Ivan “Bread ‘n’ Water” Paniagua, born January 12th, 1996 in California in the San Francisco Bay Area, became part in the rap scene while in high school. His first mixtape, The Pursuit, was released in 2014, which would be followed by future projects including Finding Better Places in 2015, Layers of Reflection in 2016, Forgive Me for My Honesty in 2017, Remains in 2019, Frames in 2021, These Long Nights in 2022, Demo Valley Mixtape in 2024, and Forgive Me for My Absence, his latest album, in 2025.

I started making music because I needed too. Music is not only a passion but my life’s purpose, and if there is any way to find who I am, it’s through this music. I want to change the way people perceive their lives and reach for higher goals. I believe the only things that hold us back are the limits we create. I pour my pain and frustrations into what I write to break those limits, to show you that nothing remains in darkness and anything can be reached. You are what you believe you are so why not be great? Nothing comes easy but I have faith in God and in myself. You just have to be brave every day.

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