They say what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. In the case of 25-year-old Anthony Webber also known as artist Noah Caine, what didn't kill him, not only made him stronger, it found its way into his music.

At the tender age of 10, Noah's home in Flatbush, Brooklyn was riddled by bullets in a drive-by shooting. The following year, he and his family moved to the notorious neighborhood of Southside Jamaica in Queens. This is where he would call home. Noah channeled the pain of that ordeal into his newly discovered talent for rhyming. He learned early that he had an affinity for jazz and classic R&B, and quickly fell in love with the music of legends like Stevie Wonder, Anita Baker and Nina Simone. He was also a devoted follower of hip hop and its culture. Rap greats like The Notorious B.I.G., Nas, Back Thought and Mos Def were always in heavy rotation. All of which are influences you can hear reflected in his own music.

Caine continued to hone his skills throughout high school, rapping to himself until a friend suggested that he record his material. It was then that Caine's first rap alias Hi-Jynx was born. After graduating from the prestigious St. Francis Prep school in Queens, he began to focus on creating whole projects. In early 2009, he released Music Monday and Your Love: Smells Like Money in 2010. Both projects were well received on the online hip hop forums and led to performances at some of New York City's legendary venues like Brooklyn's Southpaw and Public Assemby, as well as Santo's Party House in Manhattan.

2011 brought with it a kind of reinvention for Webber. He decided to fully dedicate himself to his music and now went by the name Noah Caine. Noah, an old nickname and Caine, derived from his father's family. With a new moniker and new direction, Caine is currently in the studio working on his highly anticipated project Rookie Season, slated to drop by the end of the year. An official release date is expected soon.