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Keeping it Real Fridays w/ hip hop artist, Arsin!

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Xtinguish Records presents ARSIN,who’s a Hip Hop artist from the Mantua area of Philadelphia which is also know as “Da Bottom”. Influenced by artists like James Brown, Michael Jackson, Bone Thugs, Nas, 2pac, Eminem, Naughty by Nature, Brand Nubians, Chub Rock and Marvin Gay, ARSIN later decided that music would be the best career path for him. ARSIN had his first encounter with Hip Hop music in 1995 when he found a “Brand Nubians” cassette tape on the ground and popped it in his radio. He went through struggles, which was one of the reasons he identified with the inspirational content in the Hip Hop music he collected. ARSIN realized he could inspire and reach people the same way. He got his name when the crowd began to scream “fire” every time he performed. He looked up different names for Fire and came up with Arson, which was later changed to ARSIN (Our-sin) because his philosophy was that “our – sin”, the idea of right and wrong affects the values of society in terms of classism, racism, political and religious beliefs. He uses his music to reflect his experiences with those issues while creating a versatile sound and performance that is guaranteed to entertain. ARSIN’s music started spreading across the underground scene with a commercial sound which later inspired the premiere of his first single REWIND on 100.3 The Beat, a Philadelphia Hip Hop and R&B radio station. After selling mixtapes across the U.S positive feedback begin to increase because of his latest mixtape “Fire Escape pt2”. Which featured the single which became #6 on Dj Touchtones (from100.3 The beat) top ten and ARSIN later went down to #4 on the countdown. This lead to his premiere live interview on mainstream radio n 100.3 The Beat. That buzz caught the attention of other media outlets and ARSIN later did his first radio interview on 105.3 WDAS fm with Patty Jackson. He continued pushing his music and landed his first ringtone deal with Thumbplay Ringtones Inc.He has also been on t