Pilot Rai Bio
Pilot Rai- Hip Hop/Rap
Paul Raimondo performs and records as Pilot Rai. (pronounced Py-lit Rye)
Pilot Rai is a solo M.C. and one of two core M.C.’s for the Hip-Hop Outfit “The 7D” and one of two M.C.’s for the band Sgt. Grumbles.
AKA: PR, Kid Twist, Paulie Jibbs, Poetic Rebel
Created: 2000, Broward County FL
Discography: PR- 21st Century Kid (limited unofficial release 2002)
Def Kidz- Music You Can Feel (mixtape 2003)
LabRatz- (mixtape 2003)
Call it What You Want- (mixtape 2003)
Dj Immortal- Stick and Cut ( vinyl release 2004)
Pilot Rai- The Odd Results of Inner Conflicts ( 1st official indie release 2005)
The Dolo Promo- (mixtape 2005)
Reverse Originals- (mixtape 2006)
Stonesmith- Unknown Artist (mixtape 2006)
Renda Writer- Eclectic Poetic (2006)
Free Pizza- (Dual promotional disc with Renda Writer 2007)
The Underlab Show- (mixtape 2007)
The 7D- Songs in a Language Once Spoken (The 7D’s 1st official indie release 2009)
The Architect presents- Angles of Attack (mixtape 2009)
Chopp Devize- Hip Hop Renaissance (Chopp Devize’s 1st official Release 2010)
Canibus- Lyrical Law (Official Melatonin Magik remix Album 2010)
Artists performed with, opened for, and featured along: (to name a few)
Dj Immortal
Chopp Devize
Canibus
Jeru the Damaja
Flawless the Mc
Pharoah Monch
D. Schwartz
Soul Eye
K-Solo
Razz Kazz
Renda Writer
Urban Rose
H.D. Goodman
Ruste Juxx
Copywrite
Planet Asia
Damo
M-Eighty
LMS
Immortal Technique
Stone Smith
Etc.
Pilot Rai has been performing weekly/monthly since 2001. Having played shows from FL, to NY, to IL, to Canada, back to GA , and over to LA. Pilot Rai is experienced.
Quotes/Lyrics:
“Call me what you will, I’m an artist. I’m a little bit of everything”
“I grow with every word I poet/I hurt and I hope and I show it/I want the crowd to know it.”
“I know the difference if ONLY I wasn’t different /I could Probably make a difference, oh hell, what’s the difference.”
“I stay subtle/cops huddle up on the block /and you could find me hip hoppin’ in my space shuttle.”
“Why Bother? The wind ain’t blowin’ your way, well okay/it’ll happen in the course of a day/but the day’ll come a gust, a breeze, a hurricane’ll rage/ and the whole thing’ll blow in your face”
“I’m a son of a gun/daddy was a pistol/son of a bitch/momma was pitbull”
“You can get it/show me respect or I’ll take it/ I’ll make you wish in the first place that you would’ve gave it. I’ll count 1 2 3/then put you in a figure 4 leg-lock with ease/ and break both your knees.”
“I want the truth/some of us don’t but most of us do/ they will or they won’t/ but what about you?”
“We need to keep it as real as it gets/don’t wet it up with a chorus/they might ignore us/ or even worse forget what we said in the verse/ we need to be heard/realayin’ them feelin’s that hurt/ cause people relate when we display it in words.”
Personal story about Paul Raimondo :
Paul Raimondo was born in Ft. Lauderdale (he thinks) FL. He grew up listening to legendary artist such as John Lennon and Bob Dylan and John Cash and Jimi Hendrix thanks to his influential father, Paul James Raimondo. Thanks to his friends he grew up listening to legendary artists such as Eazy-E and K-Solo and the Beastie Boys and Rakim.
On the day before his 4th birthday, he was struck by a car in a hit and run incident, leaving him in a body cast for many months. He would have to learn to walk all over again. (For Halloween he was wheeled around in a Radio Flyer wagon in his batman costume.)
Tragedy came again when he was nineteen. He was passenger in a fatal car wreck which took the life of his good friend Matthew Ryan Olsen (R.I.P.) while travelling from party to party with a group of friends. The vehicle spun out around a curve travelling at 55+ mph, bouncing a curb, and hitting a tree. Trapped in the car with his friend for 4 hours, PR was well aware of his injuries. He was air-lifted to the hospital and fitted with several titanium rods in his legs and hand, 7 inch titanium screws, and 6 bags of blood. All of which he refers to as his million dollar makeover.
Once again he was challenged with learning to walk all over again. Third time’s a charm they say. Realizing he had escaped death twice, maybe even more, he asked himself, “What can I do? Why am I the one that’s still here?” He began writing as a tool to cope with these questions.
Years later he linked up with long time friend Jamie Keogh at and began recording at Reverse Polarity Studios. It was then and there that he realized his purpose. To spread a message often discarded by many. TRUTH. He stays true to his feelings, never denying them. He’s even happy when he’s sad cause at least he knows he can feel. With Reverse Polarity, they built a classic cult scene of Hip Hop heads in a local pub which made news in many papers and was voted #1 Hip Hop Night in New Times. Now, Paul Raimondo owns Reverse Polarity Studios along with Partner, Brian “the Architect” Spatz.
Paul Raimondo: singer/songwriter/MC/engineer/producer
Pilot Rai-Hip Hop/Rap
Other links you can find Paul Raimondo’s music:
Myspace.com/pilotraispace
Myspace.com/7d
Myspace.com/maxamillionmusicspace
Facebook/pr123
The7d.net
Itunes, , cdbaby, amazon, best buy, F.Y.E., youtube, Newgrounds, twitter, etc.
