Claim: Velous, a stage name based on a comment about his marvelous production skills, released his debut mixtape called Velocity The Mixtape in 2011 which gave him the opportunity to be signed to Swanky Music Group.
Evidence: Velous came up with his name after someone told him how marvelous his production skills were; the name is "marvelous" minus the "mar". In 2011, he released his debut mixtape, Velocity The Mixtape. The release helped Velous gain attention from Cus Maven, who signed him to Swanky Music Group.