Life Lines Volume II

I'm an evolutionary child born during Iran's revolution. I was born September 24th 1979 in the U.S.A. Los Angeles, California is where I was raised. I came back to Iran when I was 10 or 11 years old and saw the after-effects of the Iran-Iraq war. Around that time I heard Run DMC, LL Cool J and rap. Not too long after that I started writing verses (or modern day poetry). My next door neighbor throughout these years was Richard Palmese C.E.O of Arista Records. In 1999, I was introduced to a DJ/producer and started recording. At that time my role model was eMineM and I was taking the music or art too literally. In the summer of 2000, I was driving under the influence and had an accident. Shortly after that I checked into Impact, a drug rehabilitation center. There I befriended the late Russell Jones a.k.a Ol' Dirty Bastard from the Wu Tang Clan. In 2001, I decided to come back to Iran so I could get in touch with my roots and spend time with my family or foundation. In my family there are Prime Ministers, Prime Ministers of Education, Mayors, etc. Also there are are dervishes. I had the chance to be in the presence of dervishes. With the help of a dervish, who was my grandfather's student, I learned to read and understand the poetry of Persia's finest poets. Rumi, Hafez, Sa'adi, Ferdosi, Khayyam just to name a few. On my next trip, I visited their resting places. From there on out up to now the music's flowing. My songs are about unity, peace, freedom, love and awareness.