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  • EbGb records in the studio at Orange Glow Music, Inc. in Bonita Springs, Fla. EbGb has very firm ideas about his music and the direction he wants it to go. It has taken time for him to release some of the control during the creative process. To this date, Orange Glow has invested more than $400,000 in recording costs on EbGb. The producers plan to make a trip to New York with the best songs to pitch Eb to major record labels.
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  • Ernie Bordon, a Naples, Fla. rapper who goes by "EbGb," has been waiting his whole life to show the world what he can do with his music. He signed with Orange Glow Music, Inc. in Bonita Springs, Fla. and has spent a year recording new music. He feels like he's on the verge of making it.
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  • EbGb works with producer Tony Catania on a song for his album Black Light District in the studio at Orange Glow Music, Inc. EbGb has recorded about 60 songs with Orange Glow Music in the past year. His working relationship with Catania during that time has reached a point of mutual respect. On this night they had differing thoughts about the direction of a song they were creating, but Catania convinced EbGb of his idea by showing him a video on youtube for visual inspiration. EbGb has very firm ideas about his music and the direction he wants it to go. It has taken time for him to release some of the control during the creative process. To this date, Orange Glow has invested more than $400,000 in recording costs on EbGb. The producers plan to make a trip to New York with the best songs to pitch Eb to major record labels.
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  • EbGb, his wife, Chantel, left, and friend, Chris Brenon, make a video for Eb's song, 3-2-1 at Orange Glow Music, Inc. The video required acting, something that was new for the three. While Brenon managed to keep a straight face, Eb and Chantel got the giggles.
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  • "Music man, through and through. God must've known what he was doing when he gave me these hands." - Ebgb, "Let It Ride"
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  • EbGb's lyric book lays open at the recording studio. "This is my Bible," EbGb says of the moleskin notebook he carries around in his pants pocket. Music is his therapy, something he hopes others will relate to. "You wanna reach people and you wanna let people know, 'look you're goin' through some bullshit, but you're alright.'"
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  • EbGb, Ernie Bordon portraits
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  • Plies, raised in Fort Myers, performs at Level Night Club on East Sunday. Plies is a controversial figure in Fort Myers. He is the most successful rap artist to come out of Southwest Florida and many believe he should give back to his community and help bring up other artists in the industry. City officials unsuccessfully tried ot ban hip hop shows from Fort Myers after a bouncer was stabbed following a Plies concert.
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  • Freedom Hall portraits in Fort Myers, Fla. James Klynn, Passion Ward, Josh Giha, Rossini Morrisma, Maeva Kem, Jeremy Evans
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  • EbGb, Ernie Bordon portraits
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  • Ernie Bordon, "EbGb," gives a performance at the Apple Store in Naples, Fla. as iTunes featured artist. EbGb says he gives the same performance for 10 people as he would for 10,000. "I make music that I would like, even if it wasn't my own shit. I think more people should do that. When you make music for yourself?you're going to touch certain people. You have to do you, 100 per cent of the time."
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  • EbGb looks through new clothes at a store in the mall in Naples to freshen up his image with help from his former A&R George Garzon. EbGb is pretty set in his image and doesn't want to change his look or style based on the commercialization of the hip hop industry. He's steadfast in staying true to himself. His "signature" look is an oversized black t-shirt and jeans. Other than a single gold chain, he refuses to wear anything that sparkles.
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  • EbGb, records at the home studio of friend and fellow musician Nate Augustus. EbGb and Augustus created the term "Swamp Hop" as a way to describe the music they make - which they think has a disctinctly South Florida Sound.
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  • Intro lyrics are taped to the wall inside a closet where members of Freedom Hall record in Naples, Fla.
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  • TimWes works out in the backyard of a friend's home. TimWes believes that he has a responsibility to the community to rap about a legitimate lifestyle. "Athletes rappers: once you reach that lifestyle, you automatically a role model, 'cause the kids gonna look up to you. So, whatever you do, they gonna live by that."
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  • Naples hip hop artist Kendell Meares, a.k.a. James Klynn helps his girlfriend and fellow Freedom Hall member, Passion Ward, get through a song she's recording for Freedom Hall's first album. Freedom Hall was originally named after Klynn's apartment -  a place for artists to come together to create and share ideas. It was adapted into the name of their group which includes, Ward and three other friends, Rossini Morisma, Joshua Giha and Jeremy Evans.
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  • A crowd gathers to watch Fort Myers hip hop artists TimWes and Gutta Slim record a video at Clemente Park in Fort Myers. Local artists often collaborate on songs. Although, many will say that there is no unity.
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  • "Black lights producing harps from heaven." Light filters in from outside revealing the silhouette of Robert Pigozzi, a.k.a. "Wizeass," as he records a mixed tape in a marijuana haze at the home of Ernie Bordon, a.k.a. "EbGb," in East Naples.
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  • Vonbitt Robinson, right, and Angelica Tirado hang out outside of The Reserve night club in Fort Myers after a 420 Celebration on April 20, 2011. Promoters uses nights like this to host artists in a VIP section and network with possible local acts.
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  • Freedom Hall, Fort Myers, Fla.
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  • Freedom Hall portraits in Fort Myers, Fla. James Klynn, Passion Ward, Josh Giha, Rossini Morrisma, Maeva Kem, Jeremy Evans
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  • Freedom Hall portraits in Fort Myers, Fla. James Klynn, Passion Ward, Josh Giha, Rossini Morrisma, Maeva Kem, Jeremy Evans
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  • Freedom Hall portraits in Fort Myers, Fla. James Klynn, Passion Ward, Josh Giha, Rossini Morrisma, Maeva Kem, Jeremy Evans
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  • Freedom Hall portraits in Fort Myers, Fla. James Klynn, Passion Ward, Josh Giha, Rossini Morrisma, Maeva Kem, Jeremy Evans
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  • Freedom Hall, Fort Myers, Fla.
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  • Freedom Hall portraits in Fort Myers, Fla. James Klynn, Passion Ward, Josh Giha, Rossini Morrisma, Maeva Kem, Jeremy Evans
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  • Freedom Hall, Fort Myers, Fla.
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  • Freedom Hall portraits in Fort Myers, Fla. James Klynn, Passion Ward, Josh Giha, Rossini Morrisma, Maeva Kem, Jeremy Evans
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  • Freedom Hall portraits in Fort Myers, Fla. James Klynn, Passion Ward, Josh Giha, Rossini Morrisma, Maeva Kem, Jeremy Evans
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  • EbGb, Ernie Bordon portraits
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  • EbGb spends a night off at home with his wife, Chantel, and their Chihuahua, Pumpkin, in Naples, Fla. EbGb's home is his sanctuary where he tries to keep things mellow.
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  • Rappers EbGb, and Colby Roderick, a.k.a. Steady, a member of Hygher Level, and others hang out after the Fear The Chausso 5 concert at Squarehead Venue in Naples. This was a rare occasion for Fort Myers and Naples hip hop artists to come together for one show.
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  • Fans go crazy at at Plies concert at Level Night Club in Fort Myers on Easter Sunday.
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  • Hygher Level performs at Fear The Chausso 5 at Squarehead Venue in Naples. Squarehead is a new venue in the industrial area of Naples that promotes live music. This was a rare occasion for Fort Myers and Naples hip hop artists to come together for one show.
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  • Girls dance to the music of EbGb at Loft 59 night club in Naples, Fla.
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  • Kim Cartelle, an aspiring hip hop artist in Fort Myers, waits to go on stage at a graduation party inside a Chinese food restaurant. Before she was set to perform, a group of teenagers in a party bus showed up and took over the mic. When they left, so did many of the guests. When she finally did perform, her cd wasn't working and she got in to an argument with the DJ saying it was his fault. She left disgusted.
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  • Freddie Mediina isn't a musician, but was the mastermind forming the group Hygher Level in Fort Myers. Medina had their logo tattooed to his chest.
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  • Local rappers participate in Mic Check Monday at 105.5 The Beat in Fort Myers. Mic Check Mondays was born after the station's program director, Scrap Jackson, left, put out an offer over the radio for local rappers to come spit a verse on air. He was shocked at the turnout. Almost 200 local artists came for the hopes of an opportunity.  ?There?s so much to being successful in hip hop and it?s not just having talent,? said Scrap ?Scrappy? Jackson, a D.J. and program director at 105.5 The Beat. ?It?s having swagger, having a certain person carry that talent, team of people around you, create your own movement if you will, a street team and viral media to quantify to a record label.?
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  • Promoter Shannon Fuller, background, puts on a bikini car wash to help promote hip hop artist Theodore Wilson, left, a.k.a "Hylo Griffix," album "Full Clip" at a gas station on U.S. 41 in San Carlos Park, Fla. Melissa Rogers, second from left, came to be a bikini girl, help wash cars and support her friend and his pursuit of his music.
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  • Kimberly Daniels, a.k.a. Kim Cartelle, center, a female rapper in Fort Myers, and others wait for the start of the Ford Entertainment Awards Show at Alliance for the Arts in Fort Myers. The show was an attempt to bring unity within the hip hop community in Fort Myers and recognize the work of local artists.
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  • TimWes, bottom, records a video with Gutta Slim and Naples rapper, Sho Zoe, for a song called "Flaggin' and Flexin'" on Lemon Street in Fort Myers, Fla. The Fort Myers police showed up to the video shoot because an anonymous caller said they saw suspicious activity taking place. The police only asked if there were any guns involved. TimWes explained that his music goes against that.
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  • Timothy Powell, a.k.a. TimWes, looks at his own reflection in the computer as he works on music at his home in Fort Myers. TimWes didn't ever think about becoming a rapper until a friend told him he should try it. "The most important part to me, truthfully ? and most people probably don't wanna hear this ? first thing first, it's about the money to me. If I didn't know there was a million dollars at the end of this tunnel, I probably wouldn't pursue it as much as I'm pursuing it."
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  • James Klynn, from left, Josh Giha, Taylor Crosley and Rossini Morisma wait in Giha's bedroom - and the make-shift studio - as their music uploads to their internet site. Dropping an album for underground artists like Klynn and his partners means uploading the tracks to the internet and spreading the word via social networks.
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  • Roommates and creative partners Joshua Giha, right, James Klynn, and Jeremy Evans, left, host a party at their home in Naples, Fla. The friends later formed Freedom Hall, a collective of artists who come together to create music. "Hip hop is a number of different things. It's a culture. Hip hop is self expression. it came from a group of people who didn't have anybody to speak for them, so they started their own."
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  • James Klynn, who hails from Brooklyn originally, drops his first solo album, Imagination Industry. "Think we crazy? Maybe come get a snails view. Look up at the world and tell me you won't wanna rebel, too." - James Klynn, "To Live in Jerusalem"
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  • Alvester Conner works six days a week in telemarketing. On the seventh day, he?s Gutta Slim, a 22-year-old rapper, self-dubbed the ?new voice of Lee County.? Gutta Slim grew up with absent parents and stints in jail. His music speaks of growing up in Fort Myers ? sometimes referred to as ?Li?l Pakistan? for the harsh street life ? and calling out fakers for singing about a life they don?t lead. ?Y?all startin? to piss me off, acting real but inside ... you know you?re soft. Never been in no block, never been in that cell. You?re just a studio gangsta livin? fairytales.? ? Gutta Slim, ?Fairytales? lyrics
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  • Fort Myers hip hop artist Alvester Conner, a.k.a. Gutta Slim, records a video in front of his brother's home on Polk Street in Fort Myers with Mami-based rapper, "Bad Guy."  Gutta Slim's music speaks of growing up in Fort Myers ? sometimes referred to as ?Li?l Pakistan? for the harsh street life ? and calling out fakers for singing about a life they don?t lead. ?Y?all startin? to piss me off, acting real but inside ... you know you?re soft. Never been in no block, never been in that cell. You?re just a studio gangsta livin? fairytales.? ? Gutta Slim, ?Fairytales?
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  • Gail McIntosh, from right, and Tifffany Carter, Nana McCarter, 10, left, and Cisalyn Thomas, second from left, dance to to the song "In My Project" by Fort Myers rappers TimWes and Buck Town Gutta Gutta during a block party video shoot at Clemente Park in Fort Myers.
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  • TimWes records the song "Unborn Child ? originally by the late rapper, Tupac Shakur ? in the closet studio of producer Dang Dizzle. Dizzle's studio is a room he rents from his sister-in-law in Lehigh Acres, Fla. TimWes, who is expecting his first child, calls himself Mr. ReceiptMoney, meaning he makes his money the legal way. "I'm in my own lane. I'm not competing," he said comparing himself to other rappers. "I'm the only one talkin' bout legal money."
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  • Clotilde Otranto, resident conductor for the Naples Philharmonic. Ambience Cover. Lexey Swall/Staff
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  • Gwendolyn Gleason, fashion designer
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  • Freedom Hall portraits in Fort Myers, Fla. James Klynn, Passion Ward, Josh Giha, Rossini Morrisma, Maeva Kem, Jeremy Evans
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