IAMPHATSOUL

About IAMPHATSOUL

BORN TO THE WORLD OF MUSIC WAS RICO LEE AKA PHATSOUL. AS A YOUNG BOY GROWING UP IN GEORGIA RICO WAS CERTAIN THAT MUSIC WAS THE PATH HE WANTED TO TAKE. SINGING IN CHURCH CHOIRS AND SCHOOL PEP RALLIES PHATSOUL ALSO WON SEVERAL LOCAL SINGING COMPETITIONS. HE APPEARED ON ONE THE BIGGEST RADIO STATIONS IN SAVANNAH E93 TO INTERVIEW AND DEBUT HIS UNDERGROUND SINGLE "WHEN IT RAIN" WITH RADIO DJ KENYA CABINE....AT THE TIME PHATSOUL WHO WAS BACK THEN CALLED KASSANOVA WORKED WITH A LOT OF GEORGIA PRODUCERS AND OTHER ARTIST.. WRITING AND CO PRODUCING. HE TOURED LOCALLY ALL AROUND GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA. PHATSOUL ALSO APPEARED ON BET SOUNDSTAGE PERFORMING ALONGSIDE OTHER FAMOUS ARTIST AND IT FELT NATURAL TO BE APART OF SUCH A GREAT EVENT. HE REMEMBER SEEING THE SO SO DEF BULLETIN POSTED IN DOWNTOWN ATLANTA AND HE ALWAYS HOPED ONE DAY HE WOULD GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE APART OF THE LABEL. HE ALSO REMEMBER BEING AT ONE OF THE BIGGEST MUSIC EVENT CALLED THE (expired link) MUSIC EVENT ATLANTA WOULD CONDUCT ALLOWING ARTIST TO PERFORM AND GET SIGNED. I SANGED IN THE LOBBY FOR SEVERAL LABEL EXECS. PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT, JAGGED EDGE AND A LOT OF OTHER ARTIST WERE IN THE LOBBY AS WELL SINGING. WHEN IT WAS TIME TO EAT THE PREPARED MEAL THAT CAME WITH BEING APART OF THE EVENT HE ACTUALLY SAT AT A TABLE, FINISHED HIS MEAL AND COME TO FIND HE WAS AT THE WRONG TABLE IT BELONG TO THE LATE JAMES BROWN AND HE HAD EATEN HIS FOOD BY ACCIDENT. HE WAS SO UNDERSTANDING TO THE MIX UP AND SAID “IT’S OK THEY CAN PREPARE SO MORE FOR US” PHATSOUL WAS HONORED TO BE IN HIS PRESENCE. PHATSOUL CONTINUED HIS CAREER WITH WRITING & SINGING AS WELL AS COLLABORATING WITH PRODUCERS AND OTHER ARTIST IN ATLANTA. HE PERFORMED FOR A LABEL IN ATLANTA AND THEY WERE PLEASED WITH HIS PERFPRMANCE AND WANTED TO SIGN HIM TO RECORD DEAL. WHAT WAS GREAT TURNT BAD QUICKLY, THE DEAL CATERED TO THE LABEL AND NOT PHATSOUL. AFTER INVESTING SO MUCH OF HIS TIME AND HIS OWN FINANCES HE HAD NOTHING. NO AIRTIME, NO VIDEO & NO REAL DEAL. HIS DREAMS WERE SHATTERED INTO A THOUSAND PIECES BECAUSE HE WORKED SO HARD HOPING TO GAIN SO MUCH MORE. THIS WOULD NOT STOP HIM THOUGH,,HE CONTINUED TO LEAVE THE PAST BEHIND HIM AND PUSH FORWARD WITH WHAT HE IS PRESENTING TO THE WORLD TODAY HIS NEW ALBUM “LOVE SEX & DRAMA” E RECORDED WITH GRAMMY AWARD WINNING MULTI –PLATINUM PRODUCER TY MACKLIN.