Crafty St. James

Crafty was born on the westside of Chicago, at age 10, using a basement full of clothing that his Grandmother had collected for the Salvation Army as character wardrobe, he wrote a play for him and his younger sister to perform on a balcony for family. At age12 he received a 2nd place trophy for a BMX Freestyle competition in Itasca Illinois. At 15 he was an expert bicycle freestyler and invented the trick 'The Jump of Doom" After attending high school in Indianapolis Indiana he got a job repairing and rebuilding semi trailers. Crafty has been a huge Hip Hop lover since 1982. Break dancing and eventually writing and producing his own rap music, winning contests and in 1995 attended the Gavin Music Seminar, where he was pushing his first rap demo in New Orleans. In 1995 after being cast as an extra in the film "Roommates" where he got to meet Peter Faulk, he fell head over heels in love with the filmmaking process. Giving up his great paying trailer mechanic job, he returned to Chi