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Phoenix Da Icefire
12+ albums
UK hip hophip hopUnited Kingdom
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Paul J Nelson better known as Phoenix Da Icefire (born September 1, 1987) in South East London, he is 1/2 of Higher Heights records, alongside fellow CEO & founder Dwain Thompson. Paul Nelson is best summerised as a British rapper, song writer, actor, consultant & all around business man. Paul "Phoenix Da Icefire" Nelson grew up in East London with his mother Angela & his late father John Nelson, who passed away from cancer late 2002. At a very tender age he was exposed to the harsh realities of an adult life, growing up from a background of not having much pushed him to seek a creative means of enjoying and expressing himself, before he could write music Paul used to draw in order to vent frustration and express complex emotion at that time was bottled up. Being a witness to the murder of his close friend and neighbor at the age of 12 added to reality of life and death for him. Angela Nelson, the mother of Paul aka Phoenix, was his first musical influence, as she used to be in a choir "London Community Gospel Choir" in her early 20's, after singing live on choice fm radio she was given contacts to a major record label who was very much interested in signing her but due to having given birth to her second and third son she never fulfilled the dream of becoming a singer. Phoenix started off in the garage scene under the alias of Swiftly, alongside fellow MC's such as P-Money, Little Dee, Firmer Dee aka Funky Dee, AKS & Blacks in a crew called the Fatal Assassins. He origin
