LYNNWOOD—Lynnwood-based rapper Shane Diamanti is hitting the road this summer on a several weeks-long, multi-state, tour opening for well-known California-based rapper Phora.

Diamanti, 30, was born and raised in Lynnwood. He recalls the first moment he got the spark for music production, making a mixed tape with his father’s blank cassettes as a kid.

He began getting into rap music while attending Meadowdale High School, getting into artists like J. Cole, Mac Miller, and Atmosphere – all of which, he said, inspired his sound.

It was during his Senior year of high school when he got his “first little buzz,” he said after posting a dictionary freestyle on Facebook, which garnered over a thousand likes. After that he began performing at local venues like the Fun House in Seattle, the Vera

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