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Official Sponsor of Exxpose Magazine April/May ‘2012 Issue Marquis J. Riley Sr. a/k/a Keise Twerkha Proud Sponsor of New Orleans Idol Season 15 EXXPOSE: What is your background, work field and where are you from? KEISE TWERKHA: I am a proud representative of St. Bernard parish born in New Orleans but after my mother's murder in 1984 I moved to Violet with my grandmother in a single parent home no dad my uncles were around but they did there thing so school basketball and girls became my thing. I graduated from high school and that same year I went to college but drop out after a semester to join the military my high school love was pregnant and I wanted to be a good father but after a few deployments and duty stations all over the world, it kind of keep me from the things I really love... that being my creations my kids and my music so in 2010 I began my pursuit of a music career. And here I. Am EXXPOSE: What style of music to you do? KEISE TWERKHA: Hip hop inspirations living your life real and poetic feel good music Exxpose Magazine 5 6 Exxpose Magazine