CLICCMADE ENT.
"THE SOUND OF ARIZONA"
CBALLA'S BIO
CBALLA'S BIO
"FROM THA VG'S TO THE TVS" THAT IS THE MOTTO CBALLA HAS INCORPORATED INTO HIS LIFE AS TO WHERE HE STARTED TO WHERE HE IS DESTINED TO GO. CBALLA WAS BORN IN CRUTHERSVILLE MO. FEBRUARY 11TH 1978 TO SAM YOUNG JR AND DELOIS JEAN TAYLOR, 6 MONTHS AFTER HE WAS BORN HIS PARENTS MOVED TO ARIZONA TO TRY A BETTER LIFE. ALL THREW OUT HIS YOUNGER YEARS CBALLA WAS INTO RAP MUSIC, FROM ARTISTS LIKE WHODINI, KOO MO DE, AND RUN DMC AND THREW HIS PRETEENS WITH ARTIST LIKE NWA, 2SHORT, AND SLICK RICK, OF COURSE IN HIS PRETEEN YEARS HE WOULD HAVE TO SNEAK TO HEAR THESE ARTIST. CBALLA WAS ASTONISHED WITH HIP HOP AND THE DIFFERENT ALBUM COVERS, VOICES, AND LIFESTYLES EACH ARTIST RAPED ABOUT IN THERE SONGS. HE SAID "I COULD REMEMBER GOING TO THE WAREHOUSE MUSIC STORE IN THE MALL TO THE RAP SECTION AND SAYING I WISH I COULD BUY EVERY RAP ALBUM IN HERE" CAUSE HE FELT HE WAS MISSING OUT ON GOOD MUSIC THAT HE WILL NEVER GET TO HEAR.
IN HIS EARLY HIGH SCHOOL YEARS CBALLA STARTED TO PLAY WITH RAPPING WITH HIS FRIENDS IN HIS FRONT YARD. THEY WOULD RAP OVER SONGS LIKE "MORE BOUNCE" FROM ZAP AND ROGER OR INSTRUMENTALS THAT THEY GOT FROM BUYING SINGLES OF THEIR FAVORITE ARTIST AT THE TIME. FROM THERE HE WENT TO BATTLE RAPPING WITH OTHER RAPPER FROM SCHOOL WITH SOMEONE BEAT BOXING AND HIM STANDING ON THE TABLE WITH A LARGE SCHOOL AUDIENCE AROUND HIM TO SHARPEN HIS SKILLS. IN HIS SENIOR YEAR AT HIGH SCHOOL CBALLA AND HIS FRIENDS AT THE TIME ENTERED AND WON THE FIRST PLACE PRIZE OF $75 AT THE HIGH SCHOOL TALENT SHOW. FROM THAT HE GOT THE STAR BUG AND NEW FROM THEN ON THAT A RAPPER IS WHAT HE WANTED TO BE. HE STAYED BUSY WITH MUSIC BY ENTERING EVERY TALENT SHOW HE COULD ENTER AND WINNING MOST OF THEM, EARNING HIM TROPHIES, PLAQUES, AND MORE MONEY BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY EARNING HIM FAME ALONE THE WAY.
AFTER HIGH SCHOOL CBALLA AND HIS GROUP AT THE TIME STARTED GOING TO THE STUDIO TO START WORKING ON THERE DEMO TO TRY TO GET A RECORD DEAL. WHILE SHOPPING THEIR DEMO THEY STAYED BUSY BY DOING ANY LOCAL SHOWS THAT WOULD HAVE THEM IN IT. GETTING BURNED OUT FROM NOT GETTING A RECORD DEAL THE OTHER ARTIST FROM THE GROUP WENT ON TO TRY GETTING DEALS ON THEIR OWN OR JUST QUIT, BUT NOT CBALLA, HE STAYED FOCUSED ON SHINNING AND KEPT HIS EYES OPEN FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO SHINE. ONE DAY CBALLA WAS AT RICH ROLLIN'S STUDIO FEATURING ON ANOTHER ARTIST ALBUM THAT OPPORTUNITY THAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR CAME.
WHILE CBALLA WAS IN THE BOOTH AT RICH ROLLIN'S THE CEO OF A LABEL TITLE ROCCAZ RECORDS CAME IN AND HEARD CBALLA FLOWING AND EXPRESS HIS INTEREST IN SIGNING CBALLA TO HIS RECORD LABEL. AFTER NEGOTIATIONS CBALLA HAD FINALLY STARTED WORKING ON HIS DEBUT ALBUM CALLED "PLAYA" WITH HIS SMASH HIT SINGLE "PLAYA PLAYA PLAYA" LEADING THE WAY. CBALLA FELT LIKE THE GAME WAS HIS AND HE STAYED IN THE STUDIO WORKING ON HIS ALBUM AND DOING PROMOTIONAL SHOW AT THE LOW RIDER CAR SHOWS AND GOING TO HIP HOP CONVENTIONS IN LAS VEGAS. RECEIVING LOVE FROM PROMOTERS AND RADIO PERSONALITIES HE FELT SECURE IN HIS POSITION TO TAKE THIS RAP GAME BY STORM. AFTER ABOUT A YEAR OF WORKING ON HIS DEBUT ALBUM CBALLA AND ROCCAZ RECORDS PARTED DUE TO CREATIVE DISAGREEMENTS AND LEFT CBALLA BACK AT SQUARE ONE. "THOSE WERE FUN TIMES AND I LEARNED ALLOT ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF MUSIC AND ARTIST DEVELOPMENT AND TREATMENT, SO IT WAS WELL WORTH IT"
NOT TO BE DISCOURAGED CBALLA RESTRUCTURED HIS PLANS AND GOALS TO START HIS OWN LABEL "BOSS PLAYAZ RECORDS" BASED OUT OF A ROOM IN HIS HOUSE. USING HIS ENTREPRENEUR NATURE AND SELF MOTIVATED DRIVE HE TAUGHT HIMSELF TO PRODUCE BEATS AND RECORD TRACKS IN HIS STUDIO THAT HE PUT TOGETHER HIMSELF. UNDER HIS OWN LABEL CBALLA DROP TWO ALBUMS "BALLATORY'S WORLD" AND "BALLA'S UTOPHIA," SIGN 5 ARTIST AND SOLD A COUPLE THOUSANDS OF ALBUMS. WITH THE MONEY CBALLA HAD EARNED FROM HIS ALBUM SALES ALLOWED HIM TO BUY MORE EQUIPMENTS FOR HIS STUDIO, THROW SHOWS AND RUN ADS ON THE LOCAL RADIO STATIONS.
AFTER A WHILE OF BEING SELF SIGNED CBALLA REALIZED THAT THERE WERE AND OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A GREAT INCOME FROM HIS MUSIC, "IF MASTER P, PUFF DADDY, AND SUGE KNIGHT COULD DO IT SO COULD I." WITH THIS NEW MENTALITY CBALLA PARTNERED WITH HIS OLD FRIEND MARCUS STAPLES TO START A NEW "MORE BUSINESS BASED" RECORD LABEL TITLED "CLICCMADE ENTERTAINMENT"
FROM THIS NEW LABEL CBALLA DROPPED HIS 3RD ALBUM TITLED "BLACC HITLA" WITH HIS LEAD SINGLE " I GOT GAME." THIS ALBUM WAS VERY POPULAR IN THE ARIZONA MUSIC SCENE AND GOT CBALLA FEATURED IN THE ASU NEWSPAPER AND ON THE ASU RATIO. THEN A YEAR LATER CBALLA DROPPED HIS 4TH ALBUM TITLED "SUPERNOVA (GOD'S PLAN) WITH HIS LEADING SINGLE "HOTT ASS HELL." WITH THIS ALBUM CBALLA SOLIDIFIED HIS POSITION IN THE ARIZONA MUSIC SCENE AND EARN HIM GREAT RESPECT FROM OTHER ARTIST AS A TALENTED ARTIST AS WELL AS GIFTED BEAT PRODUCER. AFTER THE "BLACC HITLA" ALBUM CBALLA AND HIS CLICCMADE LABEL REASSIGNED THE CO CEO POSITION TO TOYA AFTER MARCUS DECIDED TO TRY OTHER VENTURES. WITH THIS NEW CHANGE CBALLA PUT ON A NEW HAT WITH PRODUCING TOYA'S WHOLE DEBUT ALBUM "NEW BEGINNING," AND NEWLY SIGNED ARTIST MANIAC'S DEBUT ALBUM AS WELL.
CBALLA HAS GROWN ALLOT SINCE THOSE DAY ON THE PORCH RAPPING AND WILL CONTINUE TO GROW UNTIL HE REACHES HIS ULTIMATE GOAL "TO ENTERTAIN AND TAKE OVER THE WORLD."
"FROM THA VG'S TO THE TVS" THAT IS THE MOTTO CBALLA HAS INCORPORATED INTO HIS LIFE AS TO WHERE HE STARTED TO WHERE HE IS DESTINED TO GO. CBALLA WAS BORN IN CRUTHERSVILLE MO. FEBRUARY 11TH 1978 TO SAM YOUNG JR AND DELOIS JEAN TAYLOR, 6 MONTHS AFTER HE WAS BORN HIS PARENTS MOVED TO ARIZONA TO TRY A BETTER LIFE. ALL THREW OUT HIS YOUNGER YEARS CBALLA WAS INTO RAP MUSIC, FROM ARTISTS LIKE WHODINI, KOO MO DE, AND RUN DMC AND THREW HIS PRETEENS WITH ARTIST LIKE NWA, 2SHORT, AND SLICK RICK, OF COURSE IN HIS PRETEEN YEARS HE WOULD HAVE TO SNEAK TO HEAR THESE ARTIST. CBALLA WAS ASTONISHED WITH HIP HOP AND THE DIFFERENT ALBUM COVERS, VOICES, AND LIFESTYLES EACH ARTIST RAPED ABOUT IN THERE SONGS. HE SAID "I COULD REMEMBER GOING TO THE WAREHOUSE MUSIC STORE IN THE MALL TO THE RAP SECTION AND SAYING I WISH I COULD BUY EVERY RAP ALBUM IN HERE" CAUSE HE FELT HE WAS MISSING OUT ON GOOD MUSIC THAT HE WILL NEVER GET TO HEAR.
IN HIS EARLY HIGH SCHOOL YEARS CBALLA STARTED TO PLAY WITH RAPPING WITH HIS FRIENDS IN HIS FRONT YARD. THEY WOULD RAP OVER SONGS LIKE "MORE BOUNCE" FROM ZAP AND ROGER OR INSTRUMENTALS THAT THEY GOT FROM BUYING SINGLES OF THEIR FAVORITE ARTIST AT THE TIME. FROM THERE HE WENT TO BATTLE RAPPING WITH OTHER RAPPER FROM SCHOOL WITH SOMEONE BEAT BOXING AND HIM STANDING ON THE TABLE WITH A LARGE SCHOOL AUDIENCE AROUND HIM TO SHARPEN HIS SKILLS. IN HIS SENIOR YEAR AT HIGH SCHOOL CBALLA AND HIS FRIENDS AT THE TIME ENTERED AND WON THE FIRST PLACE PRIZE OF $75 AT THE HIGH SCHOOL TALENT SHOW. FROM THAT HE GOT THE STAR BUG AND NEW FROM THEN ON THAT A RAPPER IS WHAT HE WANTED TO BE. HE STAYED BUSY WITH MUSIC BY ENTERING EVERY TALENT SHOW HE COULD ENTER AND WINNING MOST OF THEM, EARNING HIM TROPHIES, PLAQUES, AND MORE MONEY BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY EARNING HIM FAME ALONE THE WAY.
AFTER HIGH SCHOOL CBALLA AND HIS GROUP AT THE TIME STARTED GOING TO THE STUDIO TO START WORKING ON THERE DEMO TO TRY TO GET A RECORD DEAL. WHILE SHOPPING THEIR DEMO THEY STAYED BUSY BY DOING ANY LOCAL SHOWS THAT WOULD HAVE THEM IN IT. GETTING BURNED OUT FROM NOT GETTING A RECORD DEAL THE OTHER ARTIST FROM THE GROUP WENT ON TO TRY GETTING DEALS ON THEIR OWN OR JUST QUIT, BUT NOT CBALLA, HE STAYED FOCUSED ON SHINNING AND KEPT HIS EYES OPEN FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO SHINE. ONE DAY CBALLA WAS AT RICH ROLLIN'S STUDIO FEATURING ON ANOTHER ARTIST ALBUM THAT OPPORTUNITY THAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR CAME.
WHILE CBALLA WAS IN THE BOOTH AT RICH ROLLIN'S THE CEO OF A LABEL TITLE ROCCAZ RECORDS CAME IN AND HEARD CBALLA FLOWING AND EXPRESS HIS INTEREST IN SIGNING CBALLA TO HIS RECORD LABEL. AFTER NEGOTIATIONS CBALLA HAD FINALLY STARTED WORKING ON HIS DEBUT ALBUM CALLED "PLAYA" WITH HIS SMASH HIT SINGLE "PLAYA PLAYA PLAYA" LEADING THE WAY. CBALLA FELT LIKE THE GAME WAS HIS AND HE STAYED IN THE STUDIO WORKING ON HIS ALBUM AND DOING PROMOTIONAL SHOW AT THE LOW RIDER CAR SHOWS AND GOING TO HIP HOP CONVENTIONS IN LAS VEGAS. RECEIVING LOVE FROM PROMOTERS AND RADIO PERSONALITIES HE FELT SECURE IN HIS POSITION TO TAKE THIS RAP GAME BY STORM. AFTER ABOUT A YEAR OF WORKING ON HIS DEBUT ALBUM CBALLA AND ROCCAZ RECORDS PARTED DUE TO CREATIVE DISAGREEMENTS AND LEFT CBALLA BACK AT SQUARE ONE. "THOSE WERE FUN TIMES AND I LEARNED ALLOT ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF MUSIC AND ARTIST DEVELOPMENT AND TREATMENT, SO IT WAS WELL WORTH IT"
NOT TO BE DISCOURAGED CBALLA RESTRUCTURED HIS PLANS AND GOALS TO START HIS OWN LABEL "BOSS PLAYAZ RECORDS" BASED OUT OF A ROOM IN HIS HOUSE. USING HIS ENTREPRENEUR NATURE AND SELF MOTIVATED DRIVE HE TAUGHT HIMSELF TO PRODUCE BEATS AND RECORD TRACKS IN HIS STUDIO THAT HE PUT TOGETHER HIMSELF. UNDER HIS OWN LABEL CBALLA DROP TWO ALBUMS "BALLATORY'S WORLD" AND "BALLA'S UTOPHIA," SIGN 5 ARTIST AND SOLD A COUPLE THOUSANDS OF ALBUMS. WITH THE MONEY CBALLA HAD EARNED FROM HIS ALBUM SALES ALLOWED HIM TO BUY MORE EQUIPMENTS FOR HIS STUDIO, THROW SHOWS AND RUN ADS ON THE LOCAL RADIO STATIONS.
AFTER A WHILE OF BEING SELF SIGNED CBALLA REALIZED THAT THERE WERE AND OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A GREAT INCOME FROM HIS MUSIC, "IF MASTER P, PUFF DADDY, AND SUGE KNIGHT COULD DO IT SO COULD I." WITH THIS NEW MENTALITY CBALLA PARTNERED WITH HIS OLD FRIEND MARCUS STAPLES TO START A NEW "MORE BUSINESS BASED" RECORD LABEL TITLED "CLICCMADE ENTERTAINMENT"
FROM THIS NEW LABEL CBALLA DROPPED HIS 3RD ALBUM TITLED "BLACC HITLA" WITH HIS LEAD SINGLE " I GOT GAME." THIS ALBUM WAS VERY POPULAR IN THE ARIZONA MUSIC SCENE AND GOT CBALLA FEATURED IN THE ASU NEWSPAPER AND ON THE ASU RATIO. THEN A YEAR LATER CBALLA DROPPED HIS 4TH ALBUM TITLED "SUPERNOVA (GOD'S PLAN) WITH HIS LEADING SINGLE "HOTT ASS HELL." WITH THIS ALBUM CBALLA SOLIDIFIED HIS POSITION IN THE ARIZONA MUSIC SCENE AND EARN HIM GREAT RESPECT FROM OTHER ARTIST AS A TALENTED ARTIST AS WELL AS GIFTED BEAT PRODUCER. AFTER THE "BLACC HITLA" ALBUM CBALLA AND HIS CLICCMADE LABEL REASSIGNED THE CO CEO POSITION TO TOYA AFTER MARCUS DECIDED TO TRY OTHER VENTURES. WITH THIS NEW CHANGE CBALLA PUT ON A NEW HAT WITH PRODUCING TOYA'S WHOLE DEBUT ALBUM "NEW BEGINNING," AND NEWLY SIGNED ARTIST MANIAC'S DEBUT ALBUM AS WELL.
CBALLA HAS GROWN ALLOT SINCE THOSE DAY ON THE PORCH RAPPING AND WILL CONTINUE TO GROW UNTIL HE REACHES HIS ULTIMATE GOAL "TO ENTERTAIN AND TAKE OVER THE WORLD."
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