History of RAPTURE 101

NOW RESIDING IN SAN-CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. HAS A WANT AND DESIRE TO PRESENT MUSIC AS AN ARTIST, MUSICIAN, AND A PRODUCER...
STARTED IN THE MUSIC GAME AS A DJ, DOING LOCAL PARTIES IN 1994... AS TRAVELING ACROSS SEAS, DID OPENING PERFORMANCES FOR CHRISTIAN WHICH WERE UNDER ROC-A-FELLA (AT THE TIME) GOODIE MOB,BAD AZZ AFTER A SNOOP DOG CONCERT, AND WORKED WITH UPCOMING ARTIST IN JAPAN.... WHILE IN JAPAN, DJED IN CLUBS: CLUB USO,CLUB VEITTI,CLUB HEAVENS IN YOKOHAMA, AND CLUB CIRCUS...FOCUSED ON INDEPENDENT GROUPS CALLED SOUTHERN ELEMENTS WHICH STARRED THE NOBLIST AND HERSHEY LOC... AS TIME TIME EXPIRED IN THE MILITARY SCENE.. MOVED BACK TO U.S. AND STARTED BACK PROMOTING MIX TAPES AND CD'S...THIS ALL CAME ABOUT IN 2000....ORIGINALLY CAME UP WITH THE NAME HALFTIME PRODUCTIONS IN 2001... AND STARTED WORKING ON MAKING MY OWN BEATS AND WORKING WITH ARTIST SUCH AS REALITY, GOLDEN GUNNZ, NASTY NEV, SPYDAMAN..... 2004 DROPPED MY FIRST LOCAL ARTIST MIXCD ENTITLED FLAVAKUS WHICH FEATURED NASTY NEV, GOLDEN GUNNZ,REALITY,VIOLATER FROM S-SQUAD, AND MYSELF DREAM KING AKA DJ SHYHEIM AKA RAPTURE.... I REALLY BEGAN TO FOCUS ON THE MUSIC CAREER AND BACKGROUND.... SO I JOINED TALENT 2K.... HALFTIME PRODUCTIONS DID HEAVY ADVERTISEMENT IN THE LOCAL AREA FROM MIXTAPES TO LOCAL CD'S...FROM ALL OF THIS I TOOK MY POETRY KNOWLEDGE AND STARTED WRITING AND PRODUCING MY OWN TRACK TO SEE IF THAT SOMEDAY I COULD PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE FOR NOT JUST MYSELF BUT FOR ALL THAT I CONNECTED WITH... THE STRUGGLE STILL CONTINUES... 2005 I ENTERED A TALENT SHOWCASE AND WON FIRST PRIZE OFF OF MY FIRST SOLO HIT-"LET'S GO TO THE SHOW " IN WHICH IT WAS PERFORMED FOR EMBRACING SISTERHOOD... THROUGHOUT ALL THE MOTIVATION FROM WINNING I CONTINUED ON AND CAME OUT WITH A STREET ALBUM ENTITLED "IT WAS ALL A DREAM"- PRODUCED BY ME THE DREAMCHILD .... THIS WAS THE ROUGH COPY.... I HOOKED UP WITH TAXI AND STARTED PUSHING MY BEATS AND SONGS OFF THE ALBUM.... GOOD FEEEDBACK CAME HANDY SO I ADDED MORE SONGS FOR AN UPGRADE AND MADE MY ALBUM OFFICIAL AND ADVERTISED IT ON BROADJAM.COM/DREAMCHILD....THIS IS WHAT I DO AND THIS IS ME... I WRITE MY OWN SONGS, MAKE MY OWN BEATS,PROMOTE MY OWN MATERIAL JUST TO SEE IF THERE IS SOMEBODY OUT THERE TO SHOW ME HOW I COULD MAKE THAT NEXT STEP AND HOW I COULD MAKE EVERY STEP HOTTER.... SO NOW IT IS HALFTIME PRODUCTION AND WHOMEVER I COLLABORATE WITH UNTIL SOMEBODY FINALLY REALIZE THERE IS ALOT OF POTENTIAL IN THESE ARTIST AND MYSELF....UNTIL SOMEBODY PICKS ME UP... I WILL CONTINUE TO STRIVE TO DO THE BEST I CAN DO CAUSE MUSIC IS MY LIFE.... HOLLA AT YA BOY.. IF YOU NEED CONTACT INFO... EMAIL ME @ shyheim_28@yahoo.com or myspace.com/dreamchild2006. THANK YOU FOR LISTINING AND CHECKIN OUT MY MATERIAL AND MUSIC
I HAVE DONE VARIABLE THINGS IN...
RADIO BROADCASTING, SONGWRITING, PRODUCING, DISC JOCKEY,
ARTIST, MILITARY EXPERIENCE, POETRY....
1994- specialized disc jockey mixing the best in urban, soul, old school, dirty south, reggae, house music...
1995- enlisted in military...
stationed from CHICAGO TO CALI...
1997- Deported to JAPAN...WHILE IN JAPAN still pursued djing in clubs such as CLUB USA, CLUB HEAVENS in YOKOHAMA, CLUB CIRCUS in YOKOHAMA, CLUB VIETTI in ROPPONGI, TOKYO....
1999- SEPERATION FROM MILITARY
2002- JOIN TAXI A&R SERVICE.... entered various contest... won 1st place in local contest for EMBRACING SISTERHOOD... SONG TITLED " LET'S GO"...
2005- JOINED broadjam.com, myspace.com to help market my music..
STARTED STRONGLY PRODUCING BEATS AND WRITING SONGS...
DJ IN CLUBS STILL...PROVIDE A DISC JOCKEY SERVICE TO SURROUNDING AREAS...
2007- PERFORMED AT LEVEL 2 IN FAYETTEVILLE NC
RELEASED SELF ENTITLED EP... THE DREAM KING
HEAVY PROMOTION...
2008-RADIO INTERVEIWS ON 88.1 ( CAMPUS OF N.C. STATE WITH DJ NOMINAL) AND DJ/ RADIO INTERVEIWS FOR WDCC 90.5 THE BEAT...
CURRENTLY WORK WITH DIFFERENT ARTIST FOR MIX CDS
AND HAVE MY MATERIAL POSTED ON SITES SUCH AS
myspace.com/dreamchild2006
musictrax.jp/djshyheim
mp3.com/dj-shyheim
IF YOU WANT TO PURCHASE ANY ONE OF THESE SONGS PLEASE VISIT THIS SITE...I ALSO HAVE FREE DOWNLOADS OF OTHER FEAT. SONGS AS WELL.
http://www.soundclick.com/RAPTURE101

2009- entered contest on ourstage.com, loud.com and have my music preveiwed on different internet radio stations and played on www.jango.com/music/RAPTURE+NC+
http://www.rapturebeats.com
http://www.servemebeats.com/RAPTURE
http://beatpal.com/rapturebeats

Main Influences on RAPTURE 101

T.I., KANYE WEST, JAY-Z, DAVID BANNER, 9TH WONDER, CANTON JONES, SWIZZ BEATS, COMMON, NAS