MY REAL NAME IS RALPH LAWRENCE, BUT MY STAGE NAME IS ASAR.I WAS BORN AND RAISED ON THE WEST SIDE CINCINNATI, OH BY MY MOTHER WODLINN CAMP. WHEN I REACHED JR. HIGH SCHOOL MY MOTHER TOOK ME TO A BOXING GYM TO HELP ME FOCUS ALL OF MY ENERGY AND KEEP ME OUT THE STREET.AS A BOXER I WON 5 CHAMPIONSHIP, 2 OF WHICH GOT ME RATED AS THE #1 BOXER IN THE NATION IN THE 201+LBS CLASS. WHEN I WAS NOT BOXING I WAS RAPPING WITH A GROUP OF GUY THAT I KNEW FROM SCHOOL.OUR RAP GROUP WAS CALLED TOP NOTCH.WE WOULD RAP EVERY CHANCE WE GOT IN ONE OF THE GUYS FATHERS BASEMENT.WE DIDN'T START TAKING OUR MUSIC SERIOUS UNTIL 2002 AND STARTED SELLING OUR FIRST ALBUM CALLED"T.O.P. NOTCH AFFILIATES VOL.ONE".THE ALBUM WAS HOT,WE SOLD A LOT OF ALBUMS BUT I COULDN'T SAY HOW MANY BECAUSE WE WERE SO UNORGANIZED. IN 2004 I LEFT THE GROUP AFTER THEY TRIED TO SET ME UP TO KILL ME AFTER I GOT INTO A FIST FIGHT WITH ONE OF THEM OVER MONEY AND STUDIO EQUIPMENT THAT THEY TOOK FROM ME. THE NEXT TWO YEARS WOULD PROVE TO BE THE LOWEST POINT THAT I WOULD HIT FAR AS MONEY.I WAS WALKING 5 MILES TO DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI EVERY MORNING AT 3AM TO STAND IN LINE AT THE TEMP SERVICE TO WAIT AND HOPE I COULD GET SOME WORK FOR THE DAY.AT A POINT I HAD TOTAL GAVE UP AND WAS HAPPY JUST BEING ABLE TO GET SOME WEED TO SMOKE AND JUST SIT AT HOME.ALL I DID FAR AS MUSIC WAS RECORD INTO THIS CHEAP MIC I HAD ON TO MY COMPUTER.I WAS RECORDING WHAT I FELT,I REMEMBER BEING HI AND DRUNK LOOKING AT MY HOME THINKING WHAT A MESS IT WAS,SO I GRABBED THE PEN AND WROTE"ROACHS IN DA ASH TRAY BLOOD IN MY EYES SAY WEED IN MY BODY KILLUMINATTII, JUMPIN OVER BOTTLES OF BACARTTI TWO LEFT TIMS WHEN I STEP WIT DA JINN"I RECORDED THE SONG AND CALLED IT "WHY".AFTER THAT MY MUSIC STARED TO GET VERY DARK. IN 2006 I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE URBAN LEAGUE AND STARTED IN THERE SORE PROGRAM,THAT HELPS PEOPLE WHO NEED TO KNOW HOW TO INTERVIEW FOR A JOB THAT THEY CAN KEEP THAT IS WELL PAYING.I COMPLETED THE CLASS AND FOUND A JOB WITH THE HOME DEPOT AND I STILL HAVE MY JOB WITH THEM TODAY. AFTER YEARS OF NOT BEING IN THE RING I HAD WENT BACK TO THE GYM.AFTER A MONTH OF HARD TRAINING I HAD MY HANDS AND TIMING BACK I WAS EVEN SET TO FIGHT ON A PRO UNDER CARD,BUT I BACKED OUT REALIZING THAT MY HEART WAS IN MUSIC.MY COACH THINKS I'M WASTING TIME THAT COULD BE BUILDING ON MY BOXING CAREER BUT I JUST DON'T WANT TO BOX, IT'S JUST NOT IN MY HEART RIGHT NOW,MUSIC AND DESIGNING CLOTHES ARE SO THAT IS WHAT I DO.