How he became the C.H.A.M.P

Hip hop music is a musical genre that developed as part of hip hop culture, and is defined by four key stylistic elements: rapping, DJing/scratching, sampling (or synthesis), and beatboxing. Hip hop began in the South Bronx of New York City in the 1970s. The term rap is often used synonymously with hip hop, but hip hop denotes the practices of an entire subculture.

Rapping, also referred to as MCing or emceeing, is a vocal style in which the artist speaks lyrically, in rhyme and verse, generally to an instrumental or synthesized beat. Beats, almost always in 4/4 time signature, can be created by looping portions of other songs, usually by a DJ, or sampled from portions of other songs by a producer. Modern beats incorporate synthesizers, drum machines, and live bands. Rappers may write, memorize, or improvise their lyrics and perform their works a cappella or to a beat.

C.H.A.M.P., Kagay-anon’s Hip-hop singer/rapper, was born February 11, 1985 at Manila, he studied grade school there and moved to the south, Cagayan de Oro City where he currently lives up until now.

3^rd Grade, he got his first ever tape from his older brother – The 2 Live Crew – which ignited his love for hip-hop. At an early age he would just sit at the side and would write poems and rhymes about how he felt and what was happening around him. From then on he got exposed to more rappers around the world which he looked up to, namely: Notorious B.I.G., Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Jay Z., Rakim, and Kanye West.

He got his big break last year (2009) for Community to B-Roc of Turbulence Productions. Then he met Bojam, also last year, who gave him a chance to join FlipMusic Records. It was then they recorded We Made It – (listen to the song below – just press play).

We Made It.mp3

Impressed yet? Here’s more.

His first, yet biggest, performance was last year also for LDP (LyricallyDerangedPoet) Defense Concert at the Music Museum.

CHAMP had also worked with local Filipino artists namely Nimbus 9, Viktoria, Ron Thug, Luke Mejares, Pow Chavez, Mista Blaze, and Kane.

He’s now almost done with all the tracks for his upcoming album that would be released earlier next year. Watch out for it!

For now, listen to his other tracks below, I personally love the Oh So Yummy song where he compares food with women. Lol! And Where I’m From where he tells everyone what it is to live in the City of Golden Friendship – Cagayan de Oro:

On August 22, 2010 they will have a gig at Damosa Gateway, Market Basket for Musika Del Sur’s Music Festival 2010 together with Cagayan de Oro artists KBC and Gasulina, Davao artists Skates, Jad Montenegro, Lost Tribe, and Comrads, Black Dice of Gensan and Gravity 8 of Tagum will also perform.

More power CHAMP! We are proud to have a fellow Kagay-anon like you! Like you always ask us while performing “Can I kick it??” YES YOU CAN!

Oh, btw, he’s also a regular at Saturday Night Live presents Open Mic. Gigs are still ongoing, Saturdays – starts at 8-9PM. Kitakits!

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3 Responses to “How he became the C.H.A.M.P”

venussmileygal on September 5th, 2010 at 4:47 pm

Nice voice! I like the music… thanks for the info sanz!
Timmy Te on March 30th, 2011 at 9:02 am

Fantastic Music Sanz, ang ganda ng rhymes and arrangement ni Champ…
Where I’m From | A Glimpse of ... on December 14th, 2011 at 5:21 pm

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