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Matthew Seong Age: 21 [September 28th 1999] Hobbies: Money, Weed, Music, Lo-fi - hip-hop, food, horror movies & anime. Nicknames / Aliases: Matt, BOP, Seong. Gender: Male [Expelled and dismissed from ULSA upon assaulting and harming another student in self defense.] [Soundcloud] TAG - ALIASES Matthew Seong was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea. His strict family was beset by poverty, which didn't help the alcoholic tendencies of his father. This led to an unfortunate pattern of verbal abuse from the father which even grew physical from time to time. Matthew's parents struggled to make ends meet, scraping by with dead-end jobs and bringing greater stress. At the young age of eight, Matthew's parents split up and his father decided to take what funds he had left in his savings to move in with his brother in America. The divorce, coupled with the immigration to a foreign land, made it a difficult transition for Matthew. He lost friends and gained nothing from it besides the thought of being the staple Asian kid. Moving to the city allowed his ambitions to grow, discovering a newfound love for hip-hop and various instrumentals of his favorite artists: J-Dilla, Samiyam, Flying Lotus, Tomppa-Beats, Etc.. It became his passion that brought him comfort in a country so far from his homeland, something to keep him away from the streets. He was highly interested in learning how to make music at a young age, exploring the various systems, technology, samplers, and mixers, let alone the famous SP-404 that every artist in the genre had in hand, constantly laying on his floor and listening to his favorite albums and mix tapes. He found his first job when he was sixteen years old, helping his father's drinking buddy "Mason" simply stack rebar and snagging a few hours on the weekends at the construction yard. Matthew was able to save up and buy his first SP-404 that stole a good five-hundred dollars from his pocket. Matthew dedicated himself to making music when he had the opportunity. Using the web, he researched the ins and outs of the programs from Fruity Loops to Ableton and started to learned how to sample, practicing what he could on his days off from school -- assuming he wasn't being pestered to go out to the bay with the very few friends he had, of course. A good few years kept slipping by, his grades slipping from time to time, averaging no higher than a B. He began to lose focus in school as he found himself getting into scuffles with other students when they didn't see eye to eye with his views or when he was sticking up for his so-called "Hip" friends that did share his love for street music and hip hop, usually getting into mischief or skipping classes to just smoke pot and make music with his friends, or at least what they thought was music, constantly getting into trouble in the streets with the law and getting expelled for days on end. Just barely scrapping by on through high-school. Matthew eventually finished high-school and left with fair grades, surprisingly. His friends moved on to greater things, such as starting their own businesses as young entrepreneurs or becoming humble mechanics, their love for hip-hop dying off and starting their own chapters. Matthew was left on his own, desperately scanning the web for anything he could take going forward. Finally, Matthew made his decision: he was going to delve into a higher education and enhance his skills in his passion. He applied to U.S.L.A and was thankfully accepted, majoring in music theory and electronic music production and got kicked out a few months later, falling into a pit, producing music ( signing into a label ) and pursuing a wronged route into drug-sales and more questionable acts. As to what happens from here is all through natural development and occurring events that happens inside K-Town & the surrounding areas.