Earl L. Cress 3^rd aka Billy DA Kid was born and raised in the Stapleton area of Staten Island N.Y. This 28 year old grew up in the hood, during the time when selling drugs and other negative activities plagued the surrounding youth, fortunately through the love of God and his Grandma, Billy never strayed far from the right path. To stay out of trouble, Billy often focused a lot of his time on his two hobbies, Basketball and art. As a teen, Billy fell in love with Hip–Hop and realized how much this type of music influenced the public. This vision ignited his passion for music. Billy was inspired to pursue a career in Hip–Hop by his group THA FEDERATION which started in 1998. As a founding father, he was able to foresee a unique style of music that THA FEDERATION would bring to shake up the industry. Billy believes that his in your face give em’ what they want style of Hip-Hop is what the people really are waiting for. Billy believes that with God watching over the group, who would go against them.

Charles Givens aka Narcissist, This 2s year old was born and raised in Brooklyn NY then moved to Staten Island in 1985. While growing up in the streets he stayed focused by playing Basketball with his family. At the age of 13 Narc was exposed to all kinds of music and developed a love for rhyming. Narc says he was inspired by artist such as Nas, Canibus, Biggie and Mobb Deep. These artists inspired his lyrical style and ingenious manipulation of words.

Kareem Tyree aka Aggie Deuce, This 21 year old grew up in the West Brighton area of Staten Island. He is a committed and confident person who pursues his dreams with ravenous desire. He embodies traits of both East and West genres of rap. Using his slick lyrical style he is ready to takeover the music industry and make it his own personal Pigeon Coup.

Christopher Palma aka K.O, This 20 year old was born and raised on Staten Island. Rapping since the age of 13  K.O has always had dreams of showing the world his talents. He was inspired by Nas and Tupac. His proficient and shocking lyrics will Knock-Out the audience. His hard hitting rhymes are all about respect for the people.

Mansooar De’jesus aka Versatile, This 27 year old was born and raised on Staten Island. Rhyming for 10 years Versatile joined THA FEDERATION when he met some of the other members while playing Basketball. Versatile has a high respect for the art of hip-hop, so he spends a lot of time perfecting his craft as an artist. His “Verbal Vigilant” style is to reach the world, while rapping about what he feels and what’s going on.

Gennaro Ray Chavis JR aka Young Gee was born and raised in the West Brighton area of Staten Island. This 22 year old wild child is the most recent member to join Tha Federation. He has a refreshingly fresh style for the youth of today. His inspirations are the other members of Tha Federation. He has a be true to your own self-attitude and always brings the energy with every line he spits, his delivery is designed to make one think.

Rodney Joiner aka Fluid, Growing up in the Park Hill area of Staten Island, he was the childhood friend of Billy Da’Kid, as another founding father of Tha Federation Fluid has been with the group since the beginning. He is his own man and walks to the beat of his own drum. Encompassing the very meaning of his name Fluids rhythms are always in constant motion. Fluid has a pure love and respect for hip-hop and is inspired by old school rap artist. Fluids Style is like water, able to change form and still remain the same.       

Jamal Fuller aka KFC was born and raised in the Park Hill area of Staten Island