DONNELL COPELAND BETTER KNOWN AS SWOSS, A.K.A. "THE GHETTO STORYTELLER" IS NOW 26 YEARS OLD AND WAS BORN IN ROCHESTER, N.Y. WHEN HE WAS 14 HE MOVED TO HAZLEHURST, MS. THAT'S WHEN HE STARTED GETTING INTO MUSIC. HE MET SOME NEW FRIENDS THERE WHO WERE WRITING SONGS. THEY HAD WHAT SOME MIGHT CALL A MINI-STUDIO, MEANING THEY HAD THE BASIC EQUIPMENT TO MAKE A ROUGH DRAFT DEMO. THEY ALL GOT TOGETHER AND STARTED A GROUP CALLED "COMBINATION WORLD 3" (C.W.3.). THEY ENTERED ALL OF THE LOCAL TALENT SHOWS THEY COULD AND EVEN CAME IN SECOND PLACE IN A STATE RAP & DANCE CONTEST! SWOSS'S FAMILY THEN CAME TO SETTLE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA WHEN HE WAS 18. HE BOUGHT SOME D.J. EQUIPMENT AND STARTED DOING HOUSE PARTIES WITH AN OPEN MIC CONTEST AND ENTERING CONTESTS OUT OF TOWN SHOWING VERSATILE SKILLS TO AND FOR THE HOODS HE WAS IN. THEN ONE DAY HE CALLED THE FULL MOON RECORDS STUDIO, AND BY CHANCE OF FATE, D.J. FURY ANSWERED THE PHONE! D.J. FURY WAS SO BUSY WITH OTHER PROJECTS THAT HE COULDN'T TAKE ON ANY MORE ARTIST AT THE TIME! SWOSS LOVED D.J. FURY'S STYLE OF BEATS AND SIMPLY REFUSED TO WORK WITH ANYONE ELSE! SO AFTER 2 YEARS OF WAITING AND CALLING; SWOSS FINALLY PERSUADED D.J. FURY TO SHOW HIM HOW DETERMINED HE WAS TO GET INTO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. AS SOON AS D.J. FURY HEARD HIM RAP, HE RECOGNIZED THAT SWOSS HAD GREATLY SURPASSED THE LEVEL OF THE STREET CORNERS AND INSTANTLY BEGAN MAKING PLANS FOR SWOSS'S MUSIC CAREER AND QUICKLY GOT HIM INTO THE STUDIO! SWOSS SAYS, "IF I STAY DETERMINED, I CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE AND OTHERS." WELL, NOW HE HAS HIS CHANCE!!!
