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Bio

Richard Sewell, AKA Bitta Blood was born  in

Saint Ann  Jamaica. He left Jamaica at the  tender

age of six to form a new life in New York. 

Although he was surrounded by Hip Hop he still

managed to maintain is  fascination and love for

the dancehall.  Capleton was the first real artist

Bitta studied  until he was introduced to Bounty

Killer. His brother gave him the album “My 

Experience” And Bitta was determined to  sound

like Bounty. He studied the album back and forth

practicing the lyrics, the  pattern (Flow),

and the deep voice that we  have all been accustom

to hearing form the “Killer”. When school was over

he and his best friend used to turn headphones in

to  microphones, just to hear how he would  sound

on speaker.  Bitta attended Theodore Roosevelt

high school in is freshman year.  He quickly made

friends with the older Jamaicans, who used to

“chill” on the second floor corner everyday.

Bitta had already been writing his own songs, so

when it was time to clash the older guys was no

match for him. After every clash they would say

“bwoy him Blood Bitta” and that’s how he got the

name Bitta Blood.  After graduating high school he

went to  Jamaica to see how far his talent would

take  him.  He made some big links and was

interviewed on “hype” T.V. He soon realized  he

had to finish college and he did not have  time or

money to travel back and forth.  Bitta decided to

pursue his career in New York, while hitting the

books at the same time.  Today he has under

ground hits like “ Lose your mind (Self 

Produced)”, Dance cyan done (Villain)”, and “You

Dip (Applause). He describes is DJ style as being

aggressive like Bounty Killer, Lyrical like Biggie,

versatile like Beenie Man, and rhymes with speed

and word play like Big Pun. He is determined to be

Dancehalls king of New York without a doubt. So

when you hear  “ if is sweet it jus cant be me” or

“ mi a di  hardest regardless”, you know it New

York’s finest, Bitta Blood.       

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