CEO MARCUS "FOTRAY" STAPLES FOUNDED KILLA VALLEY RECORDZ IN JUNE OF '98 WITH THE IDEA OF CREATING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY SO THEY COULD MAKE AN HONEST LIVING FOR THEMSELVES WITHOUT HUSTLING AND ROBBING PEOPLE JUST TO SURVIVE. SEE MY ARTISTS TRIED TO LINK THEMSELVES TO OTHER ARTISTS IN THE INDUSTRY WHICH WE'LL LEAVE UNNAMED BUT DUE TO THE COMPETITION NATURE OF THE BUSINESS IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE PEOPLE STARTED HATING BECAUSE THEIR MUSIC LACKED THE LYRICAL SKILLS OF MY ARTIST. WE KNEW AT THAT TIME THAT THE ONLY WAY WE WOULD GET TO WHERE WE WANTED TO GET WOULD BE TO PAVE THE PATH FOR OURSELVES. SO I SAW AN OPPORTUNITY TO START MY OWN BUSINESS AND SHOW THE WORLD MY TALENTED BUSINESS SKILLS. SO THEN MY ARTISTS SAW A WAY THEY COULD DO WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO AND STILL HAVE AN OPINION ON THE PATH OF THEIR OWN CAREERS, WITH THAT EQUATION OF MY BUSINESS SKILLS AND STREET KNOWLEDGE PLUS THEIR HUSTLING SKILLS AND STREET KNOWLEDGE EQUALED A GATEWAY OF 100 PERCENT SUCCESS FOR US. OUR GOAL IS TO TAKE THE RAP INDUSTRY BY STROM AND SHOW THE WORLD THAT WE BELONG.
