Meet F1 Diamond...Diamond In The Rough

Milwaukee, WI. (Top40 Charts/ Cloud Ten Entertainment) - 'F1 Diamond' - with different grades of diamonds, the F1 diamond is the portion which has been through the most suffering; heat and pressure to be more specific. Used to cut and shape the rest of the diamonds, one can call the F1 diamond a mentor for the rest. This description fits Milwaukee, Wisconsin born rapper F1 Diamond to perfection.

Growing up in the worst of environments, it was nothing for F1 Diamond to hang with dope boys, gangsters, killers and more. Guns, drugs and murders were normal to the eyes of F1 Diamond. Selling drugs and rapping (which he was particularly good at), F1 Diamond (then known as Mr. Do It To Death) released a few independent albums locally and was living the thug lifestyle to the fullest. After running with his own gang and residing in Memphis, Tennessee, F1 Diamond hit a boiling point where he finally realized jail or death was not a matter of if, but merely a matter of when it was going to happen.

That is when the life of F1 Diamond changed forever. After taking a trip back home to Milwaukee where his mother was living, F1 Diamond suddenly became a born again Christian. After listening to Donnie Mcclurkin sing about Jesus on the radio, F1 Diamond made a decision right then and there to spend his life serving Jesus.

After a six year hiatus from hip-hop, a time frame that F1 Diamond used to earn his GED and go back to College to get his bachelor's degree in Psychology and Biblical Studies, F1 Diamond began spending time with kids at the Spring Breakthrough Youth Meeting. It was there that F1 Diamond realized how hip-hop was negatively influencing children and their views. That's when a genius idea came to the mind of F1 Diamond - always enabled with the ability to rap and flow, F1 Diamond decided he was going to use his God given talents for good and make a hip-hop album filled with positive a message that does not come off as preachy.

And now you have 'Pastor of the Traphouse' the album dropping September 29th on Cloud Ten Entertainment/E1. Be sure to visit www.f1diamond.com and www.myspace.com/f1diamond for more information.