Before you scream, "Not another one of these white rappers," just pause for a second. Wreck1 is a hip hop artist who pulls no punches while taking aim at everyday life every time he steps behind a microphone. He has already began to capture fans across the world by combining clever, sick, insightful, humorous,sarcastic lyrics over innovative, inventive, and bass pumping beats.
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Wreck1 began rhyming just to make parodies of top 40 songs in his pre teen years. At sixteen, Wreck1 began taking hip hop more serious as he began to battle locally under different aliases before settling on his graffiti tag as his rap name. He then found himself on stage at national competitions spanning from New York to Seattle.
Using the internet as a tool long before MySpace and YouTube, Wreck1 began building a buzz by using hip hop message boards to connect with artists throughout the country and the rest of the world. He then began using that fan base to book himself on tours throughout the USA. Wreck1 has been booked at notable venues from the Knitting Factory (New York City), The Rave (Milwaukee), Webster Theatre (Hartford, CT), and The Columbia City Theatre (Seattle, WA). Wreck1 has also collaborated on songs with artists from New York and Atlanta to the United Kingdom and Belgium.
You can currently purchase Wreck1's debut EP on Itunes, Rhapsody, Amazon.com, Napster, and more. . The EP features 8 tracks produced by Mr. Porter of the platinum selling rap group, D-12 and also features Mr. Porter on the second track “Ain’t a Riddle.”
Wreck1 is now releasing a free mixtape in early 2010 entitled "8 Bits and Cheatcodes" as a video gamers parody of Kanye West's, "808's and Heartbreak." Production from the mixtape includes Mr. Porter(Eminem,D-12), THX (Snoop Dogg), U-N-I Productions (Soulja Boy, Young Jeezy, Diggy), Chemist, and more.
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