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E. Grizzly was born in Lancaster City, PA 30 minutes outside of Philadelphia, but was living back and forth from Miami, to PA for his entire life. He began writing when he was 14 but his music career didn't get started until 2002 when he was signed at a young age to an indie label in Philly called A-Type Tactiks. they released an EP in 2003 called 'Anti-Matter' which was more of a down tempo, grime hip hop and he began doing shows in Philly. That EP is consideded a collectors item for underground hip-hop heads in Philadelphia. But E. Grizzly felt like he needed a new start so at the end of 2003 he moved to Miami where he began working with a label called Puerto Roc Records. they were working on a new EP which was presented to Sony Europe at the end of 2004. Sony Europe offered to sign E. Grizzly to a lucrative contract but the contract said he will have no control over his music. To quote Sony Europe 'we want you to sing and dance like Usher'. He turned the deal down and wen...