Dungeon Of Death was set to be released a year earlier during the Dynasty days but was never completed. This was the preliminary sketch for the cover done by Richie.
In early 1998 I wrote my first song, right around the time this picture was taken in 8th grade in NYC.
The front entrance to Windham High School, the scariest place I had ever been, until I became a rapper. First day Freshmen year I was running from it, last day of Freshmen year, I was running it.
Before writing songs in notebooks on the tops of mountains, I would draw. This was my first and last sketchbook. I gave it up a couple months later when I decided to record the songs I'd been writing.
The first stereo I ever used to record on. In the summer of '98 I decided to record one of the songs I had written, I recorded the second and third later that day. I played the instrumental on a boombox and rapped into the built in microphone on this one. The rest is history.
Taken Christmas day in 1999 at my grandparent's house, shortly after the release of my first cassette, Where U From Where U At.
August of 1998, getting ready to enter high school, a month after I started rapping. This would be one of the last times I drew in my sketchpad.
Freshman year I found myself in sculpture class sitting across the table from D-Tru. He found out I could rap. The rest is history.
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Before 'The Original Kingdom' was made in July 2001, Last Crusaders had written an entire album a year earlier which was never recorded.
Before becoming a rapper I was an artist. This is one of the last pictures I drew, a month or so after picking up the microphone in the summer of '98.
The inside cover of my first ever rhymebook, back when I was writing single verses for my time in the Dynasty in 1999. Prior to this my songs were written on separate sheets of paper.
In my early years on the mic, whenever I had trouble writing, I would draw on the folders in my rhymebooks. None of them were turned into album covers but they were used as preliminary designs for several unreleased albums.
Picture of my bedroom in high school, shortly after moving the recording studio from my room to the basement.
My second photo shoot, done in my parent's garage. Yes, that's a ladder and yes I am rocking a bulletproof vest. If I had a scanner at the time, this would have been the cover to my very first album but instead had to hand draw them so this picture was never officially used.
After the Dynasty split up I dropped the name Prophecy and began going by Biblical Prophet or Prophet for short.
Senior year of high school we took some desk tops that a few of us had previously signed. A bunch of the other Royal Kingdom artists signed them later, unfortunately a lot of the signatures have worn off over time.
November 1, 1999. My parents got me a new 4 track recorder for my 15th birthday. It was the only piece of equipment I didn't buy myself.
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Four of the original Dynasty members after a performance in October of 1999. (from left to right) Concept, Ralphy, Proph & Sherm Sti, on the ECSU campus.
One of my first ever photo shoots in early 1999 taken on the basement stairs. This is one of the two remaining pictures that wasn't lost.
Inside folder of the first rhymebook I would bring with me to write in at school. It was smaller than a regular notebook which made it easier to carry around. I would go on to write over 100 songs during class.
This is me rapping in my late grandfather's old junkyard. It was my first ever photo shoot done sometime in my freshmen year.
Performing at an open mic night on the ECSU campus in October of 1999. A group of six were supposed to perform, it ended up being only me. The man behind the camera in this picture started putting seeds in my head to go solo. Eight months later I did.
The Windham Middle school basketball court I used to play at around the time I started rapping.
Click on the picture, then right click and 'view image' for a detailed look at the songs considered for my first official solo album, The Sands Of Time.
The Tascam Portastudio was the first recorder I owned back when we used my room as our studio. My first album was recorded on it, as well as countless freestyle tapes.
Hiking in NH a month before becoming a sophomore. This was the first summer I didn't want to stay in NH and never come home. Everything changed.
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