About Artist
At an early age Anthony Russo fell in love with music, but his first love was sports. Growing up playing 4 to 5 different sports a year, he was being groomed to become an athlete. Spending the first half of his life in a small town in Massachusetts where football and hockey were the talk of the town, he quickly became well known even at a young age. Listening to music every chance that he could, he put his music dreams on hold so he could focus all his energy to sports. When his family picked up everything and moved to Washington he decided to focus on football, quitting all other sports. Earning a athletic scholarship to the University of Washington, he quickly became a starter as a sophomore. He finished his career top 5 in school history in both catches and receiving yards. But as the years were going by, his love to be an artist grew more and more. When he graduated he signed with the Seattle Seahawks and he figured he was on his was to stardom. But during practices all he could think about was music, "there was always a beat playing in my head" he says. And on the second day of practice he gets hurt, and during the rehab process he starts to ponder if he should be doing something else with his life. His love for football slowly started to fade away as music began to take over. So Tony decides to make a huge decision and follow his true passion, music..
