Vince Loyal a.k.a Black martyr is an up and coming premier rap artist and founder of the F.T.S movement. Ask him what he’s bringing new to the rap game and he’ll tell you with the snug brazen confidence of an artist that for the most part has been a fan of music and making music for most of his life) that he got that unfiltered reality talk flow, ripe with bottomline boss game laced in hot lyrics capable of making true music fans take note. His music, his songs, his delivery speaks to the joy and pain experienced those of born of the struggle. And with Vince Loyal himself being a child of the struggle, he has poised himself to be a formidable voice of the people through producing and serving the streets with dishes of hot timeless music; music that enlightens and dazzles while at the same time challenges and uplifts through his ingenious word play painting vivid pictures of the life he’s lived; the realities he’s bore witness to and what he’s learned while on his journey to the top. Vince Loyal past and present material reveals he’s a very gifted music writer and has taken up the ambition to use his gift of talent to inspire, inform, and entertain the masses with the truth as seen through his eyes to yours . He hails from San Antonio, Texas where he grew up for a brief moment and had a front row seat to experiencing the bubbling boom of the South’s musical movement. Due to his father being in the service he moved around a lot and was given his independence at an early age; given a freedom to do what he wanted and in every place he moved to he was called to the street life out of instinct and got down how he lived. With this being the case he had his share of getting into trouble until his love of music took over and he began actively pursuing a music career. He saw music as his way out leading away from falling into the category of being a victim of the system he seen so many others throughout his travels fall prey to. Vince Loyal lived in New Jersey for a few years during the East coast reign of the radio air waves. He also lived in a couple of other states where he continued to hone his craft and love of hip hop. His travels in total granted him the opportunity to be a part of various musical cultures and to develop an ear for different types of beats melody’s he discovered, his format his rhymes could be fitted to ride unlike any other. It wasn’t until he ended up in the hustlers state of VA he finally mastered his craft and began going hard creating Cd’s, doing shows and lobbying for radio play and finding success on occasion out of pure hustle. Tupac was his major influence musically. It was the message of this great rap icon that even to this day continues to inspire his drive and passion to be one the best to ever do it. VA is his home now and he’s representing his new home to the fullest and F.T.S is the movement. To be continued… W.D