West coast rap artist Lofty is set to release his debut album ‘In The Beginning’ on August 23, 2005. Hailing from Vallejo, California, the talented rap artist Lofty has realized he is seasoned and dedicated enough to become an artist in his own right.

Having an extraordinary group of friends since his high school days, rap artist Lofty’s inner circle is packed with hip-hop and rap artists who have made their mark in the industry. This impressive inner circle includes the likes of N2Deep’s Jay Tee, whose ‘Back To The Hotel’ album and single both went gold. Another gold hip-hop artist Baby Bash. who broke through in 2003 with the smash single ‘Suga Suga’, also came from the same inner circle.

Lofty grew up in a number of dramatically different California cities, but Vallejo, California was his old school stomping ground.  “I don’t come from one particular place,”

As Lofty became enamored with the music of such hip-hop icons as Eric B. & Rakim, Ice Cube, E-40, Too $hort, Public Enemy and Special Ed, Lofty reconnected during a move back to the Bay Area with elementary school friend Jay Tee, who was part of rap group N2Deep.  Soon thereafter, N2Deep’s “Back To The Hotel” single became a smash hit.  Jay Tee took Lofty on tour with him, letting his childhood friend be his hype man. The Back To The Hotel album reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Heatseekers Chart and afforded Lofty the opportunity to travel and record extensively with N2Deep. “I’m touring with Jay Tee, seeing part of the lifestyle, meeting everybody, going to studios and I’m thinking, I can do this,”

Lofty says.  “I’ve been around the roughest of the rough people, to people with tremendous bling. My life has been really mixed and that’s how my music is. I want to be able to touch everybody… I know that the best way to reach people is to bring them into my world.”, and that is exactly what he does on his debut album.