bluflame

Tampa, FL, USA

BluFlame was born in Bartow, Florida, located between Tampa and Orlando, and just south of Lakeland, Florida. The city was named in honor of FRANCIS S. BARTOW, the first brigade commander of the Confederate Army to die in combat, during the American Civil War. It is also the birthplace of Hall of Fame linebacker and two-time Super Bowl Champion, RAY LEWIS. But his journey would begin, twenty miles northward, in the City of Winter Haven, Florida. “I grew up in the neighborhood called ABBY LANE. Back then, ABBY LANE was the streets. My cousin and I witnessed out first murder. A lady got her head blown off by her husband. I remember me and my cousin running, until the asthma kicked in. We seen the police everyday, if not every night. It was crazy fights everyday. Throw ‘em up, bust ‘em up…is what we called it. But it was a grind all day, every day.” His mother, a young black teen, worked for Taco Bell. And his father, worked for Scottie’s