Born and Raised in East St Louis IL, Nemesis, was the miracle child as his mother claimed. At The age of 8 he started drawing portraits and cartoon characters trying to walk in the footsteps of his older brother, and hearing his brother sing a 2Pac record entitled "Brenda's Got A Baby" one day Nemesis was immediately hook to the sounds of hip hop. As time progressed Nemesis started writing poems and eventually learn how to rhyme after 2Pac was killed in 1996. Looking up to fellow artist around his age like Kriss Kross & ABC, he started battling at school from jr high until high school, where he was giving the name Nemesis for never losing a battle. In 2002 Nemesis and his cousin "Zone" later to becoming "Royal"decided to become a group called "Speed Knockerz" after being introduced to Twista 3rd Album Adrenaline Rush. Both cousins took to the fast pace flow of the artist and mastered it for themselves. After his senior year of high school a couple of his classmates were singing a deal with DefJam Records ,and introduced him to there producer "Cinister". He would eventually go on and link with other producers like Fresco Kane aka Gena , TrakStarz , Trouble Stylez and STL's Super Producer Laudie On Da Track , who showed the rapper how to make radio singles that would catch the eye of local Djs. A true undieable talent stay tuned for the years to come this rising star is goin places.