About Mata The Dread Man
Huntsville, AL
James D. Hunter, better known as Mata (pronounced May-tah) aka The Dread Man aka Majo Paper, was born in the heart of Detroit, Michigan, Mata had a very rough child hood being that his father died when he was only nine months old. At the age of nine Mata's mom decided to move closer to her father as a tragic event happened with Mata's grandfather which lead to Mata and family arriving in Selma, Alabama. In the streets of Selma, Alabama, Mata ran with his older brother, Ro, who showed him everything needed to survive in the streets, and was very close with Mata but one day when Mata was 14 his brother committed a murder in which he was sentenced to 18 years in the state penitentiary. Not only did he lose his brother but the person his brother killed was a very close friend of Mata's, in one day Mata lost two people that were major influences in his life