Tony Spades Releases "Respect Mine" Single Presented by Island Def Jam Records

Online, December 29, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Tony Spades, born Antonio Speights is a product of Brooklyn, NY, where he spent his early years moving all over the borough of Brooklyn. His family is from downtown Brooklyn and Fort Greene projects, but Tony also lived in the East New York, Bedford-Stuyvesant, and Flatbush areas of Brooklyn. Tony, a Hip-Hop Artist from the age of ten, developed most of his musical styling and music appreciation from family and friends in his neighborhood of Downtown Brooklyn. His musical influence can most be heard in the music of other New York artists such as Jay-Z, Biggie Smalls, Big Daddy Kane, LL Cool J, Kool G. Rap, and Rakim.

Spades started his career in 1989 as a member of a pre-teen hip-hop crew called M.O.B. Some of his exploits include freestyle competitions at the club "Lion's Den" in the mid to late nineties. Spades was a member of the "ABC Tour" back in November 2001. The tour traveled and performed throughout the east coast from New York City to North Carolina.

Tony Spades is the Co-CEO of FreedomBorn Records with his partner Dub P. Adychshun. FreedomBorn Records was started in Philadelphia, PA in October 1999. Tony and Adychshun formed the record label while attending the University of Pennsylvania. Spades and Dub P, focus and vision is to build up a network of independent artists who can pull together their resources to help each other make money in the music game. Tony is also one of the founding members of the group F.A.M. On December 15th 2009, Spades, Dub P, and other members of the group "Foreva About Money", released the group's debut album "Hungry". The album remains available on ITunes, Amazon, Emusic, Rhapsody, Napster,and Google Music. Tony and F.A.M have put out a number of street mixtapes, and are working on a number of future projects. For more information, check out his website at TSpades.com.

"Respect Mine" is now available for download at

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/respect-mine-single/id482993751

http://www.amazon.com/Respect-Mine-Single-Explicit/dp/B006CM16SU

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