Elia is a rapper/singer/poet/lyricist/writer originally from New York. He currently resides in Florida and frequently travels to Viet Nam, Thailand, and Indonesia. Currently he is working on the first full-length album together with several producers and executive producer Josh Cobb at Rockbot Studios, Jacksonville, FL.

 

Elia has been rapping for 12 years and singing for four, including classical operatic training as a “baritenor”, although his voice is classified as being between a Dramatic and Verdi Baritone with an exceptional range. In contemporary terms, he possesses a powerful, steely, slightly raspy voice best suited to R&B and soul, and has received favorable comparisons to Luther Vandross.

 

"Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things.” – T.S. Eliot

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