SouthWest Houston Bred Emcee, Steve Fournier Aka “Tha Apple City Veteran”, was Born July 18, 1993 in Houston,Tx, residing most of his childhood and pre-adolescent years in the Alief community-experiencing wicked traumas, eluding near death incidents to balancing hardships/family grievances of his own.Thus,landing his smooth/hard edge bravado-an asserted intelligence sprouted from humility/selflessness.Fournier incorporates a hustlers nature to win and his spirituality to further distinguish the rawness in his closed emotions, revealing somber realities & depicting street culture-magnifying sociocultural propaganda/medias in association with “insta”- relevancy. Fournier’s arsenal is well distributed through his unsuspecting analogies, “beat etiquette” and masterful composition- connecting 1 to 2 and 3 to 4. Fournier’s cohesiveness & “flowy”story telling packs canny theatrics, well collected emotion/lead on by inspiration-In turn, feeding optimism where it’s unspoken for. In 2014, after a couple semesters at Blinn college- Fournier and Long-standing Friend/business constituent Eric “Sweet Jones” Snell Jr. Created “StrictGrindEmpire” or “SGE”, a growing label in the trade of hustling worldwide. StrictGrindEmpire embodies a way of life and is a brand that matches the attitude of an underdog today, who’s breeding the spirit to win big tomorrow. Fournier’s latest project, and first released body of work “Off The Re-Up Vol.1” is out now! Available on all streaming services.