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Born in an island where music is the spice of life Linval McKnight, AKA, Billiblade, grew up loving music. His father owned a disco in the early 70's, but sold it before little blade was born. Nevertheless Billiblade inherit much more than the love of the music from his father. He inherited a talent for vocalizing as well. From as young as he can remember he was always at neighborhood birthday parties, dancing with the girls or without. He also liked to sneak out to attend local dancehalls around the community and began doing this at about age 8. As he grew it became apparent that music was to play an important role in his lif.Billiblade grew up in a family of five kids, in which he was the fourth. His father migrated and was living in the states trying to make ends meet. Billi remembers the nights he had to go to bed without anything but water and roam the streets bare feet. He came from a poor family of six, seven when his father would visit, in a two-bedroom home. Which meant Billi shared one bed with his three sisters and brother. In the early 90%u2019s whilst listening to the radio, Billi heard the song of an R&B singer, Brian McKnight. Billi didn%u2019t know about him and his name yet, but he loved the song, %u2018One Last Cry%u2019. When he learned of the singer%u2019s name, which contained the same exact surname, with the exact spelling and pronunciation, he was surprised. This was a spark of inspiration for Billi. He was about 13 at the time and it was then billi began to take his talent seriously.

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