From: FL, United States
BORN IN NAPLES, FL GROWIN UP IN THE EARLY 90’S “I” TORI REESE AKA RAINMAN HAD THE LUXURY OF WATCHING AND HEARING SOME OF HIP HOPS LEGENDARY ARTISTS DEVELOP. FROM THE LIKES OF N.W.A AND THEIR HARDCORE GANGSTA LYRICS TO SLICK RICK AND HIS MIND FULL OF NURSERY RYHMES. RUSSELL STARTING DEF JAM, RUN-DMC, LL COOL J, KRS-ONE, ERIC B AND RAHKIM, 2 LIVE CREW, MC SHY D, GUCCI CREW, ICE CUBE, JT MONEY ALL HAD DIRECT INFLUENCE IN WHO I AM MUSICALLY! THEN CAME THE LIKES OF TUPAC AND NOTORIOUS BIG TWO OF HIP HOPS MOST LEGENDARY ARSTISTS WHO DEFINITELY HELPED GROOM AN ARTIST SUCH AS MYSELF. GROWIN UP IN THE SOUTH AND LISTENING TO ALL MUSIC FROM POP TO GANGSTA RAP TO COUNTRY SEEMINGLY SET THE TONE FOR THE LYRICS THAT ARE BEING CREATED! A SOULFUL PASSION MIXED WITH A INNER CONFIDENCE THAT CAN FEEL! WITH TODAYS HIP HOP IN A DEFINITE DESPERATE IDENTITY CRISIS IT IS PRIME TIME FOR SOME ONE TO STEP UP AND FILL THE VOID WHICH HAS BEEN CREATED BY RAPPER’S MORE INCREASINGLY GOING TO JAIL AND THE PURSUIT OF COMMERCIAL RADIO BECAUSE OF A LACK OF RECORD SALES! WITH 5 MIXTAPES UNDER HIS BELT RAINMAN SEEMS POISED TO FILL THE VOID WITH THE RELEASE OF HIS LATEST MIXTAPE, I AM THE STREET!
IT’S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE PEOPLES TAKE ON A PLEASURABLE RIDE INTO THE STREETS OF THE F.L.A LIKE YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD BEFORE!!