You Should Be Listening To: RoQ’y TyRaiD

I’m not really into MySpace anymore. I’m more of a Facebook guy now. But the one good thing I can say about MySpace is it’s connected me with some of the hottest underground artists on the planet. It me that with all the garbage we hear on the radio and see in videos, that there is a caliber of artist that record companies mystifies should be clamoring for, yet don’t.

Let me introduce you to the artist formally known as J Roq (now, you can call him RoQ’y TyRaiD). Flowink reps RoQ heavy because he’s one of the first credible lyricists that showed us love in our early days dealing on MySpace. Dropping us exclusive tracks for mixes, drops and keep us on his radar, RoQ has been one of those artists who could flow ontop of test pattern and make it hot. He’s been off the grid for minute, working on his next major project. Be sure to keep your eye out for RoQ’y TyRaiD. The mixtape will be droppin’ real soon.

Todd “The Big La” Kelley

Official Press Release:

The wait’s over, baby! Introducing RoQ’y TyRaiD, a.k.a. ‘Hip-Hop’s Answer’! Twenty-two years of age, RoQ’y, (government name Jacob Raiford), has been striving to achieve a level of artistry many have thought to have faded away in the wake of the new millennium.  While the title of  ‘lyricist’ is often misused in the Hip-Hop industry, anyone who’s ears are blessed with the opportunity to hear this young man’s unique mixture of wordplay; wittiness; originality;  brazen, yet smooth delivery; controversial subject matter, and charisma will proclaim RoQ’y TyRaiD a ‘lyricist’s lyricist’ without a shadow of doubt.

Having grown up across Southern California, and relocating to Phoenix, Ariz at the age of 18, he has used his placement in several vastly different environments to develop a unique outlook on life, which he boldly broadcasts throughout his music he dubs ‘Realirap’, a No-BS, common sense, joe-the-plumber-esque subgenre of Hip-Hop music everyone can and will relate to.  Songs such as  ‘Podium’, ‘Turn That Sh– Off’,  and the awe-inspiring ‘Zeitgeist’ and ‘Addendum’ are all revolutionary in their own right.

Only rapping for five years, RoQ’y TyRaiD under his former moniker J RoQ has already accumulated over 20,000 sales in the Independent Street Market across the South West region of the United States and abroad, using every resource available from his own hands to the United Postal Service. Donning the name RoQ’y TyRaiD in late 2008, he has completed yet another stage in his evolution. Embark with him on the journey to restore Hip-Hop music to it’s former glory!

‘RoQ Is Everywhere!!’

MySpace: www.myspace.com/jroqmusic

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