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Modesty XO
The poverty-stricken ghettos across the globe have produced some of the most influential talents ever. Whether the sweltering cotton fields under a merciless Mississippi sun that birthed the blues of Muddy Waters and B.B. King, treacherous tenements of Jamaica that produced the rebellious rhythms Bob Marley and Peter Tosh or the run-down, roach-infested projects of the South Bronx giving way to Hip-Hop artist KRS-One and legendary DJ Kool Herc, the overcoming of poverty, pain and hardships has molded some of the greatest contributions to music, art and science.
Up next to share his trials, tribulations, victories and defeats to the masses now comes Alabama-born ghetto dweller Modesty XO. After becoming a permanent fixture on the local Hip-Hop scene more than a decade ago, Modesty’s reach has far surpassed the boundaries of Birmingham. With a string of regionally distributed mixtapes hosted by highly praised turntable technicians DJ Infamous and DJ Smallz, Modesty is set to take the world by storm aided by his bubbling, R&B-tinged new singles “Baby Girl”, “Money Money” “Paper” and “What u Got” (which accompanies an independent video shot on in Birmingham).
“My music is a reflection of my mood for the moment. If I’m feeling good, my style might be crunk. If that day ain’t going right, you might get some blues. And that’s the average day that people live. Their moods change, and so does my music,” Modesty explains. “A lot of rappers put on images. I want people to know me. Everything is real in my music- 100 percent.”
Modesty grew up the Birmingham’s worst area known as the West End. The one-time center for the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, the section is now plagued by poverty, gangs and drugs. And while Modesty was raised in a two-parent home and was a tad bit better off than many of his neighbors, he still felt their same pains of coming up in the hood.
“I might have been blessed with only a little bit of something, but the people across the street might not have nothing. So we leaned on each other’s shoulders,” he remembers. “Everybody that grew up in West End has all gone without at one point. You may have to go to your next door neighbor and ask for some ketchup or to get a ride to the store. Everybody is one big family. We had to be in order to survive.”
Introduced to rap music by an older brother, Modesty first began penning lyrics at age 12. Modesty instantly found his calling. He could be in the school cafeteria banging on the table to make a beat, huddled up amongst a group of eager middle school students battling or going toe to toe with competitors in an open mic contest, but Modesty could always be found somewhere rapping.
“I was always a fan of Hip-Hop,” he says. “When other kids were growing up saying they wanted to be a fireman, a policeman or a football star, I wanted to be a rapper. I always was good at poetry and writing stories. So I started rhyming and rapping my poetry.”
By high school, Modesty had made a name for himself around town for his music. He began performing at clubs throughout the city and grew a strong local following because of his straightforward southern style and dynamic stage presence.
Capitalizing on his fame across the city, Modesty began recording songs, burning them on discs and passing them out in school in 2003. So that the CDs would be distributed throughout the city, he wrote “burn me” on each CD with a magic marker.
“That was my way of marketing,” he details. “People started burning it and it started spreading.” In 2006, Modesty hit pay dirt with his biggest local hit “Back It Up” and even brought home a trophy for Live Best Male Performer for Birmingham’s Dirty 30 Awards.
The following year, his grind was recognized with a nomination for an Ozone Award for Patiently Waiting Birmingham in 2007. And he officially staked his claim in the game with his own label Fully Driven Entertainment in collaboration with Zoo Boyz Entertainment and the DJ Infamous-hosted mixtape 24/7 Grindin Chapter 1: Necessary By Any Means.
He solidified his stay in 2008 with DJ Smallz-hosted mixtape Hustler Muzik. In addition, he was awarded an opportunity to collaborate with famed producers Marlo Mischief and J Millz, who has produced tracks for Atlanta-based group Youngbloodz and Memphis rap legend Yo Gotti. He also co-wrote the lyrics for song “Dope Boy Lean,” which appeared on Tyler Perry’s 2008 comedy Meet The Browns.
“I’m trying to be a counselor to the game,” says Modesty. “Everybody’s pockets ain’t fat every day. Everybody don’t have a ball every day. People lose people close to them some days. Some days, people’s money ain’t right. Somebody’s momma might be on drugs. Somebody’s daddy ain’t there. Some people from the hood just finished college and got to get on their hustle cause there ain’t no jobs.
He continues, “I speak for and to those people, because they are me. They understand me because I understand their struggles and put it in my music.” And we are all ears.
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