- Pvt Militant
Pvt Militant (born Alonzo W. Hill on (
August 17 ,1968 ) is a rap musician from Flint,Michigan .History and career
Early life
Hill began writing poetry as early as elementary school, and was introduced to rap music in the fall of
1979 via the songRapper's Delight . As a freshman in high school, he his savings on two turntables and a mixer, learned how to makemix tape s, and began DJing at parties. Later in high school, he drifted from his work because of the expense, spent his time on girls and partying, and stopped attending school for most of a semester.As an army private
In
1988 after graduating over a year late, Hill joined theUnited States Army . In the army, he was accused of being a non-conformist as early as basic training and almost was thrown out for insubordination two and a half years later. He researched the U.S. Army regulations on insubordination and was able to earn hisHonorable Discharge in October of1991 . He began to consider himself a militant, and he never passed the rank of private, from which he took the name Pvt Militant.Higher education
After his discharge from the army Hill entered a local
community college and eventually earned anassociate's degree in1994 and aB.A. inPolitical Science in1998 . While attending theUniversity of Michigan-Flint campus Hill became involved with student politics and was chosen to become the Students of Black Achievement President, but chose to step down and allow another student take the position so he could continue to make change behind the scene. Hill ( Pvt. Militant aka Khafani ) has just finished earning a Masters at Wayne State University and is working on a second release under the name Khalfani, that is scheduled to be released Spring/Summer 2008.Music career
While matriculating at the
University of Michigan , Hill lectured to a group of teenagers on several occasions and managed to continue to record several underground tracks. One of these, "What is a Rhyme Without Substance", led to him being contacted byBill Tha Pharmacizt to record the song "We Don't Need U" with Public Enemy andConfrontation Camp . After being inspired to rhyme, again after a self-imposed hiatus, several projects came to being and thus spawned theImpossebulls . Hill linked with a local producerTha Commandant and obtained beats from producers such asDee-Lo Blackington ,Chemiztry The DopeBeat Maker , andC-Doc to complete his debut album "One Man Against Many". Hill has opened up alongside the Impossebulls for acts such as Public Enemy, Dilated Peoples and Blackalicious. Hill has also appeared on local television shows discussing the music industry and debating politics.External links
* [http://www.pvtmilitant.com Official website]
* [http://www.impossebulls.com Impossebulls] official website.
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