Proctor (formerly known as Agz) was born in Plainview,TX, but moved to Virginia at the age of 2. Even as a child, Proctor had a fascination with entertaining the people around him. His dreams began to take shape when he started acting in local theatre, but the young entertainer soon grew tired of the image restrictions that came with acting. However, that didn't stop his obsession for entertaining and he soon found the sound he would fall in love with: Rap.
At the age of 16, a blessing came in the disguise of a curse when his family moved away from South Hill and relocated in Chesterfield. He began recording at Da Spot Recording Studio and working on his first ""album"". Knowing he couldn't afford to keep paying for studio time, he attended The Recording Workshop in Ohio. Proctor returned to Richmond to begin working at Da Spot and honing his rap and production styles, but still didn't know enough of the business side of music to advance his career.
Once more, Proctor found a blessing inside of a curse when he was sentenced to 2yrs for a malicious wounding charge. He spent the 21 months reading any book he could find on the music industry (promotion, running a label, distribution, etc.) and filling up 2 notebooks and a manilla folder with 210 songs (not THAT impressive, until he mentions he had writers block for the first half of his sentence).
On August 13th, 2007, Proctor walked out of the jail gates with a new focus and drive to achieve what he knew was possible. With his family now living outside of Richmond and no one to take him in, Proctor moved into a spare room in the back of Da Spot Recording Studio. If asked about the situation, the rapper/producer responds, ""It's what I had to do to stay with the music. It's that simple"". And thats exactly what he did. Soon after his release, Proctor released a mixtape and an album under his former stage name ""Agz"" and began booking shows for his group, V-Bois. The artist has performed solo and with his group at venues around the city, including: Skyy Lounge, Harlem Cafe, Vision Maker's Convention Center, Alley Katz, Fuego, and Artist Underground (now known as The Cellar) and is now looking at other cities to spread the music to.
Proctor will tell you his journey will never be done though: ""I believe being content is a trap. I can be the number 1 artist in the world and I still won't be satisfied, because my music can always be better and bigger."" With that mentality, you can expect to hear Proctor's beats and lyrics pounding from speakers for years to come......
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Neil w Young
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5/27/2011 10:27:59 PM
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Neil
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