I was blessed in 2008 to be put on the Living Legends After Hours Tour by my good friend Molly, on that tour I got to spend a lot time with each Legend minus Grouch and Murs. That was a life changing experience for me, they took me under there wing on that tour and schooled me to the game of the independent music industry.. BICASSO was the one after the tour was over that i still got to see and talk to, the guy who still stays in Oakland, the one who works with inner city kids in the community teaching them music and arts,and has weekly art event at the"East Side Art's alliance " called "BOP GUN" every sunday in Oakalnd. As time went on I started to see how me and him are a lot alike, both getting in the game as dj's and flipping that in to mc'ing. I have a lot of respect for this man and the rest of the Living Legends Crew. He thought me what it takes to be a real man and fight for what you really love . Over the weekend @ Green Fest I got to spend time with him and his family and meet his mom, he is one of the most progressive black men of the new millennium, god put him in my life to show me that he is next to me at all times. I got a lot LOVE for this dude,thanks for everything JOSH!!
peep out his latest album "Rebel Musiq" produced by my boy "DJ FRESH"that dropped this year
In 1983, the MC we now know as Bicasso heard the Fat Boys' first album and was immediately inspired to master the art of the beatbox. In eighth grade Bicasso competed in the school talent show with his partner Funky Fresh B. Bicasso beatboxed while B rapped (using a rhyme Bicasso wrote) and they ended up finishing second. Bicasso continued on his path in music and over time has been known as MC Profit, Slick X, Safari and later as Bizarro when he DJ'd for the Mystik Journeymen. Bicasso first hooked up with the Journeymen while he was attending Humboldt State. He later recorded a song with the Journeymen during a visit to Oakland and not too long after, he decided to drop out of school. Bicasso bought an MPC2000 and moved down to Oakland and into the infamous "Outhouse", where the Living Legends crew was taking shape. Bicasso's musical influences range from N.W.A to Jimi Hendrix to Prince. He credits his early exposure to music to his pops' large collection of records. He also draws inspiration from drawing/illustration and visual art is definitely as much part of Bicasso's creative life as music. Bicasso's 2003 album "For Rent" is currently in stores. "The Many Faces of... BICASSO" limited-edition CD droped March 15, 2005. currently in stores. Bicasso's 2009 album "Rebel Musiq"is also currently in stores.
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