ALLAHKING WIZE Perspective on Da GodpriNt

AllahKing Wize is a 5% Nation of Gods and Earths representative in the world of Hip Hop. Carrying on the 5%er legacy of Popa Wu in the world of Hip Hop, AllahKing Wize come with raw reality rap.

There are a lot of people who claim to be a part of the 5% and are not true representatives of the culture.

My background in coming from the streets and becoming a 5%er at 15 shaped and molded my identity as an artist and this song is an embodiment of that.

I remember listening to music in my household  at 7 and 8 with my parents playing soul music, R & B, and blues. Then my older cousins put me on to Run DMC, Rakim, and the movie Krush Groove in the 80's.

When I heard Rakim's song Check Out My Melody.

The Boombap sound of Hip Hop.

I've become more balanced in my approach to getting my message across without over -messaging and under-meassaging. I kick raw street shit of life and experiences growing up as a God in the 5% Nation.

The reality of the street life. Street tales of drug selling, robberies, incarceration, knowledge of self, supreme mathematics, going through changes and evolving through trials and tribulations, 5% repping, etc.

Wu- Tang Clan, Nas,  and Westside Gunn, because that's my vibe.

Raw, reality rap from first hand experience...lyrical content not flooded with punchlines, thoughtful lyrics of complex realities simplified, with 5%er cultural themes.

Tupac because of his passion and realness.

A Prison cell, locked in the hole.

Madison Square Garden packed showing live on air. 

Inspired. Powerful.

Real, Genuine, Inspirational.

Showing the difference between the real and the fake on the level of street reality and bringing recognition and respect for those who lived it out and remained and becoming mainstream without selling out. Also making it known that it's one thing to be from the street and another to rap about it.

The way corporate capitalism pervert the art form and instigate black on black homicide and rap-street beefs.

Whatever role that they chose. Yet a leadership role of positive reinforcement of change.

The young

Getting locked up and facing a life sentence.

Being creative.