With his first official release T11 plans on making an impact in his hometown of Everett, WA and carrying the momentum of that impact about 25 miles south to Seattle. He believes that there is something special going on in his tiny, bit sized, portion of the Hip-Hop universe. The scene in Everett has blossomed over the past year with open mics and other weekly events becoming a regular way to spend an evening in Everett. The great part about it is that all of the artists involved have the same mind set. Unity. They all know that they need to feed off of each other to keep the momentum going and have their voices be heard outside of the 425. Hero(in) Music marks T11's first official release. Recorded entirely in his home studio, The Slanted Room, you can hear the DIY influence woven deeply throughout the record. Produced half by himself and fellow Slanted Room crew member Moth1ne, it is truly a homegrown experience. The other half of the production came from internet friends T11 had made when he was first starting out. "I first started getting really serious about doing Rap music shortly after I got out of dextox and started getting my life back together. At that time I didn't really have a lot of friends (I lost most of their trust and friendship, respectively, during my battles with addiction) so I was doing the music thing completely on my own. I didn't know where to get beats or where to go to get myself recorded or anything, I was completely in the dark. So I did research. I got myself hooked up on all the social networks, specifically myspace when it was hot, and I met other people out their like myself that were just starting out (and some a little more well established). Some of these relationships flourished and I still keep in contact and work musically with these people today" The stories told on "Hero" are brutally honest tales that cover all aspects of a treacherous period in T11's life. "It's basically like a 3 year block of my life. I tried to cover all the major points in that time, without leaving out important details or trying to sugar coat anything. Addiction is something that is very serious and very shameful, I am ashamed of what I did and it is still hard for me to talk about it with people. It's easier to sing about I guess. I don't know why that is, but I am way more comfortable rapping about these issues then I am talking about them. Maybe it will come with time" In the mean time, T11 will just continue rapping about it. Now that the album is done, he is planning on playing shows and promoting the album all summer long. Not concerned with a record deal at this time, the focus will strictly be on implanting his music into as many lives as possible and building a fan base. Be on the look out for future music, shows and updates from T11 and fellow Slanted Room and Black Magic Noize artists is the near future!