RA Scion

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = RA Scion

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| birth_name = Ryan Abeo

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| origin = Seattle, Washington

| genre = Hip hop, alternative hip hop, northwest hip hop

| occupation = Rapper

| years_active = 2002–present

| label = {{hlist|SCIONtific|Massline}}

| current_member_of = Common Market

| website = {{URL|http://www.rascion.com}}{{dead link|date=December 2017}}

}}

Ryan Abeo better known by his stage name RA Scion, is an American alternative hip hop artist from Louisville, Kentucky.{{Cite web|url = http://www.platform8470.com/interviews/interview.php?intid=120|title = Platform8470.com - Hip-Hop Magazine - Interviews|website = www.platform8470.com|access-date = 2017-02-15}} He is currently based in Seattle, Washington.{{Cite web|url = https://www.seattlemet.com/articles/2010/2/4/specific-enough-to-mean-something|title = Specific Enough to Mean Something {{!}} News & City Life {{!}} Seattle Met|website = www.seattlemet.com|access-date = 2017-02-15}} Abeo is a member of the hip hop group Common Market along with DJ/Producer Sabzi.{{Cite news|url = http://www.spin.com/2008/06/new-common-market-mp3-tobacco-road/|title = New Common Market MP3 from 'Tobacco Road'|date = 2008-06-27|newspaper = Spin|access-date = 2017-02-15}} Abeo, with his wife, manages the independent record label SCIONtific Records.{{Cite web|url = http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ra-scion-mn0001852129|title = RA Scion {{!}} Album Discography {{!}} AllMusic|website = AllMusic|access-date = 2017-02-15}}

Early life

Ryan Abeo was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky in 1974. Abeo began writing and recording hip hop lyrics when he was twelve years old, after being introduced to the 1980s hip hop group Fat Boys.{{Cite web|url = http://www.platform8470.com/interviews/interview.php?intid=120|title = Platform8470.com - Hip-Hop Magazine - Interviews|website = www.platform8470.com|access-date = 2017-02-15}} By the time he was a senior in high school, he was experiencing tensions with school authorities, which led him to drop out completely.{{Cite web|url = http://blog.kexp.org/2010/07/14/kexp-documentaries-hip-hop-the-new-seattle-sound-ra-scion-of-victor-shade-and-common-market/|title = KEXP Documentaries: "Hip-Hop – The New Seattle Sound" – Ra Scion (of Victor Shade and Common Market)|last = Myers|first = Michele|website = The KEXP Blog|access-date = 2017-02-15}} Still pursuing hip hop, he attended Northern Kentucky University, before dropping out.{{Cite news|url = http://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/common-markets-ra-scion-a-rapper-of-the-people/|title = Common Market's RA Scion: a rapper of the people|date = 2008-09-07|newspaper = The Seattle Times|access-date = 2017-02-15|language = en-US}}{{Cite web|url = http://www.last.fm/music/RA+Scion/+wiki|title = RA Scion's Biography|website = last.fm|language = en|access-date = 2017-02-15}} Following this, he settled in Seattle, Washington, where he would become a notable figure to the Northwest hip hop scene.

Musical career

Soon after Abeo moved to Seattle, he met Sabzi, a DJ/Producer who was at the time just forming his group Blue Scholars with Geologic, through the local hip hop circuit.{{Cite web|url = http://www.billboard.com/artist/299568/common-market/biography|title = Common Market - Biography {{!}} Billboard|website = www.billboard.com|language = en|access-date = 2017-02-15}} The two got along as friends and bonded over their shared Baháʼí Faith.{{Cite news|url = http://archive.seattleweekly.com/home/949744-129/scion-album-record-revolution-seattle-sickle|title = RA Scion's Spirit Harvest|newspaper = Seattle Weekly|access-date = 2017-02-15}} Sabzi began collaboration by giving a few instrumentals to RA which went on his first project, Live & Learn.{{Cite news|url = http://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/common-markets-ra-scion-a-rapper-of-the-people/|title = Common Market's RA Scion: a rapper of the people|date = 2008-09-07|newspaper = The Seattle Times|access-date = 2017-02-15|language = en-US}} Together, the two officially formed the group Common Market, which would become a staple in putting Northwest hip hop in a prime position.{{Cite web|url = https://206up.com/tag/ra-scion/|title = ra scion – A SEATTLE HIP-HOP BLOG|website = 206up.com|language = en|access-date = 2017-02-15}} Since then, he has released four studio albums as RA Scion and a 5th album with Gifted Youngstaz as the duo "TRUE||FORM".{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ra-scion-mn0001852129|title=RA Scion {{!}} Album Discography {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2017-02-17}}

Personal life

Abeo has a wife named Mariangela and one child named Madison. As a family, they have lived all around the world, from Crete, Greece to Zambia, Africa.{{Cite news|url = http://seedsent.com/ra-scion-behind-the-mic/|title = "RA Scion" {{!}} Extensive Behind the Mic with the Voice of Common Market & Victor Shade - Seeds Entertainment|date = 2011-12-06|newspaper = Seeds Entertainment|access-date = 2017-02-15|language = en-US}}

Style and influences

He cites Chuck D, A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul as important influences.{{Cite web|url = http://www.platform8470.com/interviews/interview.php?intid=120|title = Platform8470.com - Hip-Hop Magazine - Interviews|website = www.platform8470.com|access-date = 2017-02-15}}