filled with school supplies for families in the Brownsville community. Free food, music and entertainment was also provided in this event.

*BREAST CANCER WALK BKLYN - 2015
- FMWW made 20 Breast cancer awareness unisex T shirts sold them for $20 and donated 80% of the earnings ($320) to the Breast Cancer Walk foundation. The FMWW organization also walked in the event.

*THANKSGIVING GOBBLE GOBBLE FEAST 2 - 2015
- FMWW feed over 100 residents and gave away clothes in Bushwick, Brooklyn

*CHRISTMAS TOY DRIVE - 2015
- 150+ Toys was giving away to children in Flatbush, Brooklyn Toys that was left over after the drive where taking to the pediatric unit at Kings County Hospital

*YOUNG MEN GROUP - 2016
-FMWW 3 week program with the Young Men Group at P.S 109 in Flatbush, Brooklyn. The first week consisted of physical excercise and test taking. The second week the kids focus on career goal setting and graduation. The last week the kids received free haircuts and was giving job interview training on attire, resume and body language.

*HASHTAG LUNCH BAG - 2016
- FMWW team packed up 100 Lunch Bags and went to the mens shelter.

*CLOTHING GIVEAWAY - 2016
- FMWW collected over 8 Bags of clothing over the tri-state and donated it to the residents of North Jersey and a shelter in NJ.

*THIRD BACK TO SCHOOL COOKOUT - 2016
- FMWW gave away 300 book-bags filled with school supplies for families in the Brownsville, Brooklyn and in Woodhaven, Queens Free food, rides, games, music and entertainment was also provided in this event.