Our Story

Yo, growing up in the Virgin Islands

You know, it's real reggae driven, real calypso driven

But believe it or not, you know

Me and my brother, we grew up listening to hip-hop music

Like, our parents was like the cool kids

Like, they loved hip-hop music

And you know, we ain't never really wanted to rap or nothing

Until the Fugees came out

That's when it all changed

See, that's was the first time we wanted to get on stage

I was nervous, my brother wasn't afraid

We both was at a very young age

Mom and Dad worked hard for that five dollars an hour minimum wage

They treated our folks like they were slaves

But they did whatever they had to to keep food on the plate

So we made a promise that somehow, some way

We was gon' make it up out of this ghetto one day

Maybe 'cause we were locals

Probably why promoters felt like we didn't deserve to get paid

We were loved by some, hated by many

Years passed growing up, now we just met Benny

Fan base started growing, still wasn't making a penny

That's not even half a mile in my shoes

We became the biggest group while we were still only in high school

But we ain't settled, so right after we graduated, we moved

All we've ever wanted to do was get to a better tomorrow

So much in our hearts to prove to get to a better tomorrow

So look, at this point, we like the biggest group in the Virgin Islands

And I remember, we left with egos

Like we really thought we was gon' move to the States

And we was 'bout to blow up

And of course, you know, it ain't happen like that

So I remember my brother got his ticket, he left

I had a buddy pass, lost my buddy pass

My mama took her last money and got me that plane ticket

So now, we in the MIA

Shout out to my cousin Oshannah for giving us a place to stay

My homie, Verse, stayed right around the corner with his moms

My uncle Trent stayed twenty minutes away

Now me, my brother, and Verse was running through the streets of Miami

Grinding, seeing as though we couldn't get work

Then a radio battle rap show with Big Lip and Super Cindy

Was the only way that we got heard

See, we skipped college, ain't with that blue collar

Was only chasing our dreams, ain't never chased dollars

And we was on fire when we left St. Thomas

Went to Miami thinking we was gon' get more hotter

But that didn't happen at all, we knew that we needed to leave

And it was between Atlanta and New York

Then our tickets got bought to come to the A to rock a show

If that wasn't a sign, I don't know what it was

So they paid us 350 to perform in the club

So we packed up our bags like, here we come

And we were fresh out of high school, still very young

But this was our dream, to some, we were dumb

All we've ever wanted to do was get to a better tomorrow

So much in our hearts to prove to get to a better tomorrow

All right, so I know y'all heard me mention Benny name on the first verse

And for those who don't know, Benny is Akon's DJ

DJ Benny D

And you know, we all came up together in the Virgin Islands

Tryna chase this dream

And at this point now, we're all together in the States, like, yo

Man, we, we, we gotta really go hard, or go home

'Cause this is it right here

So we went to Atlanta and decided we wasn't gon' leave

With 20 dollars in the pocket of some old jeans

Came across a few salesmen that sold dreams

But we wasn't gon' quit, uh-uh, by no means

We started meeting with labels and we were laughed at

Like you from an island tryna rap, go home please

Started doing talent shows to win money

Just to keep the lights on and bring home a lil' groceries

Buzz started growing

Atlanta started showing mad love, so we just kept on going

Deals on the table, now Akon blowing up

And hearing 'bout us from everybody who know him

Did the deal with Konvict, then Losin' It dropped

Still here, standing even after Losin' It flopped

They wanted us to sing, no rapping, straight pop

That's just some of the reasons why that album ain't drop

And I ain't tryna get props, all I want is my shot

Our chance to blow and probably make it to the top

And at least I can say that we tried if we failed

Plus the fans ain't never cared 'bout first week sales

All we've ever wanted to do was get to a better tomorrow

So much in our hearts to prove to get to a better tomorrow

All right, so there's still a few pieces that I missed

So when we first moved to Atlanta

You know, we was 'bout to sign to Organized Noize

And I just gotta shout out to the homies, Rico, Wade, and Ray

Because, you know, they embraced us and showed us mad love

For real, you know, we represent Second Generation

Dungeon Family, all day

And then, uh, you know, so, that didn't really work out

And then we just got back on our talent show grind

And, like, straight up

We was just doing talent shows because we know that you could win money

And we just was like

Yo, this is how we gon' pay our bills, how we gon' survive

And we started winning so much that they told us

We couldn't compete no more

And we was like, damn

All right now, we gotta try to figure something else out

And um, you know, everything didn't really start changing for us

Till we met our manager, Ray Daniels

And he was a young, hungry, up and coming **** from Atlanta

Just, you know, tryna make it, same way we was, so

You know something, I'ma let my brother come in here

And finish out the rest of the story

Yeah, so what my brother forgot to mention

I gotta go back a little bit, as when we first got to Atlanta

We didn't really have no place to live

So, you know what I'm saying? We kinda was like

Sleeping on the MARTA train and shit

And we would, you know, stay there for a couple days or whatever

And then we got stay in a studio, and we would sleep there on a couch

Like, my head on one end, his head on the other end

You know what I'm saying?

And we would take showers in the bathroom, in the sink

You know what I'm saying?

When we, when we could, when we had to get fresh and shit

'Cause we lived in a studio

Now we can fast forward to later on

We met these producers that we were working with

And we was working on an album

And something happened to where we had to move back to St. Thomas

Now when we left St. Thomas, we was popping, we was like, big

And still thought of as a big deal

And had to move back to St. Thomas 'cause my daughter was born

And I was broke, and I ain't had nothing

You know what I'm saying?

My baby mama saying, like, "****, you ain't really shit 'cause you don't help out"

And I was like, damn, man, like I got

Like what am I gonna do? Like, all I've ever been good at is music

Like, you know, we didn't go to college

We, we just was singing

So we moved back to St. Thomas, man, and we got jobs at the ice cream shop

Now embarrassed as hell that we gotta work at the ice cream shop

'Cause people coming in there, still tryna take pictures

Like, "Yo, what happened to y'all? What y'all doing?

Like, you know, I thought y'all was doing music in the States, like

Y'all was 'bout to be big time"

And we was like, "Uh, man, you know, we just grinding"

So we stayed there for six months and saved money and came back to Atlanta

Like, yo, bam, got our own apartment

And you know, we paid six months rent in advance

We was like, yo, in six months, we 'bout to take over

Well, that didn't work out

You know what I'm saying? So

Now we hooking up with Ray

But we wanna work with Ray, and Ray wanna work with us

But everybody telling us not to work with Ray

And everybody telling Ray not to work with us

So one day, we was just like

Eh, fuck it, man, we been friends before music, ****

We gon' work together

And you know, Ray would just take us around the city

You know what I'm saying? In his black Tahoe

And be like, yo, man, just give the guys five minutes, then go

Man, we heard every negative thing you can hear about a artist

About ourselves

And Ray was like, "Man, don't listen to them ****, man

Y'all some of the most talented people I ever met"

So we just grinding

And I quit my job at Party City, just randomly one day

And, um, started going to the studio every day, like

In there, my brother kept his job

Anyway, while we in there now, I wrote four hundred songs

We only sold one, Music for Love for Mario

So when we start selling songs to songwriters

Me and my brother's like, oh, shit

So now everybody's coming, you know

We got publishers coming, now people tryna sign us as artists

We doing talent shows, we got Atlanta rocking

You know, it's turning around

So we did our deal with Konvict Music

You know what I mean? And then we signed to Interscope Records

So, we was there for four years, finally got off

And then, you know, at one point, you know

Ray just came and said, "I know this gon' be drastic, man

But y'all should just change y'all name"

So we changed our name to Planet Six

And put out like, two independent, free albums

The American Dream and the American Nightmare, you now what I'm saying?

You could still find those online if you wanna go check 'em out

But we was getting so much leaks from song writing

It would be pop songs, R&B songs, reggae songs

Everybody's like, "Yo, what, what the, what the fuck is these **** on?"

It was so confusing, so we was like

Yo, let's try something different

And when that didn't work, or didn't really get us where we felt we wanted to get

Ray was like, "Look, man, I think y'all should just stop being artists, man

And focus on writing, man

That's how we paying our bills, that's how we taking care of our family

I think y'all should just say fuck it"

And we was like, yeah? We was like, cool, man, like shit

Let's just write songs

And we just started writing, you know what I'm saying?

And this, we just went crazy, like

Pour It Up, Rihanna

We Can't Stop, Miley Cyrus

Shower, Becky G

Like, like I Don't Mind, Usher

Like we was just going crazy, only making

We was going crazy, like, on the writing

And this one, uh, A&R, Chris Anokute

And he was just like, "Yo, man, y'all ever work with Doctor Lou?"

We was like, "Nah"

He was like, "Man, if y'all got with Lou, y'all would be outta here"

And we had another mutual friend named, Rue Chambers

Because they set up a meeting with us with Lou

And it was just like, Rue was like, "Yo, oh, you 'bout to work with Rock City?

Oh my god, yo, on they artist shit, right?"

Luke was like, "They artists? What?

I mean, if you like they writing, bro, they artist shit is way better"

Wow, you know what I mean?

So we met with Lou, we got in on working on Becky G

Latin sister from another mister

And while working on that, like, swear to God

Like just in the middle of working on all of that

Luke just says, "Yo, y'all wanna work on some music for y'alls self?"

So much in our hearts to prove to get to a better tomorrow