In the city of Pittsburgh, many rappers/lyricists come a dime a dozen. Many of these artists leave as fast as they enter the hip hop world. But when it comes to this young man, hailed by his friends as the mad rapper "Kobrah--", there is a glimmer of hope at the end of the tunnel Kobrah--, born as Steven Smith, Jr., was born on May 17th, 1987 at Mercy hospital. At a young age his mother exposed him to a wide variety of music, whence he gained his love for it.