funkmaster wiz

THE FIRST HARDCORE ICON FROM THE FIRST ERA OF HIP HOP, FROM THE STREETS OF BKLYN, AND THE SOUTH BRONX. VIRGO, SEPT 1, FUNKMASTER WIZ WAS ONE OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL AND CUTTING EDGE MC'S. HE IS ACKNOWLEDGED AS THE FIRST MC TO USE HARDCORE AND AGGRESSIVE LYRICAL DELIVERIES TO DESCRIBE CONDITIONS IN HIS COMMUNITY. FUNKMASTER WIZ HAS INSPIRED A WHOLE GENERATION OF MC'S AND DJ'S THREW HIS GROUND BREAKING CONTRIBUTIONS TO HIP HOP. NEVER RECEIVING THE ACKNOWLEDEMENT HE DESERVED, DUE TO HIS LYRICAL CONTENT, RAW APPEAL AND WILD AND CRAZY IMAGE. WIZ'S HARDCORENESS INTIMADATED THE INDUSTRY AND HE WAS BANNED OFF NEW YORK RADIO STATIONS AFTER TUFF CITY RECORDS RELEASED HIS CONTROVERSAL SINGLE "CRACK IT UP" HOWEVER HIS CAREER DID HIT ON UNDERGROUND RADIO AND THREW OUT THE HIP HOP WORLD BECAUSE OF HIS LYRICAL CONTENT AND AGGRESSIVE STAGE PRESENCE. BUT WIZ GOT HIS START ON APEXTON RECORDS IN 1980 WITH HIS FIREST RELEASE "UNITY RAP" WITH HIS GROUP THE "UNDEFEATED 3". THE GROUP LATER SIGNED TO TUFF CITY RECORDS BUT AFTER A HEATED DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN GERALD STEVENS, JOEL MCDONALD AND AARON FUCHS. THEY WERE RELEASED FROM CONTRACT WITH TUFF CITY RECORDS, ALL EXCEPT WIZ WHO AARON FUCHS ( CEO ) REFUSED TO RELEASE FROM CONTRACT. THIS BEGAN THE ONCE AGAIN SOLO CAREER OF YA BOY "FUNKMASTERWIZ" THOSE TRUE HIP HOP HEADS WHO ENJOYED HIS SINGLES SUCH AS "BELEVUE PATIENT, "CRACK IT UP", "PUT THAT HEAD OUT", AND "I AINT WIT DAT", PUT HIM IN A CLASS BY HIMSELF,,,"THE BELLEVUE PATIENT" CONSTANT DISAGREEMENTS OVER MONEY,WITH TUFF CITY RECORDS, FORCED WIZ TO TAKE IT BACK TO WHAT HE KNEW BEST,THE STREETS!!! WHICH COST HIM 5 YEARS IN THE PENETENUARY. THERE HE EMBRACED THE FOLDS OF ISLAM (AL HAM DU LI LAH) "ALL PRAISE TO ALLAH"!!!!! DURING THIS TIME OF REFINEMENT I STUDIED,SPIRITUALIY,POLITICS, HISTORY, AND THE SYSTEM WE LIVE IN.THIS CONTRIBUTED TO MY GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AND THIS OPENED MY CONCIOUSNESS TO THE HORRIBLE REALITYS OF LIFE AFTER RETURNING HOME WIZ CONTINUED HIS MUSIC, THEN LOOSING HIS MOTHER AND BROTHER IN THE SAME YEAR CRUSHED HIM, BUT HE STOOD STRONG AND PERSERVERED AND WAS BLESSED WITH HIS NOW WIFE FOR 10 YEARS SHAHADA "LADY OF SONG" SHAHADA AND HER AMAZING VOICE HAS HELPED ME ELEVATE TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL WITH MY WRITING,IDEAS AND CREATIVITY. TODAY THEY ARE BLESSED WITH THIER OWN ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY TITLED "HUSBAND N WIFE ENT" AND HAVE BUILT RELATIONSHIPS WITH SUCH MUSIC ICONS AS ALICIA KEYS, GLADYS KNIGHT, ANGIE STONE, SPIKE LEE, RONALD ISLEY, ANGELA WINBUSH, AND R.KELLY NOW LIVING IN ATLANTA THEY HAVE CREATD A WHOLE COLLABERATED SOUND AND ENERGY IN THIER MUSIC WHICH HAS BEEN CALLED SPIRITUAL,INSPIRATIONAL, AND SOUL-HEALING, BLESSED TO BE A GRAND FATHER, BEARING WITNESS IN THE CREATOR, HIS MESSENGERS, HIS BOOKS, LIFE AFTER DEATH. THE DECREE OF RIGHT AND WRONG, AND THE LAST DAYS. PRESENTLY WIZ IS WORKING IN PRODUCTION, WRITING, BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, TRAVELING, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER AND STILL PERFORMING. WIZ ENJOYS WORKING AND SPEAKING WITH THE YOUTH, EDUCATING AND INFORMING THEM OF THE HISTORY AND THE BUSINESS OF HIP HOP. DUE TO THE FACT HIP HOP HAS BEEN KILLED BY RAP MUSIC AND THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF THE CULTURE OF HIP HOP, FORTUNATELY THREW MY MUSIC,CHARACTER AND EXAMPLE I'VE BEEN AND HOPEFULLY WILL CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO ENTERTAIN, EDUCATE, ENLIGHTEN,.... MENTALLY, MORALLY, AN EMOTIONALLY. "ALL PRAISE IS DUE TO THE CREATOR"