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HerdiOflo's Biography: Herdian Mohammad also known as HerdiOflo aka OFLO was born in Jakarta, Indonesia on February 28, 1980 approx 6:00 am. He spent 7 years of his life in Cijantung II, Jakarta Timur, where in 1987 he and his family flew to the United States of America to follow his father on continuing his father’s further education. Living in the US, he grew the love of the sport of basketball as well as the love of the culture of Hip Hop. His writing skills as well as his love of the sport of basketball pushed him to exceed the limits and chase after his childhood dreams of playing basketball and becoming a Hip Hop Emcee as a true profession. After returning to his homeland of Jakarta, Indonesia in 1998, he first captivated one of his dreams where he inked a multi-year contract with a local semi-pro basketball team of Indonesia Muda Texmaco competing in the so-called KOBATAMA back then (it is currently called the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL)). He has been featured in numerous magazines (Hai, Pertama, Gadis, etc), Sports Tabloid Media (Bola,Go,www.basketindonesia,etc.), Radios (Prambors, MTV sky, ARDAN, Radio Palembang,etc.), Television (RCTI, SCTV, Global-TV,etc.) as he has been visible in the National Basketball podium of National competition. His skills on the court dazzled fans nation wide of his versatile dribbling skills as well as his off-the court friendly attitude which gave him the respect he deserved. He grew his fan base at an enormous speed when he was selected in the 2002 Indonesian NUVO KOBATAMA All-star team as well as being elected as the first Professional Indonesian Basketball player to join the dazzling & entertaining team of “Freestyle Basketball Indonesia”, “Freestylers”. Herdi’s Hip Hop Emcee exposure came in 2002 during a local press conference of the Nuvo Kobatama All-Stars in Bandung, where he fascinated reporters, and fans as he demonstrated his skills as a Hip Hop “Rapper” in front of the large gathering in Bandung Super Mall (BSM). From that moment on, he is known as a basketball player with numerous talents such as half-time entertainer in the Freestyle Indonesian Basketball team as well as a Hip Hop “Emcee” climbing up in the local Indonesian Hip Hop scene. He has performed at local clubs, school events (pensy), product launches, birthday celebrations (ex.GADIS, etc.), opening act for Too Phat at Cilandak Town Square, performing on Global TVs “Lets Dance,” as well as huge performances on live television (Global-TV) in front of thousands in the 2005 A-Mild IBL FINAL FOUR Halftime show as well as in the 2005 halftime show of the A-Mild IBL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES in Hall-A Senayan. He was also the voice of the jingle of the L.A. Lights Streetball 2007 as he took first place in the L.A. Lights Streetball emcee contest. And just recently, he toured to 6 cities across Indonesia to promote his EP album while being selected in the 2007 Amild IBL All-Star Roadshow. In 2008, it turned out to be an also fascinating year touring 9 cities around Indonesia and also being selected as an IBL All -Star in the 2008 ndonesian Basketball League (IBL) All-Star Game. HerdiOflo, being a familiar name in the local Hip Hop scene of Hip hop Indonesia, is one of the most anticipated, labeled,”BALLER-EMCEE turned CORPORATE-SCHOLAR”, to release his music and sounds in the growing genre of Hip Hop in the local Indonesian Music Industry. His debut CD-EP has been released in 2007 titled, HerdiOflo EP “Keep On Pushin.”, as it has been sold all over the world. Hear it first now on www.amazon.com -> click here !! And now i'm still workin' on my new album, totally produced by ZeroOne.
HERDIOFLO - NEXT IN LINE This song is produced by GDT of Zero One & dedicated to the soldiers of the Indonesian Basketball & HipHop Community.
Official website - http://www.herdioflo.com
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