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John AnthonyAnthony Giovanni Blaise Grandinetti, also known as John Anthony, or The Villain, is an American independent hip hop artist, songwriter, and producer. Born August 5th, 1999 in Dallas, Pennsylvania. His intricate love for the music of hip hop grew when he was 11 years old. He spent the last decade writing and recording along with developing his own sound and craft. During those young years, John went through many fazes with hip hip. From name changes, mixtapes, styles and occasional developed an on and off relationship with the game. From 2012 to 2016, John made four mixtapes that were released and then scrapped due to self-conscious certainty and lack of growth. He redeveloped his sound and techniques in 2018 and by 2019, he was confidently releasing new music under a couple of his new identities such as a new record label/brand "Villainous Records" and a character formed by the simple name of "The Villain".
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Villainous Records Inc.Villainous Records was created by John Anthony in March 11th, 2019. The idea was to create a small self-centered label for Anthony to produce his music and have a way of distributing it through a brand. Villainous was one of many different established names thought of. Originally back in 2013, John Anthony edited his own music on a laptop using cheap recording software and a cheap microphone. He used his own label name called Flo Money Records. This was originally scraped, along with earlier albums. Over the years, RYG Records was the name for the distribution of his music but ultimately failed to succeed. The name Villainous was inspired when John Anthony was reading a comic book and stumbled across the word. The word came to life as John felt it fit perfectly with what he believes people label him as, a villain. Through it's short beginnings, Villainous Records hasn't had any producers or engineers help in the production. John Anthony himself recorded, edited, mixed, produced, distributed and manufactured all his music. Though Villainous is not a company, the tools John had weren't stellar and the location wasn't either. John did however, save his money and purchased key elements to start his in-home studio. A computer, piano, mixer, speakers, monitor, microphone, microphone stand and audio interface. With these tools, John was able to produce/edit his all five of release albums since 2019.
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Early LifeAnthony Grandinetti was born on August 5th, 1999 in Dallas, Pennsylvania and was raised as an only child. He attended catholic schools throughout his whole childhood and graduated at Holy Redeemer High School. After, he attended Luzerne County Community College for two and a half years before dropping out. He also attended Full Sail University in 2020-21 to help enhance his music career. His love for hip hop started when he eleven years old and first heard rapper Andre 3000 from OutKast on the radio. He started rapping a year later at the age of twelve after being inspired when he received a physical copy of Get Rich or Die Tryin', an album by hip hop legend 50 Cent. He spent years releasing music under various stage names, and took his hobby more serious in 2016 when he stuck with the name John Anthony.
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