ABSON AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Rudy Abson Jr. Louis (born on November 7, 1999) is an American rapper, singer-songwriter from Orlando, FL. Inspired by genres such as hip hop, R&B, pop and gospel, Abson. decided to take his influences into his own musical career. Abson. gained more notoriety when he dropped his EP entitled “21” back in 2020. He followed it up with the sequel 22’s (2022), and finished it with his project 2-3 (2023) to end the trilogy. In addition to the 2-3 project, he also dropped a deluxe edition towards the end of 2024. On the way to building his name, he won several awards including the Best New Artist Award at Fusion Showcase in 2021 as well as the Raw Stars Award for best song that same year (Melt on this Music). Some of his most popular tracks include “Beast Boiii”, “Stuck on You”, “Don’t Take Away”, “Beautiful” just to name a few. On July 17th, 2024, he dropped his latest EP entitled “Roots Till November” exclusively on SoundCloud and released it to major platforms on September 1st.

EARLY LIFE

Rudy Abson Jr. Louis was born on November 7th, 1999 in Orlando, FL. His father, Abson Louis, is a Baptist Haitian who worked as a computer technician. His mother, Suze “Suzelande” Saint Jean, is a 7-Day Adventist Haitian, who works at a Starbucks at Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. While Louis moved to Florida when he was 14, Saint Jean did not come till was 21 which was around the time they met. In addition to going to both churches in his youth, he attended Christian school. They also had two other children, Joanna Louis (born on November 13, 2000), and Chelsea Louis (born on April 21, 2007).

Abson’s parents divorced when he was around 5 years old. After the divorce, he, his sisters, and his mother started moving around the Orlando area. Louis still resided in Florida, being in and out of the Abson’s day to day life. Occasional meetups on Sunday’s with Abson, Joanna, and Chelsea would occur. His parents often got back together and then separated. This would cause a rift in the relationship between Louis and his relationships with Abson, Joanna, and Chelsea. Abson credits his father as the man who put them on to secular music as opposed to all the gospel he heard growing up.

Abson. lived in several apartments and neighborhoods, when he recollects living in his grandmother's house during his preschool years, then living in the Ridge Club Apartments for a short stint, transitioning to the Fountains, and then to the Villages while attending South Orlando Christian Academy from pre-K to fourth grade. By his last year in elementary school, he had already been transferred to two schools, metro west elementary, and Treadway elementary due to consistently moving from place to place. He attended South Creek Elementary (also residing within the area) for sixth grade, but then ended up returning to South Orlando Christian Academy for seventh and eighth grade. He went to Oak Ridge high school for all four years being an honors student in one of the business programs at the school, JA Academy. He graduated in 2018.

He attended Seminole state college and had advice from his parents to get a medical degree. while he did get his AA degree, he didn’t really continue to pursue school due to his musical aspirations. As of now he decided not to continue with school and pursue his musical career. He received his diploma from Seminole State in early 2021. Since August 2024, he has been attending Orange Technical College studying the HVAC trade.

INFLUENCES

From an early age, his dad would play home music from the likes of Eminem, Janet Jackson, *NSYNC, and Mariah Carey, which helped the influence. Back in 2011, he watched the competition show The X Factor where he was introduced to hip-hop music by a young rapper Stro The MC formerly known as “The Astronomical Kid” which helped him gain a newfound interest in all hip-hop. From there his hip-hop palette became prominent. He started listening to T.I., Andre 3000, and Eminem as early influences for his hip-hop sound. Then he was introduced to AZ’s Doe or Die album, which changed his perspective on hip-hop completely. Always being into conscious messages in rap, he took influence from more rappers in that lane, including Nas, Lupe Fiasco, Common, Elzhi, Skyzoo, MF DOOM, Immortal Technique, Rass Kass, GZA and plenty more artists that showcase the reality of what’s going on. He also enjoys artists like Drake who can do combinations of rapping and singing.

As far as singing influences go, Usher, Aaliyah, Justin Timberlake, Ne-Yo, Brandy, Michael Jackson, Ginuwine, Jon B, and several more are catalysts in his singing style, as well as his favorite producers being Timbaland, DJ Premier, Kanye West, Just Blaze, Statik Selektah due to his love of soulful production, as well as his love for R&B music. He sites Confessions, Thriller, Future Sex/Love Sounds, Because of You, One In A Million, and Full Moon as the albums that influenced him from a vocal standpoint. He says his dream production collaboration is an album with DJ Premier and Timbaland. The new artists that Abson enjoys include Brent Faiyaz, Smino, Sylvan LaCue, SZA, Chloe x Halle, Summer Walker, Joyner Lucas, Trippie Redd, Wizkid, Justine Skye, Coco Jones, 6lack, H.E.R., JID, Ella Mai, S.A.M, LAYA, Cleo Soul, JoJo, Stro, and many more.

CAREER

2010–2017: THE BEGINNINGS

His journey began in church at around 10 years old singing in the choir at Beracah II French SDA Church. Being a shy kid, Abson. would always stand on the sideline but also loved the craft of singing. He was also a part of the choir in his school as well during his South Orlando Christian Academy days. The school made an appearance on Telemundo back in 2013 to sing Christmas songs. He would finally stand on his own in 2014, and sing the national anthem in front of his church, which gave him confidence to sing more solos. The more his confidence grew, the more his musical palette grew. He sang the national anthem at his eighth-grade graduation from South Orlando Christian Academy to the approval of the audience. In the summer of 2016, Louis began writing his first song under the moniker RootsWill and decided to continue and show it throughout the school in his junior year. On January 1st, 2017 he dropped his first singing track entitled “Something Real” featuring fellow artist by the name Crazy A. From there, he kept creating music, which led to his first rap song called “Aaliyah Tribute” on August 25, 2017. In the same year, he performed at his first talent show with a lot of shocked and pleased faces after the show. This gave him the ultimate confidence to push for a music career. He would drop many singles he would promote throughout the school. Other singles included Superstardom with Young Simba, Heartbreak 101, and several other songs to build his style.

2018–2022: 21 EP

Abson. put immense pressure on himself to create his first project. In 2018, Abson. teamed up with producer Jaffé Joffer to create several singles in that period which included “I’m Just Sayin” featuring Tia & Queen Yazz, “My Muse” (not produced by Jaffé), and “Blame It on Stro” which was a tribute to his favorite artist at the time “Stro The MC''. The breakout song between Abson. and Jaffé became “Stuck on You”, which helped him gain more notoriety in music garnering over thousands of plays on Apple Music. Abson. sites this as the moment “ he saw a shift in his style and more notoriety to his career.” He ended up dropping his project called “21 EP” on May 12, 2020, entirely produced by Jaffé which included both the single “Stuck on You” and “What U Tryna Do” feat. Len Da G. The project contained 4 tracks about personal topics and fun as Abson. described. It had a modern feel with a 00’s vibe due to Abson's influences. From there, his first official music video for the song “What U Tryna Do'' garnered nearly 10 thousand views in 2 months with it having over 15 thousand views since its release back on September 4th, 2020. His follow-up video “Stuck on You” achieved moderate success garnering over a thousand views.

PUSHING FOR SUCCESS

In addition to working on that project, Abson. ended up dropping more singles. On January 1st, 2021 teamed up with Trll Kennedy and Armani to drop a song called “Makes No Difference”. He also dropped a song with producer/artist Skyler. called “ON MY BLOCK” which was an ode to the Netflix show of the same name. In addition to the singles, he won “Best New Artist'' on October 15, 2021. He also won “Best Song” on November 7th, 2021 for his performance with Melt on This Music.

2021 -  2023: The Pursuit of Goals (20’s series)

2022 proved to be another busy year for Abson. He was on several collaborations: Movin On with Nino Nyce, Slowa with Jair Cobb, and Around with King Whale just to name a few. On July 3rd, 2022, Abson. dropped the second project “22’s EP” as a continuation to his first project 21.  This time, he was assisted by FREEDOLO & Aundrae Black as executive producers as well as other production Jaffé, Edwin Mlayi, Eric Sisco and Armani. The features included artists such Brittany Bae, LaUnI and Len Da G. When speaking on the project Abson. states “ I wanted to give the people a little more experimentation. Showcase what I can do with my vocal abilities and mix it with rapping and climbing ladder of versatility.” From there, Abson. dropped his latest video for his track Don’t Take Away shot by long video collaborator Myndz, gaining thousands of views. In addition, the music video for his single 4U has garnered over 50K plays within a three month span and its still growing! Abson. also made an appearance on 96.1 FM multiple times to discuss more of music, getting his award winning song Girlfriends on the radio for the 1st time on April 21st, 2022 as well as later in the year on September 1st. A plethora of performances ensued, starting with WTF to start off the new year, Shamrock in February, We Got All The Sawce in March, both My City Mondays and the O-Town Showcase. On October 14, he dropped his highly anticipated single I Need Ya with FREEDOLO which brought him to over eleven thousand streams worldwide. On November 30th, he received an award for best cover art at the Fusion awards, winning it for his project 22’s.

At the start of 2023, he signed under the management of Aundrae Black, business owner of MZO Worldwide as well as a musical artist from DC. Since 2021, Abson. has been a brand ambassador for the company, so it was a smooth transition from being an ambassador to also being managed. They describe each other as people that “see each other’s vision”. In regards to their relationship Abson. states:

“Aundrae has been through the same things that I’ve been through in regards to promoting himself around the city and not really getting the recognition that was deserved from it. So it was only a matter of time that we will work together for a common cause of building an empire.”

Already previously working together, sparingly on the 22’s project and several of the singles, they teamed up for the release of the single Don’t Bother produced by FREEDOLO as well as a music video that dropped May 20th. Also, the partnership spawned several giveaways, which included free jackets, several interviews which include the Nahhhthatscrazy interview back in late February early March, and the radio interview with 101.1 the fam. Together, Aundrae and Abson also dropped a performance video of his single Don’t Bother that garnered 206,659 views. On October 15th, Abson dropped his highly anticipated project 2-3, ending his 20’s series on a high note. Since 2-3 project had garnered 34,249 streams on Spotify, with the lead single Don’t Bother having 25,734 streams and the 3rd single Beautiful gaining 9,721 streams in its own right. Some things he says about the project include:

“This project is definitely more energy based. Definitely wanna showcase a different side that people aren’t really expecting each time. The project is an ode to my love of basketball, my love for  hip-hop, and for the love of rapping. My confidence is at an all time high.”

Abson. is currently sitting on a comfortable margin of 99,087 plays from Spotify and Apple Music. He continues to increase more day by day. On May 23rd, his interview with On The Bench was released with him discussing the 2–3 project.

On June 25th, Abson shot a music video for his upcoming single “Beautiful” directed by Aundrae Black and shot by Shaun. The video was released on August 20th, 2023, gaining 43,019 views since it’s been released.

On June 17, Abson had his first ever merchandise shoot under the MZO Worldwide imprint. The commercial was released in August of this year. When asked about the shoot, he states:

“It’s been a long time coming. Really looking to capture the essence of the brand for the world to see. Rocking hoodies and T-shirts are always the go to in my book and I believe other people feel the same way!”

To add to the repertoire, in a collaboration with Aundrae Black of MZO Worldwide and Simba Castino of Free Yourself, he threw his first-ever headlining show called “The Abson Experience” to go along with his new project 2-3 being released on October 15th! When looking back at this experience, he says:

“ What Aundrae and I were trying to create was the picture of what I went through throughout this entire year! A lot of good times, and a lot of bad times, mixed with a lot of realization. On top of that, we always look to launch other artists into the stratosphere and bring the community together, which was the ultimate goal in throwing my first headlining show.”

2024 - Present: (A New Chapter)

This year would prove to be a good start for Abson. He started competing to perform at the Orlando Magic halftime show vs the Clippers, and he went to his first movie premiere for a competition he was a part of called Melt On This. He also did an interview with Angie Ruiz on February 7th, and then he went on a brief hiatus.

On June 6th, in addition to the movie premiere, he ended up doing an interview with Deisi Del Toro on her show “No Filter” to discuss his life and career.

On July 17th, Abson released his comeback project “Roots Till November” exclusively on SoundCloud. It includes features from Aundrae Black, Apollo The Introvert, LaUni, & Vi LeVinci. Production was handled by FREEDOLO, Armani, DJ Stakman, & Thee Ideal with engineering handled by Angie Sandoval. When speaking on the project, he stated:

“I wanted to give the fans some enjoyable music to listen to, so I figured why not go back to where it all started? It was definitely a team effort to decide that this was the perfect time to unveil this project. It’s an idea that I had for years and kept delaying but I’m glad it’s been put into fruition.”

On September 1st, the Roots Till November project was released to all platforms to positive reviews. His next single “Makin Moves” produced by Jaffé was released on September 8th as the lead single to his 2-3 deluxe project. On October 23rd, Abson released his project 2-3 (Deluxe Edition) to all platforms, a mix of all of the songs he released in the past to commemorate the ending of his 20‘s series.

To start off 2025, he announced the making of his new self-titled project in his interview with Free Yourself on Hot 407 Radio. He plans to release it in June of this year. On May 5th, he released his highly anticipated music video for his single Makin Moves.