Who is Dylan Murphy?
Dylan Performing @ Quality Inn, in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.
Dylan Murphy in the Reading Eagle newspaper for show @ Reverb in Reading, Pennsylvania.
Dylan performing @ Reverb in Reading, Pennsylvania.
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Dylan Murphy is an up and coming rapper/producer and all around musician coming from Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania. Dylan was first introduced to music when he was a young kid, watching his uncle and father have jam sessions. Although he always knew he loved music, no one ever would have imagined where his musical journey would take him. When Dylan first started rapping in his early teens, everyone, including his own mother and family, thought it was just a "Phase" or some sort of joke. Many people, including his own father would often tell him it was unrealistic or not possible for him to become a rapper and even referred to him as a "Wigger" and "Wannabe". Even with the lack of belief in him, Dylan knew what he wanted and refused to let other peoples opinions dictated his future or sway him from his dreams. In fact he was so confident in himself, he dropped out of school at 16 to pursue music full-time, feeling certain that he would eventually be signed to a label and living his dreams of making music. He spent the the next few years working on his craft, start his own brand "Ape Squad" and recording hundreds of songs including his first Mixtape "All Thats Left" all while beginning to build a fan base locally. Around the age of 18 Dylan first met his soon to be engineer and business partner Reef Slumz of VarCity Music Group. They instantly clicked and got right to work on Dylan's second full length project "HeartBreak and Fly Shit". It was this project that really took Dylan's fan base to the next level, gaining exposure not only around the Lehigh Valley but also in other areas as well. With the momentum of HeartBreak and Fly Shit still fresh, Dylan got right to work on his next Mixtape, self entitled "Mr. Murphy". Mr. Murphy was a great follow up and helped to expand Dylan's fan base even further while showing a more introspective and personal side of him. Dylan's was on the right track to follow his dreams when reality hit him, at the age of 18 he found out he was having a kid. With the birth of his son and the weight of reality setting in on him, he got a 9-5 job and slowed down when it came to music. While music was forced to take the back burner the fan base Dylan worked hard to build slowly faded and he became more and more out of touch with his dreams, to the point he almost gave up music entirely. In 2012 Dylan started recording his upcoming project “Mr. Murphy Pt. 2” (MM2). It has been a long and rocky road while working on the project but it is almost finished and set to release late August or early September of 2014. The project includes the singles “So Sexy”, “They Know Me (Im’a Star)” and “Keep It Real”. Mr. Murphy Pt. 2 will be available for purchase online and as a hard copy. Dylan is now pursuing many avenues of music as a career along with other business ventures, while attending school and being a full time father. Peace & God Bless from Dylan Murphy and the Ape Squad/VarCity Team!
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