Who is Big Lou?

I suppose the best way to answer that question is with a series

of other questions:

• Who is the only artist in the Underground Music Awards History

  to win an unprecedented 4 Underground Music Awards including Best

  artist, Best Lyricist. Most original Artist and get nominated a

  record 6 times?

• How many unsigned artists are sought out by a legendary artist

  like Busta Rhymes to jump on one of the hottest street bangers of

  2007 -The Shining ?

• Who is the last virtually unknown artist from a tiny city like

  Camden, NJ that is only 8 Square miles to be featured on some of

  the hottest street collaborations of 2007 and 2008 with artists

  like Saigon, Jadakiss, Crooked I, Joell Ortiz, Papoose, Sheek

  Louch, Cuban Link, Stacee Adams, Juvenile, & Jeru the Damaja?

• How often do you see an artist without the backing of a major

  label make music that is so powerful that the top hip Hop websites

  such as HipHopDX.com, AllHipHop.com, and HipHopGame.com are forced

  to have his music in regular rotation?

• Name an artist whose stage performances are so captivating

  that it caught the attention of one of Hip Hops Legendary pioneers

  in DJ Kay Slay leading to a roster spot on one of the most

  recognizeable and respected teams in Hip Hop; Streetsweepers

  Entertainment?

Who really is Big Lou?

How can an artist who forces everyone from the streets to the

Hip Hop community to continuously find them selves asking this

question even after an eye popping 180,000 plus plays of his 2

debut videos on You-Tube. I am sure these accolades may be

impressive to many, but perhaps the most interesting way to guage

an artists impact on the rap game could be as simple as hackers

going out of their way to infiltrate Big Lous Myspace page not once

but TWICE over the past year to delete over 50,000 fans and well

over a million plays. To some this may be extremely frustrating,

but as Big Lou puts it  "I guess I arrived, it appears that my

makes me relevant".

Where it All Began

Lets take it back. Known in the hood as "The Spanish Frank

White" Big Lou was born in Camden N.J.; One of the most dangerous

cities in America. Big Lou was raised by a single mother (Maria

Rodriquez) and grew up with 4 brothers and 3 sisters. At the age of

14 Big Lou started growing fond of music. He began writing songs on

the struggles of his hood. Before his music career would blossom he

became a product of the streets. He started selling drugs. Although

he was living the fast life, he never lost his love for music. He

was determined to make a better way and started investing his money

into buying studio equipment. Little by little he spent more time

in the lab than on the streets. After successfully finishing his

first Independent album he gave up the street life and focused on

selling his music. Amazingly Big Lou sold 3,500 units in a city

that's only 8 square miles, creating a buzz that traveled to Philly

and parts of Jersey City fast. As Big Lou's success kept growing He

decided to start his own Independent label called LOST CITY

RECORDS. He began booking his own shows and opened up for acts such

as Freeway, Ms Jade, MobbDeep, KRS One, Mista Cheeks, Papoose, Remy

Ma, Jae Millz, Busta Rhymes, D-Block, Saigon and many others. He

also performed at over 10 Spanish Day Parades and had Latin's

comparing him to the lat, great Big Pun. Taking it a step further

Big Lou invested his CD money into doing a charity event for the

local schools in his neighborhood which he called LOST CITY 4 the

KIDS. In 2006 Big Lou caught the attention of one of Hip Hops

Legendary DJs and Pioneers Kay Slay. After see Big Lou wow the

crowds at several shows, Kay Slay signed Big Lou to his

Streetsweepers label; the same label that launched the careers of

world renowned artist like Papoose and Saigon.