Genre: Rap / Hip-Hop
City: Dallas, TX
Tony "Tum Tum" Richardson was given his moniker by his grandmother because of his protruding belly. He grew up in the slums, and for a while he gave in to the lure of the streets. However, in 2001 he retired from that life to pursue music. “I saw a lot of people get locked up and I didn’t want to go that route,” Tum says. “I had to do something different with my life.”
A rap career had been in the back of Tum’s mind since high school when he used to sneak out of class to hit up a popular record shop. He didn’t take his potential career seriously until he witnessed Jay-Z’s Hard Knock Life tour. Tum quickly recorded a demo and took it to the record store to play for owner George Lopez, who along with Trinidad Delgado and Alan Powell had recently created the record label T-Town Music.
Since signing with T-Town, Tum has appeared on or hosted more than 160 mix-tapes and collaborated with fellow Texans Slim Thug, Mike Jones, Paul Wall, and Chamillionaire. Now he’s officially stepping into the big leagues with Eat or Get Ate’s driver’s anthem “Caprice Muzik.”
With an incomparable flow underscored by hyper Texas-sized beats and enough heart to fuel a Cowboys’ championship win, Tum Tum is certain to not only put Dallas on the hip-hop map, but solidify its place in the rap game as well.
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