Gloc-9


Aristotle Pollisco, known by his stage name Gloc-9, is a Filipino rapper, singer and songwriter. Regarded as one of the best Filipino rappers of all-time, his fast-flowing vocal style has made him one of the most successful hip-hop artists in the Philippines. He was described by fellow great Filipino rapper Francis Magalona as "a blacksmith of words and letters, and a true Filipino poet."
He has collaborated on almost a dozen songs with other OPM artists; "Lando" with the late Francis M, "Upuan" with Jaezelle, "Bagsakan" with Parokya ni Edgar, "Baon" with Gab Chee Kee of Parokya ni Edgar and Francis M, and "Sari-Saring Kwento" with Noel Cabangon and Champ Lui Pio. His songs mostly tackle social issues such as social injustices, poverty and patriotism. He began his musical career with the gangsta rap group Death Threat.
Gloc-9 is notably one of the few artists in the Philippine music scene who has won an award in every album he created.

Career

In Death Threat

In his song Talumpati, Gloc-9 states that he joined a drive-by show by Andrew E.. After the show, a member of the Filipino hip hop group Death Threat came in to him then gave a paper on which the contact number of the group's leader Beware was written. After a phone call with Beware, he joined the group in which he began to make a name for himself in the local underground hip hop scene. His stage name "Gloc-9" came into rise when Beware told him that he must have a rap name in order to become a rapper. A number of options were suggested: MAGNUM45 and KALIBRE28 were rejected outright, but he decided that Glock 9, minus the "k", sounded catchy.
Death Threat released several albums until one day Beware had to leave the group and asked Gloc-9 to be the leader of the group together with Hi-Jakk. In 1997, Death Threat released their third album "Kings of Da Undaground," but it only features Hi-Jakkk and Gloc-9. The album received 4x platinum certification despite of having no mainstream promotion but only the word of mouth in the streets.

As duo with Hi-Jakkk

Within the same year, the duo of Gloc-9 and Hi-Jakkk started to release albums not carrying the name of Death Threat under Viva Records. These albums are Domination that was certified gold, Tha Revelation certified platinum and Domination II certified gold. In his release "Talumpati", Gloc-9 describes these albums as ones that have not been thought-out and of being full of boastfulness. After their third album together, Gloc-9 was kicked out of the group Death Threat by Hi-Jakkk without any clear reason.

Solo with Star Music

While working as a duo, both Gloc-9 and Hi-Jakkk continued to submit their solo demos until year 2000, when Christian Martinez of Star Music finally discovered Gloc-9's talent after 3 months of searching, when an executive of ABS-CBN accidentally put on his demo from a recording found in a scrap box.
At first, Gloc-9 composed and sang his own songs for soundtracks of several Star Cinema films like Trip and Jologs. In 2002, he also joined Himig Handog Love Songs, a song-writing competition operated by the ABS-CBN Corporation and Star Music with his song "Bakit?". The song has been interpreted by him together with Cookie Chua, becoming one of the finalists in the competition but without winning the title as the grand prize went to "Kung Ako Na Lang Sana" written by Socrates Villanueva and interpreted by Bituin Escalante. One of his competitors in this song-writing competition was Jimmy Antiporda with the song "Hindi Na Bale" performed by Jessa Zaragoza. The latter was mentioned in Gloc-9's song "Gusto Ko".
In 2003, Gloc-9 released his debut album under Star Music entitled G9. Included in this album are songs that had been used in several Star Cinema films before. His second album, Ako Si... was released in 2005 under Star Music.

Personal life

Studied Elementary in Binangonan, Rizal and studied High school in Morong, Rizal. Aristotle Pollisco studied Nursing at STI College-Fairview.

Discography

Studio albums

YearCeremonyAwardResult
201950th Box Office Entertainment AwardsMale Recording Artist of the Year
201712th Myx Music AwardsFavorite Urban Video – "Hoy!"
201712th Myx Music AwardsBest Music Video – "Hoy!"
201510th Myx Music AwardsFavorite Urban Video – "Businessman"
201510th Myx Music AwardsFavorite Collaboration – "Takipsilim" ft. Regine Velasquez-Alcasid
20157th PMPC Star Awards for MusicMale Recording Artist of the Year – Biyahe ng Pangarap
20149th Myx Music AwardsFavorite Music Video – "Magda"
20149th Myx Music AwardsFavorite Song – "Magda"
20149th Myx Music AwardsFavorite Urban Video – "Magda"
20149th Myx Music AwardsFavorite Collaboration – "Magda" ft. Rico Blanco
20146th PMPC Star Awards for MusicAlbum of the Year – Liham at Lihim
20146th PMPC Star Awards for MusicRap Album of the Year – Liham at Lihim
20146th PMPC Star Awards for MusicRap Artist of the Year
201427th Awit AwardsAlbum of the Year – Liham at Lihim
201427th Awit AwardsSong of the Year – "Magda"
201427th Awit AwardsBest Novelty Recording – "Papel"
201427th Awit AwardsBest Rap Recording – "Magda"
201427th Awit AwardsBest Collaboration – "Magda" ft. Rico Blanco
201427th Awit AwardsBest Performance by a Group Recording Artists – "Ang Parokya" by Parokya Ni Edgar ft. Gloc-9 and Frank Magalona
20138th Myx Music AwardsFavorite Song – "Sirena"
20138th Myx Music AwardsFavorite Collaboration – "Sirena" ft. Ebe Dancel
20138th Myx Music AwardsFavorite Myx Live! Performance
20135th PMPC Star Awards for MusicMusic Video of the Year – "Sirena"
201326th Awit AwardsAlbum of the Year –
201326th Awit AwardsSong of the Year – "Sirena"
201326th Awit AwardsMusic Video of the Year – "Sirena"
2012Globe Tatt Awards 2012Indie Rocker
20127th Myx Music AwardsFavorite Male Artist
20127th Myx Music AwardsFavorite Urban Video – "Elmer"
20127th Myx Music AwardsFavorite Collaboration – "One Hit Combo" by Parokya Ni Edgar ft. Gloc-9
201225th Awit AwardsBest Collaboration – "Walang Natira" ft. Sheng Belmonte
201225th Awit AwardsBest Rap Recording – "Walang Natira"
20116th Myx Music AwardsFavorite Male Artist
20113rd PMPC Star Awards for MusicMusic Video of the Year – "Walang Natira"
20113rd PMPC Star Awards for MusicRap Album of the Year – Talumpati
20113rd PMPC Star Awards for MusicRap Artist of the Year
201023rd Awit AwardsSong Of The Year – "Upuan"
201023rd Awit AwardsBest Rap Recording – "Upuan"
201023rd Awit AwardsBest Collaboration – "Upuan"
201023rd Awit AwardsBest Sound Engineered – "Upuan"
201023rd Awit AwardsBest Rock/Alternative Recording – "Martilyo"
2010Tambayan 101.9 OPM AwardsSong Of The Year – "Upuan"
20105th Myx Music AwardsFavorite Urban Video – "Upuan"
2010Wave891 Urban Music AwardsBest Male Hip Hop
2009Waki OPM Awards 101.9Best Dance Hit – "Sumayaw Ka"
2009Philippine Hip Hop AwardsRap Artist Of The Year
2008Philippine Hip Hop AwardsRap Artist Of The Year
200821st Awit AwardsBest Dance Recording – "Sumayaw Ka"
2007Philippine Hip Hop AwardsRap Artist Of The Year
2006Philippine Hip Hop AwardsRap Artist Of The Year
2005Philippine Hip Hop AwardsRap Artist Of The Year
2005MTV PilipinasVideo Of The Year – "Sayang"
2003Awit AwardsBest Christmas Song – "Pasko Na Naman"
2002Awit AwardsBest Rap Recording – "Isang Araw"
2002KathaBest Rap Recording – "Isang Araw"