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NYJSM.com Music Biography: Outasight

Born and raised in Yonkers, New York, Outasight (Richard Andrew) was brought up by a mother who decorated the walls with records and a guitar-playing father. Constantly moving from apartment to apartment never gave him a true sense of home, but always found comfort in music. Whether it was fronting bands at such hollowed venues as the Knitting Factory and CBGB's, or citing spoken word at the Nuyorican Cafe and the Bowery Poetry Club, As always love the stage. A once regular at drum and bass party's, it was at these party's where he really began to utilize both rapping and singing together. Using these experiences, Outasight is bringing his brand of music to the forefront.

Outasight is an emerging talent in the hip-hop scene. He has opened for such artists as Me'Shell Ndegeocello and Dead Prez at New York's SOB's. Outasight also performed at the 2007 Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival where artists such as Emily King, Ghostface Killah, Skills, and Consequence performed. Outasight first stepped onto the scene when his song, "New York, New York" was featured on a debuting MTV Show (PowerGirls) and his music has graced the airwaves of major campus radio stations across the country. In 2007, NYC's 90.3 City College (Hosted by Video Music Box's Kevin Lawrence) named Outasight "Best Urban Alternative Artist."

Since the release of his "Employee of the Year" EP, Outasight has received press from Giant Magazine, Concrete Loop.com, SOHH.com, Brooklyn Bodega, and Hip Hop Remix. The "Employee of the Year" EP in less than 6 months has received 12,000 downloads. Outasight's myspace page has also received over 175,000 plays, and he has over 15,000 friends. Blending a strong combination of on point emceeing, creative melodies, and soulful vocals, Outasight aims to bring music to a whole new place while drawing inspiration from his past. Outasight is certainly an artist on the rise that has his own lane to shine.