"My TeenPeople Magazine experience has been the highlight of my career, so far. Being chosen as the TeenPeople Magazine's What's Next Award winner in the Rap category has been like a dream come true. When I was asked to perform at the Apollo Theater, for the What's Next Awards Concert, I knew that I was going to make my mark. Performing on the stage of the Apollo, where the great names in music have performed, made all the hard work worth it. The performance is only the beginning of what is to come in the future."

The Lyric Inforca Experience started 20 years ago, in a white, middle-class, Jewish family in Staten Island, New York. Being Jewish, and being one of the shortest kids for his grade, Lyric was the subject of various encounters with people who usually had nothing nice to say. Because of this, it was hard to fit in. Like most kids, he went through many stages in hopes that he would discover who he really was.

He always wrote poetry to express his inner emotions, and was deeply influenced by the music of the 60's (especially Jim Morrison). Being from Staten Island, he also grew up listening to the Wu (which is one of his favorite groups). This blend of genres was helping him to create his own style of lyrics.

"You're a product of your environment and you can't change that. The people you hang around with, like it or not, help mold you into the person you are." He hung out with all types of people - from skaters, ravers, and breakers, to rockers and eventually rappers.

More and more into rap, Lyric decided to take things one step further and apply his street slang to his poems. Rap immediately became his medium for expression. As friends, and even strangers started sitting up to listen, he was encouraged to continue writing of his experiences and feelings; and that's exactly what he did.

Lyric is an entertainer. Loving the spotlight, he started out as a dancer, working for many DJ companies all over the metropolitan area. He also worked as a gymnastics and break dance teacher for kids, as well as a free lance choreographer.

By going to battles and doing shows, Lyric began to make a name for himself in the underground rap scene in Staten Island. He performed for a variety of crowds at Scandals", "Gin", "Cartoon Universe", "Sharkies", "Sports Fest", and the New York Comedy Club. He also has had his tracks played on WSIA, the Staten Island radio station, where he engaged in battles.

"You should keep in mind though, that most of these battles didn't take place at clubs, but in the street, where the rules for winning might change at any time. It got dangerous at times, but the fear actually was a driving force. It's what you do with that fear that proves your ability."

His first real experience in the industry was when he was picked to dance, and be an extra in the Rah Digga video "Break fool". On the set, he took part in friendly battles and got the respect of a lot of underground rappers. Seeing how a music video was made drove him to work harder. But, it was a few months later that he received his first big break - a full page picture and article in TeenPeople Magazine - the 2001 What's Next Award winner as a rapper.

Since the Apollo, Lyric went on to make his live, television debut on "Studio Y", an interactive show for teens, broadcast by the Metro Channel. Seen by the entire New York City metropolitan area, the show was hosted by B-boy London and Moni Love from radio station "Hot 97". After that performance, he performed one of his new tracks on News 12 New Jersey on the daytime edition. Oh yeah, Lyric has been hard at work creating new material. The result is his CD The Art of Lyricism.

Lyric is well aware of the fact that being white and Jewish from Staten Island is a good scheme to make people want to sign him, because it's different. But it's his element of dance and lyrics that will speak for themselves.

"I plan to reinvent the rap game, as we know it today."