Sarawakian native, Son of Age isn’t one to boast about his self delusions of grandeur unlike his other hip-hop counterparts. Instead, he hopes to bring fresh, story-telling lyricism into the fray.  He believes that lyricism is an important part of an emcee’s growth and is his to paint a vivid picture whether it is with multi-syllable, complex rhyming or with a more simplistic approach. 

A fan described him as follows:

— mista-djhack, Reverbnation

In his earlier years, a young Norman started writing lyrics in 1997 as a form of escapism and stress-relief from his own self-inflicted guilt.

He would fervently listen to rappers like Big Daddy Kane, KRS-One, Eminem, Tupac, Kool G Rap, Will Smith and Notorious B.I.G to grasp the concept and art of writing rap lyrics. Being an eclectic listener of good music, he would take bits and pieces from REM, Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, and Metallica for subject content, molding his own unique flow in the process.

In the early 2000s, he would join a diverse but essentially a hard rock band, “Katharos” as their lead vocalist. At the time, he had already slowed down on writing rap lyric but his band members encouraged him to continue writing rap lyrics which eventually lead him to leave the band to pursue in his solo attempt at making an album.

In 2010, he successfully made an EP entitled “This is a test” under his former alter-ego “Stereomanic”. The reception was positive even with the bad recording on his desktop microphone he purchased for under 10 Ringgit.

He would later on release a string of singles that would get him to be noticed a little more with songs like “Freedom of speech”, “Home Sweet Home” and “Oh No, Love Song!”.

In late 2011, he formally changed his name to “Son Of Age”. He claimed that the meaning behind the name is simply that he is like a child that is constantly maturing and learning from life and like parents pleased with their child’s growth, Son of Age released his latest compilation “Art of Distraction” with songs like “Kill Us All”, “Running Precedents” and “Light Bulb” which dwells into topics he later said wasn’t present in his last attempt.

In 2012, Son Of Age released “love placebo”, an anecdote about breakdowns in marriages and relationships received positive feedback from the fans, being one of the fastest, most downloaded content of Son of Age for that year. 

He also released “the 1malaysian”, a pseudo-political chastisement and commentary on the racism that has plagued Malaysia for ages. 

He was also nominated for Vima’s best hip-hop act and best hip-hop song for Kill Us All. 

By 2013, he won 3rd place for best hip-hop act atthe G-tower’s Vima event.

A new album is currently in progress and hopefully would be released before the end of 2013.