A Harlem native, Dominican rapper J.R. Writer grew up listening to Big Pun, Big L, and his all-time favorite, 2Pac. As a teen he worked the Harlem hip-hop circuit hard, appearing on local access cable television shows and joining every open mic competition he could. It was at one of these battles that he met Camron and Juelz Santana, members of a crew known as the Diplomats or Dipset. Camron had just signed a deal with Roc-a-Fella, Santana was unsigned heat, and the first Dipset mixtape was still in the works, so no matter how impressed Camron was with Writers fast and furious style, he was unable to take on new talent at that moment. Writer appreciated the praise but didnt believe Camron was serious when he promised to call back once Dipset was settled. It didnt take long for Dipset to explode, and only a month later, Camron made good on his promise. Soon Writer was appearing on a new Dipset track, Squalie, which would eventually land on Santanas 2003 album From Me to U. He was now a member of the Dipset family and appeared on the crews numerous mixtapes. A year later, he introduced his own Writers Block series of mixtapes, landed some tracks on the Diplomats collection Diplomatic Immunity, Vol. 2, and appeared as a guest on Camrons album Purple Haze. His aboveground, full-length debut was supposed to hit the streets in 2005, but it took until 2006 for the ambitious History in the Making to land on the Koch label. A year later his mixtape series went aboveground when Writers Block 4 appeared on the Warner-associated label Asylum.
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