Northern Cali raised with a conscious spin, Matthew Balling's music reflects his Sacramento Valley, Bay roots, and Foothill upbringings. Music with a strong message, organic lyricism, and story telling from the heart is what you'll find in his music. Matthew was raised by his mother who is a painter. Growing up he was heavily influenced by art which he incorporates into his music. Matthew took up face painting, and does that on the side. Painting is something that has helped him in graphic design, and making his own clothes. Matthew spends a lot of his time on the engineering side, recording and mixing other artist's music as he runs two studio's. 
One of his studio's offers recording time and mixing lessons for teen's and young adults in the community and coming out of juvenile incarceration. The studio is called the i 4 C music program (Influencers 4 Change - Collectively Cultivating Change through Consistent relationship building). 
Musically Matthew started in church, singing worship songs, until his roommate gave him beats that he started singing choir songs over, which transferred into rapping. 
Matthew just finished up his latest project titled "Family (Story Times, Stormy Times)"  which is streaming on platforms, and is currently working on 3 EP's. One of them he's excited to announce because it's a new endeavor.. Country Rap. View a snippet from his latest visuals above.