Omar “O-SMOOTH” Saleem Jr.
CEO/Artist: Bang Bang Entertainment
Far Rockaway Queens, NYC
O-SMOOTH has been writing and recording Hip Hop music since he was 16 years old. Having a deep love and respect for the genre he became a DJ during his time at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania. After a few years he transferred to Brooklyn College and enrolled in for a double major in film and television production. During that time he began talking recording music more seriously with the help of his mentor “Master” Shane Watkins and began working on his 1st album entitled “ Intent 2 Deliver”.
After graduating college O-SMOOTH began a career in reality television, while he and Shane were finishing up his album. That album was never released because 6 months later Shane was murdered and the music was lost. O-SMOOTH decided to continue his career in reality television and start a new company Bang Bang Entertainment. With this company he could merge his creative talents in both music and film/video production.
With help from his new team Young Spazz, Roach and Matic he released 2 mix-tape Ill-Visu and Miskeen. He is quoted saying “The way I look at it is, I want to control my music, I’m taking a page from Diddy, Baby, Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Master P and Russell Simmons. I need my own Empire.” O-SMOOTH has also filmed many top reality shows such as “The Apprentice”, “The Bachelor”, “Survivor”, “Runs House”, “Project Runway” and “American Chopper”. “ If they want to know what my life is like just watch TV”. This mogul in the making is sure to shake up the entertainment industry in the years to come.
Raymond “Starr” Beckford
Artist: Bang Bang Entertainment/ Loyal Leaders
North Side Jamaica Queens
A few words that can describe Starr are young, talented and cocky. Most might say that cocky isn’t always a virtue, but when they hear his music they understand why. Living on the North Side of Jamaica Queens Starr has been exposed to street life at an early age, instead of becoming a product of his environment he decided to be productive in his environment through his music.
When asked about his rapid fire flow Starr states “I’m an all around artist…I make music for the poor the rich happy and sad. I’m an inspirational messenger that gives visions with words, visions that you and I can relate to.” With his talent and ambition Starr is sure to carve out a space in today’s world of rap and be around for long time
Mansour “Matic” Saleem
Artist: Bang Bang Entertainment
Far Rockaway Queens, NYC
Unlike his older brother O-SMOOTH, Matic infuses his love of fashion and women in his songs. He is always on the cutting edge when it comes to getting fresh to death, and will always let the people know that. The young Billie Dee Williams of the team has an uncanny ability to put what goes on in his relationships on a song be it good or bad. Although he has his own style, one may say that Matic reminds them of a young Nas on Illmatic, with that said many hip hop fans will be intrigued with his flow and subject matter. From relationships to urban story telling Matic is sure to drop more than a few jewels for listeners of all ages genders and races.
Curtis “Bane” Agard
Artist: Bang Bang Entertainment
Far Rockaway Queens, NYC
One word to describe this lyrical emcee is “Super-Hero”. Bane is here to save Hip Hop with his creative anime inspired flow. You never know what type of song he’ll drop. He can bring you into his world of Hood life meets Marvel comics, meets sci-fi, merged with some crazy outer space stuff. Bane is not afraid to push the boundaries of rap music, he’ll tell you that he’s not a rapper he’s a mad scientist. This style of rap is one of the most creative since Marshal Mathers created Eminem. If you are a fan of Comic books, Anime, Video Games, Star Wars and Cartoon Network then Bane is sure to be your favorite artist.
Jermaine “Half Dizza” Stephenson
Artist: Bang Bang Entertainment
Far Rockaway Queens, NYC
When asked how he wanted to be portrayed in his Bio Half says “Shit… Tell them I get money, I get fly and I can rap!” It sounds simple but Half is more than that. He started rapping a few years ago and has set his goals on being a top-notch emcee. His voice and his flow will make anyone say “Damn who is that?” Half’s style is different from most rappers, even though he has a keen understanding of the streets he tries to do something different in his music. Instead of the guns blood and murder lyrics he chooses to rap about the better things in life. “There’s more than enough rappers out there talking about Bricks and Bullets, I want to talk about stuff that me and my people enjoy.” So if it’s a club song, girl song or a street anthem Half will always give his fans the real deal.
