THE ONE AND ONLY “HU$TLEMANN” DALLAS TX REPRESENTING TO THE FULLEST………………….. “BIO “!!! FOR: “HU$TLEMANN “DA REAL #1 1. REAL NAME: ALIJI TARIQ ALI 2. STAGE NAME: “HU$TLEMANN” DA REAL #1 3. DATE OF BRITH: 11/25/1973 4. BORN IN RAISED: DALLAS TX AN RAISED UP IN NACGODOCHES TX 5. RELIGION: MUSLIM 6. I HAVE BEEN IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY FOR ABOUT 8 YEARS. BUT I’VE BEEN MUSICALLY INCLINED SINCE I WAS ABOUT 8 YEARS OLD. SINGING AND WINNING DANCE CONTESTS, BUT MY FAMILY DID’NT PUSH MY TALENTS, ITS WAS ONLY WHEN I CAME OF AGE WHEN I EXPLORED MY TALENTS. I WAS ABOUT 17 I MOVED AWAY FORM EAST TEXAS AND CAME TO DALLAS IN SEARCH FOR STARDOM. BUT THINGS DID ‘NT GO AS PLANNED; I HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE LOOKING AT ME BUT NO ONE MAJOR. AT THIS TIME MY NAME WAS “BABYBOY “I ALSO CONTACTED RAPALOT RECORDS BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. AT THIS TIME WITH NO RESPONSES I HAD TO FIND WAY’S TO EAT BECAUSE RAPPING WAS’NT PAYING THE BILLS. AND ME BEING HOMELESS, UP HERE ALONE SO I DID WHAT I DO BEST “HU$TLE” GET MONEY SO I CHANGE FROM BEING A BOY TO A MAN. SO THEREFORE MY NAME CHANGE TO “HU$TLEMANN” I GOT THIS NAME FROM THE STREETS. AND THAT’S WHEN IT ALL BEGAN THE REIGN OF “HU$TLEMANN” DA REAL #1, I HAD TO DO A LIL TIME FOR HUSTLING PUTTING IN WORK IT WAS 4YEARS FROM 1996 TO 2000. WHEN I GOT OUT OF PRISON IN OCTOBER, WHILE I WAS HUSTLING I RAN INTO A C.E.O OF A RECORD LABEL CALLED “GRIFTER” AND I FLOWED FOR HIM AND HE SAID COME TO THE STUDIO. WITH THIS LABEL OPEN A FEW DOORS FOR ME LIKE DOING SHOWS AND SOME EXPOSURE. 7. SHOWS:IN WACO AT THE HOLLYWOOD CLUB WITH MIKE JONES, ESG, CHARLIE BOY N TITE, BIG MOE, & TIGHT-EYES.ICE-BOX IN DALLAS,THE RANCH CLUB IN DALLAS, 8. TRIPS: MIAMI, SOURCE MUSIC AWARDS 2003,ATLANTA,NEW ORLEANS 9. NOW! I AM A FREE AGENT BECAUSE THE LABEL I WAS SIGNED TO WE NO LONGER WORK TOGETHER ANYMORE. 10. I AM NOW THE OWNER & OPERATOR OF MY OWN RECORD LABEL “ HU$TLIN 4-A LIVIN ENT ”.c2008 11. MY MYSPACE PAGE IS: www.myspace.com/hustlin4alivin 12. MY SOUNDCLICK PAGE IS: www.soundclick.com/hustlemann241 13. GOALS: BE THE FIRST FROM DALLAS TO WIN A GRAMMY AWARD, AN REPRESENT DALLAS HOW IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE REP’ED THE G-WAY. 14. I’VE BEEN HUSTLING THIS MUSIC FOR YEARS AN I KNOW WHAT THE STREET WANT SOME REAL MUSIC THAT’S SAYING SOMETHING.