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X grew up in an enviorment both dangerous with the rise of black murders, narcotics use and sells, but with the help of a strong family X steered away from illegal activites as a child. at 13 while the process of the Desire Housing Project was being demolished X move to New Orleans East (a middle class residental part of the 9th Ward) and begin to start rapping. He watched the older hustlers movements and actions and dabbled with the lifestyle a lil but his friends and community pushed him to pursue music and stay positive. X parents Earl Hughes and Toni Girtley were indulged in music and that what spark his ambitions to pursue it. His first entrance into the music industry was a small one but major,at age 13 his mother bought him a kareoke machine and since then he's been heavly at work. With the major key elements a Kawasiki keyboard, a cd of Timbaland instrumentals, a kareoke machine, and a couple of childhood friends and family he founded the group The Franchise in 2003 and started recording his first tracks. That summer X was ready to flood the streets with his talent battleing on the radio, in the streets, at school, on party lines, and was realeasing his first mixtape entititled The Franchise Vol.1. With little to no buzz generated he went back and recorded The Franchise Vol.2, lookin up to artists like Royce Da 5'9, Tupac Shakur, Sheek Louch, Soulja Slim, Juvenile, Nas, Jay-Z, Bishop Lamont etc he sharpened his craft and started creating a style of his on. Singled out for his lyrical and freestyle abilities he stop writing after The Franchise Vol.1 was finish and begin mixing different styles of rapping he a more mellow, percise, witty, smooth flow but still able to Keep It Street.In 2003 he also established an independent music production company called R.T.M. (Rock Tha Mic) Productions and started producing tracks for his artists and other local artist. X started to spark the attention of independent and major record companies and started to connect with major artist and producers like Lil Wayne, Mannie Fresh, and Sqad Up. In 2005 Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans forcing X to relocate to Atlanta, Georgia Southside, while staying there he recorded M Lane mixtape in the winter of 2005. In 2006 he step up his lyrical and song makin ability to record The Prince Is Here mixtape which gave him a heavy internet buzz with songs like "Honey Dip Remix", "Cannon Remix", "New York Shit Remix", and "Hustle Hard" Remix. With a growing fanbase he returned to the booth again to record The Dream Duo mixtape, which was a duet of 9th Wonder instrumentals and Xalent freestyles. The mixtape help his fanbase to grow more, also he relased G&G Status (Gangsta and a Gentlemen) mixtape which displayed his compassionate for the ladies with R&B remixes with hits like "Lost Without You", "Buddy", and "I Can't Get Enough" which broaden his fanbase. In 2007 He returned with the mixtape "Grown and Xceey" which pick up where "G&G" left off, he also recorded "Street Games Vol.1" and The Triple Threat ManXalent Fist Album Fully Produced by him with the Single Take A Sep Back which should be out in the Fall of 2007. Now still an inderpendent artist and C.E.O of R.T.M Productions Xalent is working on His Album entitled Up and Coming which should be out sometime 2008 . So Be on the lookout for more heat, more videos, and a hell of alot more of Xalent "Ryder".

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