Tee-Jay continues his move to the upper echelon of Hip Hops elite. In the past year he has shared the stage with Supernatural, Pigeon John, Red Cloud, LA Symphony, Wiz Khalifa, The Visionaries, LMNO, 4th Avenue Jones, NomiS, theBREAX, and opened for DMC of Run-DMC to a huge crowd of PNC Park.

Some of Tee-Jay’s accolades include:

* Nominated for Best Hip-Hop / R & B 2006 Southern California Music Awards

* Top-100 Semi-Finalist Disc Makers Independent Music World Series

* San Diego City Beat "Top 100 Unsigned Artists in San Diego"

Tee-Jay’s buzz continues to grow stronger in Pittsburgh, PA & San Diego, CA. He's been featured in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, San Diego Union Tribune, and San Diego North County Times, continuing his march to the top of the Hip Hop scene. Tee-Jay’s massive presence on the Internet has attracted many new fans to his music. Tee-Jay profile on Myspace.com has exploded, being visited in excess of over 25,000+ times, tracks played over 30,000+ times, and accumulating 6,000+ "friends" from all over the world.

Prepping this new CD, "You Don’t Work You Don’t Eat” follows up Tee-Jay’s “Testimony” the CD that caught the attention of the world. National and International online publications such as Hip-HopKings.com, sdmusicmatters.com, iheartpgh.com have already co-signed for Tee-Jay’s music. Local publications have also given the music high praises. Tee-Jay’s built a cult following in the Pittsburgh and San Diego regions.

Pittsburgh-born rapper Tee-Jay has the hip-hop lingo down pat. But the difference between Tee-Jay and household names such as 50 Cent and Eminem, he uses no profanity in his lyrics, has no tattoos, wears no jewelry, yet he still touches the heart of the ghetto.

Tee-Jay was influenced by streets at an early age, his Uncle Darrell "The Kernel" Nelson, was one of Western Pennsylvania largest drug dealers. Following in the footsteps of his uncle, fast money and street respect solidified his name in the "Mean Joe Greene" streets of Pittsburgh.

After witnessing his best friend Marcus "MD" Darden commit suicide, his brother Michael "Mizzy" Givens got life without parole, and his Uncle Darrell got 20 years in the Feds, Tee-Jay revaluated life and looked for other options outside of the streets.

His influences are Jay-Z for business savvy, Dr. Dre for his track record, and Will Smith for his positive character. Tee-Jay grew frustrated with the dead-end ways of street life. He began rapping after having a dream, in which he was told his music would touch the hearts of today’s youth.

Using music as an outlet to express himself, he recorded an ode to his hometown called "Da Burgh Strictly." Selling over 10,000 units, the enormous street buzz of "Da Burgh Strictly" reached its climax when it caught the ear of major label producer and Pittsburgh native, Mel-Man, who's worked with Dr. Dre, heard it and invited Tee-Jay to come to Los Angeles to work with him.

Well-known bad blood between Pittsburgh neighborhoods reared its ugly head thousands of miles away. Mel-Man, who is from the Hill, decided he could not work with someone from Hazelwood.

Tee-Jay arrived in California with $4.00 dollars and dream, discouraged but not broken in spirit he quickly began building a fan base in San Diego via open mic nights, pressing and distributing his mix-tapes, and word of mouth. Tee-Jay noticed that outside of his hometown dwelling, he stood apart from other artists by his originality and charisma.

Fate intervened and Tee-Jay met a producer named Wild Bill. The two hit it off instantly, recording My Testimony, a concept album about life and being in darkness and finding the light. Tee-Jay wanted to share his vision of never giving up on your dreams and persistence and character. His strong emphasis on education, he encourages children to stay in school, stay off drugs and learn the value having a good credit report.

Preparing his new CD “You Don’t Work You Don’t Eat” is once again poised to show that Hip-Hop is not dead.  Alongside Tee-Jay are Slim Kaity, Wiz Khalifa, Ruslan of theBREAX, Lil Slim, Babe Loc.  With new production by: Wild Bill, Tee-Jay, Eye Am, Nesia Beatz, Hazmat, Lil Slim, Dub’s Attic, NEF, Dru-Sk1. His buzz has created a global uproar, and Tee-Jay will continue to take music to a plateau it’s never seen before.