SHONUFF PIMPIN

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STANLEY MAHONE AKA SHONUFF OLD SCHOOL PIMPIN
I WAS BORN IN LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA IN 1958 , THE FORTH OF SIX CHILDREN BY JIMMIE LEE MAHONE AND MR JOHNNIE MAHONE . MY FATHER WORKED FOR A LARGE CONSTRU STANLEY MAHONE AKA SHONUFF OLD SCHOOL PIMPIN
I WAS BORN IN LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA IN 1958 , THE FORTH OF SIX CHILDREN BY JIMMIE LEE MAHONE AND MR JOHNNIE MAHONE . MY FATHER WORKED FOR A LARGE CONSTRUCTION SO WE MOVED FROM CITY TO CITY A LOT . THE FAMILY KEPT GROWING SO HE DESIDED TO HANG IT UP . WE TOOK ROOT IN DETROIT MICHIGAN WERE I FOUND MY LOVE FOR MUSIC . WE LIVED IN NORTHWEST DETROIT IN THE SAME AREA AS STEVE WONDER , THE FOUR TOPS AND MARVIN GAY . STEVE USE TO PUT ON FREE CONCERTS FOR US AT BAGLEY ELENENTARY WERE I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH HIS BROTHER . I REMBER SPENDING A LOT OF TIME AT HIS PARENTS HOUSE . MARVIN GAY PARENTS USE TO LET ME CUT THERE GRESS AND MARVIN WOULD ALWAYS FIND TIME TO STAND AROUND AND TALK TO ALL THE KIDS IN THE HOOD .
THE FIRST BAND AND SHOW I WAS IN WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL , IT WAS STEVE WONDER BROTHER ON DRUMS ,LEVI STUBBS SON LITTLE LEVI ON LED GUITAR .THOSE WERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS. MY FAMILY MOVED BACK TO ATLANTA WHEN I WAS 15 WERE I’VE BEEN EVERY SINCE .
I BECAME A MEMBER OF THE GROUP CALLED RICHARD MARKS AND THE FUNK FAMILY AT AGE 18 AND WITH THEM PLAYED MUSIC ALL OVER THE SOUTH . THIS WAS BEFORE DISCO CAME IN AND WIPED MOST OF THE LOCAL GROUPS OUT WITH TWO TURN TABLES IN A MIC . THE RAP SEEN CAME MUCH LATER . WITH NO REAL MONEY COMING IN FROM MUSIC IT WAS TIME TO START PUNCHING THE CLOCK.
MY LOVE FOR MUSIC NEVER LEFT MY HEART SO IN 2000 I STARTED A VIDEO COMPANY CALLED THE DROP ZONE . I VIDEOED MANY A ARTIST WHILE I WAS DOING THAT . ONE DAY MY NEPHEW TALKED ME INTO STARTING UP A RECORDING STUDIO AND I BECAME KNOWN AS DROP ZONE MUSIC . IT WAS A FAMILY STUDIO FOR THE MOST . I USE THE STAY ON THERE BACKS ABOUT SHOWMENSHIP ALL THE TIME . THEY HAD GOOD MUSIC BUT NO TRUE DELIVERY OF IT . I USE TO TELL THEN BACK IN THE DAY WHEN I WAS ON THE STAGE WE CONTROLED THE CROWD THE WHOLE NIGHT . YOU HAD TO BRING THE THUNDER AND THE LIGHTNING EACH TIME YOU PERFORMED . YOU KNOW THEY SAID HIP HOP IS ON A WHOLE NOTHER LEVEL .
SO I RECORDED MY FIRST SONG IN THE DROP ZONE STUDIO AFTER SITTING BACK FOR THREE YEARS LETTING THEM DO THERE THING . HERE I AM 50 YEARS OLD TRYING TO RAP TO PROVE A POINT . THE SONG I RECORDED WAS NAMED PIMPIN HARD AND I TOOK ON THE STAGE NAME OF SHONUFF OLD SCHOOL PIMPIN.
THE REST IS HISTORY , THERE IS NOT A CLUB IN THE WORLD I CAN’T ROCK AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE LOVE ME TO DEATH . TURNING 55 SEPTEMBER 12 AND STILL KILLING THEM AND HOLDING CLASS AT THE SAME TIME . IF YOU BRING ALITTLE MAGIC TO THE STAGE ALL EYES WILL ALWAYS BE ON YOU