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Originating as a vocalist in the metal scene, Lo Key began his musical journey in 1998 performing with the hardcore rap group Anonymous Tip. "I couldn't sing. Or scream or anything. It was kind of put up or shut up, I had to do something. So I started spittin', and we started makin history." After 2 years with the band, Lo Key called it quits and started recording hip hop with band mate 100 Proof. Only 2 tracks are rumored to exist, "The Truth", and "Bottle Dreams (OG)". "At first we didn't know what the fuck we were doing. We just wrote random shit down and rapped it. I was experimenting with my style for a long time. I'm still progressing as an artist and I think that's what keeps people listening, and outsiders to start listening." Soon, Lo Key decided to pursue a darker style of music, also known as horrorcore. "I had been listening to wicked shit for a while, but never really considered it as a direction I could take musically. But I realized that scene was ME, musically and in real life. We live wicked, the whole world around us is horrifying. So I decided I wanted to reflect that in my music." With a new vision to complete, Lo Key started the group "Temple Rain" with friends and fellow lyricists Sleepy & Appirition. In 2003 they released theyre debut LP "The Awakening", a fusion of hip hop and horror. Boasting 19 tracks, the LP was given away free on the internet and localy. "The Awakening was a strange time for the 3 of us, I guess we were a