I was basically influenced by my father, Mr. Autry sams sr, he made it to hollywood california, made plenty of records and tapes,on a label named Yubex which produced his first single called riding "down the highway" and "please take that chance" by the sophisticated fools. The first time i grabbed the mike was at a house party, i had my shit tight memorized and it rhymed, so i figured, hey it's time to roll, we must have walked 5 miles to get to that party, after that i had the juice, I started performing in 1989 at the black family day event in stockton california, once a performed in the same show with mohammed ali's daughter and i've been doing my shows ever since