Divine Truth – “Impoverished Lifestyle” (Official Video)

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Raiis Divine Turner was born in Greensboro, North Carolina at the L. Richardson hospital on Sept 8, 1979. His mother, Robin Princess Sabrina was only 16 years old, and he is her only child. His father Dorian, a Muslim, known for his nickname Divine Knowledge, gave the name Raiis Divine (Arabic origin meaning leader, president or boss). His parents separated months after his birth. Six years later, his family moved to South Jamaica, Queens.

Divine Truth continued growing up in the Baisley area of South Jamaica Queens, a tough neighborhood. There were lots of drugs, violence and police brutality. Despite the adversity, Raiis always had a love for sports, particularly basketball, and always had a love and talent for art like drawing and sketching.
But, his favorite art form of all was the Hip Hop culture – he fell in love with Hip Hop music since the first time he saw Run DMC Rock Box premier on MTV. He was a big fan of Video Music Box, and has been writing rhymes since 11 or 12 years (old around 1991-1992) –Raiis taught himself how to rap from emulating Rakim, Tupac Shakur & Nas (his favorite rap artists.)

His favorite rap group is the Wu-Tang Clan. In the late 90′s Raiis was part of a rap group called CHTG [ Cant Hold The Gods ] and he was given the name Divine Truth which stood for Enlightenment and Equality. CHTG consisted of 8 members. Similar to Wu-Tang – the music was hardcore with street knowledge: lyrical, raw but conscious spoken with street slang and five percent terminology.

The group was popular in local neighborhoods but unsuccessful to reach international stardom. CHTG suffered issues because of financial reasons, creative differences and misfortune. After the groups decline, Raiis decided to relocate and moved to Connecticut to settle down, get married and raise a family.

But passion for hip hop grew more than ever. He learned to produce and make beats over the years with the ability to write songs. Raiis then met a mentor by the name of Ross aka Rossome Authentic who also produced and made beats. Both became good friends, musically stayed connected and united to start a production team while creating original but traditional style Hip Hop.

Divine Truth – “Impoverished Lifestyle” (Official Video) Directed. By Its Holiday Baby@IndustryUnlockedtv.com

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