h.a.l.o. (marc brown) was born in s.f. california and was an influental dj in the bay area. having attended high shcool with some of the most elite dj's in the history of the game mix-master mike and p-lo of the invisible scratch piklez (3 time world champs) h.a.l.o was also a driving force in the bay area dj industry! h.a.l.o. was also responsible for putting the dj bug in the ear of the hyphy movement's official dj "dragon style" rick lee and put him on in his group total control. after being exspelled from westmoor and oceana high schools, for fighting, h.a.l.o. finally graduated from el camino in south san francisco. realizing that too many of his friends had died in the streets of the bay, h.a.l.o. at his mothers wishes joined the army. h.a.l.o. served in the military as a aiframe structural repairman and uh-60 blackhawk crewchief. his skill at the jobs he held led him to be selected by the department of the army to be assigned to the 160th s.o.a.g. (special operations aviation group) nicknamed the "nigh