$upa $atty, the producer, songwriter and rapper started playing music at the age of 11. He grew up in a christian household with both parents being ministers. It is in church where he discovered his gift and love for making music. Mastering the drums at 11 and the keyboard at 13, $atty still had no idea he would be introduced to a whole new world of music. He started making beats at 16, on a Roland keyboard his parents had purchased for him. By 17 he had gotten a lot more familiar with hip hop music as MTV and BET gained more popularity. Naming Notorious B.I.G., Puff Daddy and Mase as his earliest influences, $atty began writing his own rhymes along with making beats and helped form a local crew of young rappers. After many high school talent shows and hallway battles, $atty released his 1st mixtape with his group Academy Live, in 2003. Along with $attys’ production and rap skills, their movement began to grow and gain popularity in their home town.
A 3rd mixtape was scheduled to drop in 2005, along with official independent record label 1.11 ENT. to back it, but was shelved due to differences within the group. $atty was almost
to the brink of giving up music after the break-up, but with the encouragement of family and supportive best friend, $atty gradually began to record again. He released his 1st solo mixtape in 2007 titled, “The Weekend Returns”. It was a slow response at first as $attys’ fun loving, club hopping, lady hugging style was much different than other “hardcore” artists from Syracuse New York. But after solid promotion and amazing stage presence at his shows, people began to warm up to his feel good style.

Ronald Waiters Jr. (SPODA) (born February 22, 1985), better known by his stage name “Mr. Dopeflow”, is an American rapper. He has been continuously rising to fame with the release of his mixtapes The Arrival (2010) and Second 2 None (2013). Prior to releasing his second Mixtape “Second 2 None” in 2013, Spoda was featured on Video City TV on Channel 55 & Local 20 in December 2012.

Early life Ronald Waiters Jr. (Spoda) was born and raised in Bayshore, NY a hamlet in the Town of Islip, Suffolk County, New York in the United States. He was raised by both his father and mother, Ronald Waiters Sr. and Melissa Webb. His parents split up in his early teen years and on November 17, 2008, Spoda’s father passed away. This motivated Spoda to work harder and perfect his craft. While working on his craft, and to help his mother, Waiters nick-name “SPODA” worked in a local barbershop as a sweeper/errand boy. The barber would always say “You’re “SPODA” do this and you’re “SPODA” do that instead of you are “Supposed to do this and supposed to do that”, Waiters, adopted Spoda as an inside joke and took off with his new name. At age thirteen, Waiters began rapping at the age of thirteen with no live beat, just the musical rhythm in his head. Spoda didn’t begin taking this art seriously until High School. He rapped around his fellow peers and classmates and they provided so much positive feedback that Spoda was motivated to begin performing at local talent shows, just to perfect his skills. As time progressed “Mr. Dopeflow” went on to battle numerous local artists which helped to build his name. During this time, his fan base grew and he decided to take to the internet so he could cover wider ground and reach new fans. Waiters, SPODA, adopted the nickname "Mr. Dopeflow" because of his unique and steady delivery and word-play, which causes him to have a “Dopeflow”. Spoda’s music can be found on all streaming platforms.