“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”
TheRapTrade is an idea conceived by hip hop enthusiast Stacy Frazier, as a way of connecting producers, rappers, and industry people. It’s all about building a thriving community of individuals expressing themselves and coming together through a love of hip hop.
A native of Aiken, South Carolina, Stacy’s father was a Southern Baptist preacher and his mother was a gospel singer, so naturally he was introduced to music at an early age. His love of gospel music developed into an obsession with hip hop and all the possibilities for self expression it offered. His Uncle gifted him a turn table and an instrumental copy of The Sugar Hill EP, giving Stacy the opportunity to learn to freestyle. From there he went on to making beats in Fruity Loops, and soon he was spending as much time as he could working on producing tracks.
Stacy knew he needed to leave Aiken in order to make the money he needed to pursue his dreams. Consequently, when he turned 18 he enlisted in the Navy, but music was never far from his mind. Serving his country gave him the stability and means to purchase modern record technology, which he used to continue pursuing his passion, but he would eventually have to choose between pursuing rap or staying in the Navy.
In 2012, he was honorably discharged, and started a new chapter of his life. Once he got on his feet as a civilian, he realized that as much as he liked rapping, he wasn’t all that interested in putting himself in the spotlight. Newly located in Washington DC, he encountered young boys and girls with amazing talents but limited ways of sharing them with the world. That's when the idea of TheRapTrade truly came together.
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” This African proverb provided Stacy with the perfect mantra for his new company. Realizing that so many young artists were burning themselves out trying to produce, mix, master, and promote their own tracks and struggling to find collaborators, he set out to establish a collective of capable individuals who could come together to make something truly great. By eliminating the barriers to success that so many young men and women face, TheRapTrade intends to shine a spotlight on the most promising young artists in hip hop today.
TheRapTrade is an idea conceived by hip hop enthusiast Stacy Frazier, as a way of connecting producers, rappers, and industry people. It’s all about building a thriving community of individuals expressing themselves and coming together through a love of hip hop.
A native of Aiken, South Carolina, Stacy’s father was a Southern Baptist preacher and his mother was a gospel singer, so naturally he was introduced to music at an early age. His love of gospel music developed into an obsession with hip hop and all the possibilities for self expression it offered. His Uncle gifted him a turn table and an instrumental copy of The Sugar Hill EP, giving Stacy the opportunity to learn to freestyle. From there he went on to making beats in Fruity Loops, and soon he was spending as much time as he could working on producing tracks.
Stacy knew he needed to leave Aiken in order to make the money he needed to pursue his dreams. Consequently, when he turned 18 he enlisted in the Navy, but music was never far from his mind. Serving his country gave him the stability and means to purchase modern record technology, which he used to continue pursuing his passion, but he would eventually have to choose between pursuing rap or staying in the Navy.
In 2012, he was honorably discharged, and started a new chapter of his life. Once he got on his feet as a civilian, he realized that as much as he liked rapping, he wasn’t all that interested in putting himself in the spotlight. Newly located in Washington DC, he encountered young boys and girls with amazing talents but limited ways of sharing them with the world. That's when the idea of TheRapTrade truly came together.
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” This African proverb provided Stacy with the perfect mantra for his new company. Realizing that so many young artists were burning themselves out trying to produce, mix, master, and promote their own tracks and struggling to find collaborators, he set out to establish a collective of capable individuals who could come together to make something truly great. By eliminating the barriers to success that so many young men and women face, TheRapTrade intends to shine a spotlight on the most promising young artists in hip hop today.