Along with a friend who would become his manager, The WID financed more studio time with poker winnings, and after passing the demo off to one his classmates at UMass, he caught the interest of a record label in Minneapolis. The label loved his first track, “Breath to Breathe,” and he was signed. They flew him out to record the album and treated him like a rock star right off the bat. But once the album was recorded, everything fell apart. The label was crumbling under the weight of the management’s personal problems and financial troubles. It took several years, but The WID fought to acquire the master recordings and build up the funds to release the EP, Preconditions of Extinction on Godstrike Entertainment.
Within those seven songs, The WID shares with the world his unique take on hip hop – it’s smart but not pretentious, it’s catchy but not overly pop, and it’s fast but not hard to follow. Featured tracks include the poetic spitfire of “Breath to Breathe” and the infectious “Awake,” which features a singer known as Rinz. After they recorded together, they dated and fell in love. Rinz, also a cancer survivor, is now WID’s wife and musical collaborator.
The future now really is wide open for The WID – he’s beaten that near-death experience, and conquered all the label drama. He’s scraped and scrapped and paid his dues, all for the love of making hip hop. For The WID, his goals are plain and simple: “The music industry is falling apart, which is fine with me. I make music because I like to make music, and I like sharing it with people who might also enjoy it. That’s it. People don’t have one CD in their car for weeks on end anymore like they used to. Instead, they have 20,000 songs in their fucking pocket. If I give them something that they come back to, or something that sticks in their brain, shit; mission accomplished.”
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