WHY FDA SHOULD HAVE BEEN A SCHOOL FOR MUSIC

Frederick Douglass Academy located located on 148th and  Adam Clayton Powell was a breeding ground for talented students who expressed their art in the form of music.

This fertile land was only stimulated even further by having a music studio in the infamous room 335. Having a fully operation music studio in a high school that's not devoted to music is kind of weird but the sheer amount of talent that was cultivated over the years in that studio has been nothing short of remarkable. Here's a quick list of some of the talent that walked through that school and studio.

"Charles Hamilton" (CHUCK/ Mr. HAMileTon)

Most Famous for signing with Interscope and dropping Surprise Hit Brooklyn Girls Charles carreer has been a interesting journey which has him currently signed to Republic Records and dropping tracks with Rita Ora 

"Yung Nate" (THE GREAT)

This fiery bashful and unapologetic artist stays in rotation by the bloggers and consistently stays true to the culture of what it means to be a rapper from New York. Nate & Charles used to double team audiences like Batman & Superman back in the day. 

"Showtufli" (ToFly)

ShowTufli is the Steph Curry of the game...potential unlimited; the baby faced assassin...He's been dropping some heat and his latest single is produced by OVO producer Boi-da...

"Y. Rome"  (Y.Dot/Rome)

This next artist is about to blow up ya'll have no idea. One of the dopest person to watch perform & Music Labels is in his DM. It's honestly just a matter of time He's gone change the game like Kanye,Drake, & Kudi  did...Shout out Universal lol. He's prolly tearing it up @SXSW in AUSTIN TEXAS right now...

"Izaiah" (Clinton)

Izaiah is the voice sent from heaven...gravitating to singing Gospel music he's an excellent musician in his own right and currently releasing music independently but he's obviously doing something right he was recently seen singing the national Anthem at The Brooklyn Nets game during the Playoffs.

"Vinyl Rock" (Killa T/ T-REXX/Project Aim/T.Stewart)

The lost child turned into a boss then a monster ... He started off as the lovable goof with a passion for expressing his woes in music but life has matured him into his own man. Recently dropping two fiyah mixtapes from The Walk, Allumni Swagger, To his latest Concrete Jungle Vinyl Rock AKA Killa T has been taking over LONG ISLAND By Force...Life has forced him to Boss up and that power has been refined to monstrous levels...Godzilla is coming just wait on it

"K Zeus" (King Blaine/David Blaine/Dirty D)

THE GOD OF MUSIC & Olympus. Zeus operates Under the belief that music is all about a feeling and when he drops music and performs its like a riot starter because it's always fire. Adopting KanYe's Graduation Philosphy K Zeus makes STADIUM MUSIC . Vinyl Rock & K Zeus is the fire and Ice tag team combination  and there hasn't been a FDA tag team more potent since Nate & Charles.

 The Album Legend Od Zeus is coming soon  and he already has some dope features from Childish Gambino,Chance The Rapper, Tinashe, Route 94 and more. Zeus, Rome, & Vinyl Rock are the Holy Trinity (Zeus, Poseidon, Hades) brothers attacking different facets of the music industry. Killa T got the soulful music , Wavy Rome makes that wavy zone out turn up music , & Zeus is all about that commercial stadium hop.

Check out his Single Suicide Squad

Quazee (Q)

Peep Game

Quazee was always into the old school hip hop flow and he's one of the artist that actually has the skill to pull it off in today's rap game. You can't knock whats real. This guy is a wordsmith and when you hear him you got no choice but to blaze up and zone out. BARS something the game has been missing.

Mike Mitch (SCHWANG KING/ Ice Man)

Mike Mitch was swag. Now that brother is a class act. He is an outstanding person works hard and naturally with age like wine  he just keeps better. Telling lyrical stories,  pointing out social injustices within his community and people, he is a strong educated black man and no doubt will inspire others to follow the same path. B.A.R.S he a pretty good baller to.

Chris Bradshaw (LIVE)

Chris Live is at the Kanye West stage where he just lived in his studio making beats and songs like a hermit. Not only is he doing that but he is also is still finding time to do shows  and get followed by Labels on Twitter. Money is definitely in his future because he's so talented off the production alone, but add on the fact that he's a good rapper and has a voice and yea as Anthony Mackie use to say on the Captain America Winter Solider Set...CUT THE CHECK!!!!! For real listen how he chops the track below.

"Faze" (Fizzle)

Tayvon and Tayshaun hit it off playing the drums in the band, and samba, but then it got lethal when Faze started hitting the rhymes and poetry. and Tay started making the beats. Faze is one of the few guys i dont want to see in a battle...Em Rap God Flow. Plus he's also a poet a pretty damn good one at that.

"Sha-leik" (The Engineer)

BEATS FOR DAYS Producing Heat For the whole 335 nation and artist like CHarles Hamilton, Young money artist Jae Millz, Das Rascit, and more. Sha-leik has a unique way of flipping samples and making beats from another planet, that take artist to a very different creative space...the results usually volcano fire marinated in the earths core.

"Bella Vee" (Queen V)

One of the few woman to grace this list this girl is nasty on the mic. She got the looks, she got the swag, and she got the bars to really be a force in a male dominated field. She's going to not only challenge the female queen of rap but she's putting her bid in for the kings as well... check her style, check check check it out







"Corpy" (Corporate)

The hardest working man i know. He run his own business, has a job and he always finds time to get his hand into what ever money making opportunities  available while maintaining his focus and craftsmanship to his music. From running web documentaries to speaking real facts one of his rants was sampled on Childish Gambino's track Centipede .While definitely eccentric he is also very skilled and does not half step when it comes to putting in work.