Kastro aka SLiM PiCKENS, Kyvah Johnston, was Born in the Roxbury section of Boston. The first born of two boys he was destined to entertain. Early on a young SLiM demonstrated his love for entertainment by performing for family members growing up in a home filled with music fueled SLiM’s Passion. At the Age of 12 he began writing, Free styling, and developing his craft.
SLiM’s Style is based on hip hop roots, socially conscious what is consider underground. He has had air play on several college radio stations and has featured on some local mainstream stations as well.
Aside from radio he has also received recognition from the internet as an electrifying MC on the rise. SLiM has been a featured artist on sites such as Disdain.tv, Rapstation.com, LOUD.com(SemiFinalist), OURSTAGE.com(numerous top 10 honors), Big-Mike.net, Download.com(OVER 20,000 downloads) to name a few.
SLiM has become a well respected performer around the Boston area performing at venues like Harper’s Ferry, The Western Front, Kay’s Oasis, Mc Gann’s, The Middle East, Ecko Lounge. He has even shared the stage famed Lollapalooza with Jurassic 5, 2004 The Tweeter Center in Mansfield.
SLiM’s dedication is shown through his drive and hustle. He hit the streets and clubs daily pushing his independently released Demo album, which he released in mid November 2002. And has released over 20+ mixtapes in the Boston and surrounding areas over the past 5 years. Thanks to the support of Fans, barbershops, and mom and pop stores through out the New England area.
SLiM’s Future Aspirations are to help in the development of Roxbury through the education of children and adults alike. SLiM is a man who stands for the people and works to teach them knowledge to build themselves and the community. He has been inspired to give them tools rather than hope to succeed.
ANY QUESTIONS? JUST ASK!!! PEACE
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L☆VE $EX n DEA†H says
Congrats to "Rantings of Eva"!!!I also wanna say congrats to everyone in this comp for getting heard and getting the recognition that you all deserve. I know I at times displayed my emotions in ways that was not cool. But it's all in the growing up department, and we all evolved from this.
Just keep keeping it real, and we will once again (soon I hope), be side by side in our quest for success and being HEARD!
Here's another idea for being heard!
There's a new page on MN called "Collaboration Nation" for the listing of music that are collabs between 2 or more artists on MN.
It's not just there you can be heard, but if you collaborate with other artists in other genres, then your limitations to which contests you can enter just opened up to an endless selection. Use whatever you can to BE HEARD!!!!!
http://musicnation.com/music/mncollabs
I love you all to DEATH!
LSD
A.C. says
So its after 12 and we're still going! Apparently i'm not sleeping tonight. I'm guessing we have a few more hours before we get our lives back so what better way to spend them other than voting for all of our kick ass friends?! Exactly, no better way.SINGLE FATHER says
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SO IT SEEMS THAT ON THE LAST DAY OF THE SPIN THE TOP TEN IS LIKE A DOORKNOB: EVERYONE GETS A TURN!
(EXCEPT FOR MARK DOOLEY, HE GOT SOME CYBER-SUPER GLUE MOJO GOIN’ ON! CONGRATULATIONS, MARK! IF YOU’RE NOT A FINALIST, THE RULES LIED!)
WHO KNOWS HOW THIS WILL WASH OUT TOMORROW, AS THERE HAVE BEEN NO WEEKLY POSTING OF WINNERS (DRUM ROLL, PLEASE!)
BEST OF LUCK AND HOPE TO EVERYONE WHO STUCK IT OUT THIS FAR-WE ARE ALL WINNERS IN THAT SENSE.
TO ALL THE FINALISTS, WOMEVER THEY MAY BE, AN EXTRA PRAYER FOR THOSE EXTRA DEALS THEY ARE OFFERING-AND OF COURSE THE BIG CHEESE:
THOSE TWO BAD ASS GIBSON GUITARS!
PEACE, AND HOPE TO SEE YOU ON “THE OTHER SIDE”!
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I FEEL A STRANGE CHANGE
STARTING T☼ REARRANGE
THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT THINGS
I’M READY TO LIVE MY LIFE
AND ACCEPT ALL THE L♥VE
AND J☺Y THAT IT BRINGS – Д@ŖŐŊ ©ħąЯĻęś
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JForce says
Just got a vote for ya'! Good Luck!The Altruistic Messiah ~ Ben Vandagriff ~ The CEO of Rock & Roll ! says
It's my same old rap ~ as I'm nothing if not redundant !!!!!Don't merely vote ~ promote
With every rate ~ you elevate
& with every single comment ~ give your consent to the content
To some extent
Whither you make us laugh or make us cry
Read between the lines ~ and amplify
There is beauty in revealing your true feelings
& it's not do or die ~ it's believing
http://musicnation.com/music/thealtruistic/beatz
DICARLO PRODUCTIONS says
OK PEEPS,WITH 2 MORE DAYS OF THIS COMEDY TO GO, I´M POSTING MY ORIGINAL BLOG (WHICH I´M SURE NO ONE HAS READ :) LOL) THAT I POSTED ON MN THE FIRST DAY I ARRIVED HERE!!!!!!!! :)
"HELLO MUSIC NATION"
Hello Everyone,
I was invited over here to vote for a friend of mine, and had to register in order to vote, so I decided to make a page, and even entered in the "HOT PURSUIT" contest. But, to be honest, I´m more interested in networking, meeting new artists, and promoting my business www.online-mixing-and-mastering.com.
To be quite honest, I feel that most contests, are just popularity contests, and have very little to do with real talent. Very seldom do the really talented artists win. It´s more who has the most friends that will vote for them, and I´m far too busy to be running around trying to get people to vote for me. :) lol
Anyway, I wish you the best of luck. I´m looking forward to meeting all of you.
DICARLO
Added; Please feel free to join my My Space pages, check out my www.online-mixing-and-mastering.com website, or Google search DICARLO PRODUCTIONS. I´m everywhere. :)
OK, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I´M ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY BY THE FRIENDSHIP AND SUPPORT YOU´VE ALL GIVEN ME. I CAME HERE ONLY KNOWING 1 PERSON, AND HAVE MET 100`S OF FRIENDS AND FANS IN LESS THAN 2 MONTHS TIME, QUALIFIED FOR THE CONTEST AT #22 AFTER BEING HERE ONLY 2 WEEKS, RECEIVED ALMOST 6,000 PLAYS, AND WILL BE MASTERING 2 CD´S, AND SEVERAL TRACKS FOR ARTISTS HERE!!!! :)
SO, I´M QUITE CONTENT, BECAUSE I´VE ACHIEVED MUCH MORE THAN I HAD EXPECTED!!!!! :)
MN (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW ASSHOLES, WHICH YOU WILL FIND ON EVERY SITE) IS ONE OF THE BEST SITES I´VE EVER BEEN ON, AND I´VE BEEN ON A TON OF THEM!!!! :)
YOU PEOPLE ARE LIKE FAMILY, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT!!! :)
I HOPE THAT WE KEEP THIS FEELING GOING LONG AFTER THIS CONTEST IS OVER, AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL SUPPORT ME AT OURSTAGE, WHERE I´VE BEEN IN THE TOP 10 SEMI FINALS 5 OUT OF 6 TIMES, AND WOULD HAVE MADE THE FINALS, AND MAYBE EVEN WON, HAD I HAD ENOUGH FRIENDS AND FANS VOTING FOR ME. :)
MY SONG "DO YOU WANT MY LOVIN" HAS BEEN AT #3 IN THE LATIN GENRE OVER THERE FOR 1 WEEK NOW, AND I HAVE 4 OTHER SONGS IN THE TOP 20-30. SO I HOPE YOU WILL SUPPORT ME OVER THERE WHEN THIS CONTEST IS OVER, BECAUSE IF I HAD THE KIND OF SUPPORT OVER THERE, THAT YOU´VE GIVEN ME HERE, I WOULD HAVE WON SEVERAL TIMES OVER THERE!!!!! :)
NO SERIOUSLY, YOU PEOPLE ARE GREAT!!!! :)
GOOD LUCK TO WHO EVER WINS THIS CONTEST, BECAUSE IT´S JUST THE BEGINNING!!! :) WINNING THIS CONTEST WILL NOT MAKE YOU AN OVERNIGHT SUCCESS, IT´S JUST A STEPPING STONE, AND YOU´LL HAVE TO WORK EVEN HARDER, BECAUSE THEY (THE LABEL) WILL BE EXPECTING YOU TO DELIVER THE GOODS!!!! :)
TO THE REST OF YOU;
LIKE MY SONG SAYS, "DON´T STOP". :)
THERE WILL BE OTHER CHANCES, OTHER CONTESTS, OTHER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE. JUST KEEP UP THE HARD WORK PERFECTING YOUR CRAFT, AND IT WILL PAY OFF SOME DAY!!!!! :)
ALL THE BEST,
DICARLO
ChristyJones says
voted for you again- christyJForce says
Sunday voting is on and I got you today in the H2H! JForce has a new tune in contest called "Guyz Night". Show us some love!IT'S THAT SHINING 1 says
good luck n tha semi i put a vote nCOOKIE CUTTER GIRL, Pop Superhero! says
HEY FELLOW BOSTON BAND...LET'S VOTE FOR EACH OTHER ON MUSIC NATION!
As a "THANK YOU, to my friends & fans, for voting,
I'm offering a FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD of my contest entry, "PAIN."
This song was reviewed in ROLLING STONE as
"Nashville's Version of FIONA APPLE." *smile*
FREE MP3 DOWNLOADS!
6 NEW COMIC/POP SONGS UPLOADED...
LISTEN & LAUGH ON MY MUSIC NATION PAGE!
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