Mello thrives on attention, positive or negative. The sounds of compliments from supporters or the disdain from haters drives Mello to be the next big star from Chicago to represent GMG.He got his start in music at young age. "It was fun, more like a hobby... I use to listen to a lot of people and write raps as if I was them. I got hooked into it." Out of this hobby, his talent would develop, people would begin to take notice and ignite his passion for rapping. "The people I was surrounded by was like 'Damn, you can rap', so eventually it started getting serious. It started to get addictive."Mello's uncle, a member of Twista's Legit Ballers crew, knew Twista personally and would invite the rapper over to his house. It was there that Mello got to showcase his skills to Twista.A few years later, one of Mello's joints played at a strip club where Twista's manager was at. Impressed by the single the manager contacted Twista to let him know about the hot artist, and then he called Mello.Mello did not believe what was going on, and drove up to the strip club. Both he and Twista arrived at the club, and Twista was surprised to see that the man his manager was talking about was Mello. From then on Mello and Twista would cement their relationship as Mello would work with Twista and sign to the GMG label.