Born Lord Michael A. Chambers Rosenthorn in Washington, D.C. on December 22, 1969,
Lord Hector Diono is the founder Dark Town Music Group and Kellie Clein Company LLC.
and is also an American rapper, a multi genre music producer, an entrepreneur,
and has been a registered songwriter and publisher with BMI since 1989.
Hector attended Suitland High School in Suitland, Maryland class of '88 but due to a hostile relationship with his school's Vice principle, Hector graduated a year later than he was supposed to from Largo High school in Upper Marlboro Maryland in 1989.
During the earlier development of Hector's artistry,
Lord Hector Diono, then known professionally as Rowdy Eroski collaborated with Washington D. C.'s own
D.C. Scorpio, WPGC 95 FM's D.J. Flexx and good friend and first rap group member Jeffery Ponder dba D.J. Mocha Java on music and song writing ideas. Fun fact: Hector has been married since 2004 and refers to his wife as simply angelic and peaceful.
Lord Hector has one biological child, born February 1993 in the city of Atlanta, a daughter named J. Michelle Small, a graduate of Georgia State University, and one step-son named Samario J. Anthony, a graduate of Howard University. Hector's daughter took the sur name of her mother Nicole Nate' Small as the two, Nicole and Lord Hector, were not married at the time J. Michelle Small was born, though she was legitimated in 2005.
Hector is also a former member of the 1990's rap band Kore Houze Tribe, the group disbanded officially in 2010 but still keep in touch. Lord Hector is also a 2015 stroke survivor where he receives care and rehabilitation through the Emory University Medical staff in Atlanta, Georgia.
Hector was an earlier resident of Southeast Atlanta in 1990 where he was once involved in a brief fist fight that led to the community deciding to jokingly nickname him after the famed boxer Hector "Macho" Camacho following the incident. In the early 1990's Hector was considered flashy and excessively well groomed like the Boxer and the nickname stuck mainly because an eight year old boy in the southeast Atlanta neighborhood consistently referred to Lord Michael as "Hector" despite being corrected every week.
Because of his love for Southeast Atlanta, Lord Michael became Lord Hector, Diono was added later to signify the Term "Boss". In short {Lord Hector Diono means Lord Hector "The Boss"}.
Hector has released several music projects and singles since the early 2000's and he's most notable for contributing to the development of the "hip-hop and rock fusion" music genre.
Lord Hector also performed on the original remix to the single Columbia by Young Scooter in 2012
and is responsible for tracks such as "Hardest Crush," produced by Vans Beats "Clock on the Wall," and "Scarecrow", a single co produced by Andre "SouthKak" Scott ,Hector's music is available on all streaming platforms.
IN A WORD...
"I'm not a rapper, I'm a rock star!"
Thanks for stopping by this page in particular. It gives me a chance to talk to my base as well as a new generation of musicians, writers, and producers. My music journey officially started in 1989,
I moved to Atlanta from Washington, D.C. to escape to crack epidemic and the brutal violence that was present at the time.
My goals included pursing the music opportunities of the 1990's.. I was groomed early on by some of Atlanta's rising players in the game at that time. I was introduced to a friend of my big brother K.C. Chambers named Cedric "Ricky" Walker, who at the time was a concert promoter and worked with world famous artists like New Kids on The Block, Kurtis Blow, Run- DMC, Russell Simmons, Queen Latifah, Big Daddy Kane, Salt N Pepa, LL Cool J, and others, he started teaching me the importance of starving with your art and remaining loyal to your art form needless to say he was pissed when he found out I got a job as a waiter to help pay for studio time... He also gave me my first concert date where I opened for Big Daddy Kane at the "Too Damn Hype Jam" concert in 1990 at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, (now the Phillips Arena).
Ricky taught me that "An artist's craft should feed him/her and if it doesn't then starve until it does."
Ricky since went on to create and launch the Universoul Circus.
My mentor and Godfather Darnell Johnson also taught me how to lead, how to solve problems, and how to hustle, in short he took over where my father left off. I was 20 years old when Darnell started grooming and guarding me in my music career. Through Darnell I met his nephew, a hip hop legend named Damion D-Roc Butler, the best friend to the late Notorious B.I.G.
These people were instrumental in keeping me motivated throughout the 1990's and the early 2000's.
As you all know, I don't perform live anymore because I was left with a disability from the stroke
I suffered in 2015. My right-side was affected, so I'm now partially paralyzed in my movements on that side and it causes me to walk with a limp.
"So no jumping up and down on stage anymore, I just can't do it";
not to worry though, I'm still very active, I still make music from time to time, plus I go to the gym three to four days per week every month and I'm taking a lot better care of myself, No drugs, no drinking, no cigarette smoking, nothing that will harm me in the long run. My recovery was made possible by the presence of love and motivation from my friends and family. I learned a lot about me since the stroke and I don't mind telling you that
"sobriety is a lonely, disciplined and focused personal journey to travel";
Be that as it may, I got a lot more living to do so I'll travel this road gladly and be hopeful that I'll meet some new friends along the way, until then, keep it rockin'
