IN THE COLDEST WINTER EVER A YOUNG STAR IN THE MAKING WAS BORN. HOWEVER, WHILE GROWING UP THINGS DID NOT ALWAYS LOOK SO BRIGHT FOR M.E.L. AKA MONTANA. HE IS THE OLDEST OF FOUR CHILDREN RAISED BY A SINGLE MOTHER. HIS EARLY YEARS IN LIFE WERE SPENT IN NORTH PHILLY AND THEN HIS IMMEDIATE FAMILY MIGRATED. UP TOWN TO BRICKYARD GERMANTOWN. WHILE LIVING IN THE WISTER PROJECTS AND HAVING LIMITED ACCESS TO MONEY MONTANA HAD TO BEGIN TO TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF AND SIBLINGS. IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING SURE HIS FAMILY WAS TAKEN CARE OF, MONTANA WOULD OFTEN FIND HIMSELF GETTING INTO TROUBLE WITH THE LAW. HE MADE THE CHOICE TO MOVE OUT FROM HIS MOM AT THE AGE OF 16 AND HAD TO COMPLETELY PROVIDE FOR HIMSELF AND HE STILL FELT OBLIGATED TO TAKE CARE OF HIS SIBLINGS. THIS WILD DRUG DEALING LIFE ULTIMATELY LED HIM TO LEAVING PHILLY AND MOVING 45 MILES SOUTH TO WILMINGTON, DE.
IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT MONTANA WAS ALWAYS INTERESTED IN A RAP CAREER, BUT DUE TO MANY NEGATIVE FORCES. JUST WHEN MONTANA THOUGHT HE COULD HAVE A BETTER LIFE IN DELAWARE, HE REALIZED HOW EASY IT WAS FOR A LIFE OF CRIME TOO BEGAN AGAIN. MONTANA CONTINUED TO LOVE RAP BUT HE COULD NOT LEAVE THE STREETS AND THIS LED HIM TO BE SENTENCED IN A DELAWARE STATE PRISON FOR 2 YEARS. DURING THIS TIME, MONTANA PERFECTED HIS FLOW AND EVERYONE KNEW THAT HE WAS THE HOTTEST RAPPER EVEN THOUGH HE WAS NOT A SIGNED ARTIST. WHEN HE WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON IN 2002, HE STILL WAS VERY CONNECTED TO THE STREETS AND EVENTUALLY CLAIMED 22ND ST. NEAR PINE HIS TRUE HOME. ALTHOUGH NEVER FORGETTING ABOUT HIS ROOTS OF BRICK YARD GERMANTOWN.
MONTANA DECIDED HE WOULD REPRESENT BOTH G-TOWN AND 22ND ST HOODS AND TRAVEL BACK AND FORTH PROMOTING HIS MUSIC. MONTANA HAS BEEN DOWN AND CO FOUNDER OF THE CLICK C.H.M- 22ND ST. THAT HE OFTEN SPEAKS ABOUT IN HIS LYRICS. THIS YEAR HAS BEEN AS REAL AS IT CAN GET FOR C.H.M. WITH MONTANA AND OTHER MEMBERS BEING CHARGED WITH MURDER DUE TO GANG RELATED REASONS.AND OTHER SEPARATE CHARGES AND CASES. CHARGES OF MURDER WERE LATER DROP 6 MONTHS LATER. WITH THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, HE BEGAN TO FOCUS SOLELY ON HIS RAP CAREER AND REPRESENT FOR INNA CIRKLE . ALSO DURING THIS TIME THEY BEGAN RECORDING AND FILMING A DOCUMENTRY TOGETHER AND MAKING NOTHING BUT HITS, SO WATCH OUT FOR MONTANA'S DEBUT ALBUM & DVD, THE JAMEL WEEKS STORY COMING SOON!!!!!! |
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