STOPCRYINGMELLO

American Puerto Rican, Turkish, Italian Stopcryingmello born Norfolk, Virginia raised Orlando, Florida is a Alternative Hip-hop singer, songwriter, record producer.

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Stopcryingmello was influenced by rock music growing up while his father worked for the Norva in Virginia with over 300 Rock Bands/ Tours starting from Aidan, My Chemical Romance, Jonas Brothers, Bullet Proof Messenger, CKY, GWAR, Disturbed, HIM, Gone To Earth, Seether, Seven Dust, Shine Down, Green Day, Ashley Simpson, ICP, BLS, Korn, Scott Stapp, Beach Boys, Warped Tour, Lollapalooza, Missy Elliot, The Neptunes/ NERD, Timberland, Viva La Bands, NIMA and We The Kings to name a few.

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Stopcryingmello is originally from Hampton Roads, Virginia. The home of East Coast Music, Surfing, Skateboarding, and Martial Arts. Young Mello idolized skateboarding from a young age since his father sat him on a skateboard at age 4. Obsessed with the slowly growing sport, Mello could not help but to pursue his interests in it even with the continuous introduction of Music from his Country Star Grandmother.

 

Music and Skateboarding wasn't the only thing Mello was wrapped up in during his grommet years. Mello's Father had him following his footsteps learning Sport Karate/ Kickboxing and Eskrima. Martial Arts is a crucial element in his family as it still is today.

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After leaving Virginia he moved to Orlando, Florida where he began to integrate while skateboarding during grade school. Skating and becoming more involved introduced Rap Music to Mello's playlist besides the Rock Rap of Kid Rock, Hollywood Undead, Linkin Park, and Papa Roach he was fans of; Shy Glizzy "Awwsome", Mac Miller "Diablo" and Wiz Khalifa "On My Level" were the early rap songs Mello was introduced too.

 

With music and skateboarding Mello was left with a few things to entertain himself with so he dropped the skateboard and forced himself to play Football. As a person of experience in sports being; Baseball, Soccer, Basketball and Martial Arts, Mello was a natural to sports. Mello played Running Back for his High School team and after being blindsided he could not continue his time playing. Feeling more lost he turned to music and started developing his sound. In 2015 starting a new year in grade school, sounds begin to develop and those around began to listen.

 

As a producer Stopcryingmello saw angles in the music market space that hasn't been explored. In February 2019 Stopcryingmello went on a exploratory mission to Lima, Peru to further blend the sounds of the real South. Stopcryingmello in association with XoValentinoBaby have been recording and blending sounds of "Andino Trap", "Andino Reggaeton" combined with American Alternative Hip-hop, Trap, and Rock.