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Wisdom (Born Kenny Wisdom) is an alternative hip-hop/experimental artist from Shelton, WA in the heart of the Pacific Northwest. From a young age, he was always interested in music first and foremost. While other children would play and frolic about, Kenny could be found inside his home with his headphones on, listening to his father's Metallica albums, his Grandmother's The Who albums, and practically any other piece of music that was available to him. This is not to say that he didn't have outside interests, but music was definitely at the forefront. He also was always a very creative child, and actually wrote songs at a young age, but had never really thought anything of it. If only anyone knew what this childhood obsession would lead to...

Kenny had a rocky, but good, childhood. He was raised mainly by his Father, due to his Mother's abuse of both controlled substances and those around her. Another big part of his early childhood was his Grandparents, who also acted as parents often. Soon "often" would turn to "always" as on July 5, 1995, Kenny's Father died in a tragic automobile accident. This event sent waves through his family. His mother's vices only got stronger, while his Grandmother heavily mourned the loss of her only son for years. It was truly a tragic time in the young Kenneth's childhood, but alas, on that day, he did not cry. Some say it was because he was too strong willed, others say it was because he did not fully realize the impact of what had happened. Either way, Kenny's life was about to change in a big way.

After the death of his Father, Kenny would go on to live semi-regularly with his Mother and Brother. He would often stay at his Grandparents home for weeks at a time, having no contact with his Mother, and vice versa. Around 2 years after the passing of his Father, Kenny's Mother would abandon him, and nearly everyone else in his life, never to be seen again. Luckily, his Grandparents had already obtained legal custody of the now 7-year old Kenny, so he did not have to suffer through the drug abuse, physical abuse, episodes of homelessness, and general destitute conditions that his Mother would become accustomed do. Unfortunately, the same can not be said of Kenny's brother, Brandon, who is now in Foster care, and not Kenny, nor his Grandparents, have seen in nearly 10 years.

It was around this time that Kenny's Grandmother, Yvonne Wisdom, would be diagnosed with Hepatitis C, a potentially fatal disease. It is said that the lethal mix of one parent dying, another parent figuratively falling off the face of the earth, and one of the last parent figures he had becoming ill, that would lead to Kenny's social ineptitude and issues with Insomnia, Paranoia, and Anxiety. Gone were the days of playing with friends and being care-free, and enter the times of constantly being worried, mood swings, night terrors, and a plethora of other physically and emotionally scarring events that would have crushed other children.

Through grades 2, 3, and 4, Kenny had virtually no friends. He would arrive at school, constantly anxious and worrying about every miniscule detail of his life, and then he would go home where he would have to witness his Grandmother becoming violently ill almost daily. Kenny was a depressed child, and stayed this way until the beginning of grade 5, when he met a person that would change his life for the better, forever. This person's name was Caleb Wright, someone who Kenny still calls a best friend to this day. Caleb was going through some hardships in his life also, and through that, an amazing friendship was to be born. They were virtually inseparable, sharing many interests and spending almost every waking moment together. It is through his friendship with Caleb that Kenny's first thoughts of making music himself would come to be.

In grade 6, the two friends first got the idea that making music would be a great hobby, and maybe even a career. No one can remember what first sparked this idea in the two of them, but one thing that everyone is sure on is that it never stopped. The duo's first attempt at music was through a Pop/Rock band called "Element" Kenny was to write the songs and do vocals, while Caleb would play keyboard, and also some vocals, while others would fill any additional spots needed. Sadly, nothing came to fruition from this endeavor except some poor key strokes and badly written songs. Caleb & Kenny would go on to try and form several different bands, of different styles, but nothing ever came. They would give up on music, for now, at least.

It wasn't until nearly two years later that Kenny would decide to try and make it in music once again. His newly-discovered friend Zach could play the guitar well, and Kenny had been writing poetry which could easily be converted into songs. The two formed a group called Chaos Theory, and it was the closest Kenny ever had to having a real band. It was decided that Kenny would do lead vocals and write songs, while Zach would play guitar and bass, if needed, and Caleb would play keyboard. The group even came close to having a drummer and actually going somewhere, until Kenny stopped having motivation, Caleb became distant, and Zach stopped having interest in the guitar. The group would come to ends less than 6 months before it got started, with nothing to show for itself.

It is around this time that Kenny met another very influential person in his life, a girl named Veronica Riker. She would become Kenny's first serious girlfriend, and the two would last together for nearly 3 years. They both had positive and negative effects on each other, and Kenny has stated that a lot of his inspiration and desire to write songs and try to make it somewhere someday. Once he met her, Kenny's whole life change, most of the focus went to her, and on their relationship, and, while building a stronger bond with her, some of his other friendships would suffer. Soon enough, the two would come to argue and fight almost everyday, but they would stay together for the sake of each other, until, like all good things, it had to come to an end, in early 2006, the two broke-up out of mutual agreement, and all was said and done. Kenny still communicates with Veronica and has been quoted as saying she is one of his best friends, no matter the status of their relationship.

In his pre-teen/early teenage years, Kenny didn't have a desire to seek fame in the music world any longer, now his dream was to portray himself on a much different canvas: The squared circle of a professional wrestling ring. You see, Kenny had recently become a fan of professional wrestling, and, with a floundering music career, had decided to try and pursue his other love. He would go on to spend his allowance every month on rare wrestling tapes from Japan, methodically studying the wrestlers, and how their style differed, and tried to absorb as much knowledge as he could. Nearly all of his time was split between this and Veronica, and Kenny loved it. It is still known that wrestling is one of Kenny's mistresses, and that doesn't look to be changing anytime soon.

It wasn't until he stumbled upon alternative hip hop artists like Tech N9ne, ICP, Twiztid, and the like, that Kenny would again think of pursuing a career in music. This time, though, it would be in hip hop. Once again, he informed his best friend, Caleb, of all of this newly-gained hopes and dreams of making it in the music business that he had recently stumbled upon. Caleb would go on to appreciate the same type of music, and, naturally, the two would try to make it in hip hop together, resurrecting the name Chaos Theory. They would go on to write many songs together, in a duo of hip hop, following the horrorcore/emotional genres, with Caleb emceeing under the name Lucid, and Kenny under the name Rayn. Again, nothing would come of this as Caleb didn't have the heart for it, and Kenny became uninterested in the genres that they were currently labeled as. In early 2005, the duo would come to part ways mutually.

It is about this time that Kenny met two people that would prove very important in his future as an artist: AlkatraZ and Dkaid. AlkatraZ lived in a town nearby Kenny, and would go on to introduce him to a whole new spectrum of music, such as Cage, Sage Francis, Atmosphere, and countless others that would inspire Kenny's musical style. AlkatraZ also taught Kenny many things about hip hop, including how to write bars, and how to use more complexity in lyrics, Kenny has gone on record several times saying that if it wasn't for AlkatraZ, he would be nowhere in the industry. Dkaid befriended Kenny and took him under his wing in a number of words. Dkaid would go on to teach him even more about making music, and the music industry, and how to handle himself professionally, and always be there to critique his music, even if it was negative feedback. But all of this helped Kenny grow, and he has said that Dkaid is one of his idols, and the man that perhaps, he owes his entire career to.

Another person that Kenny would form a strong bond to, both in music, poetry, and life in general, was another friend of Dkaid and Alkatraz's: Descartes Ekman. Descartes Ekman would help form Kenny's style of music. He had learned from Dkaid and AlkatraZ, and had known what he wanted to write, and the music that he wanted to make, but wasn't sure how to go about that, and truly make the style his own. That was until Mr. Ekman showed up, he took a raw, yet talented, and full of passion, and molded it into a beautiful peice of artwork. If it wasn't for Dkaid, Kenny wouldn't be making music, and if it wasn't for Descartes Ekman, Kenny would not have the talent and direction to make the type of music that appeals to him. Descartes Ekman and Wisdom have been compared many times, both making music frequently about women, and having the same feeling on love, hate, politics, and everything in between. Kenny has stated that "AlkatraZ was the playwright, Dkaid was the director, and Ekman was the post-production"

With all of the newly gained knowledge, friendships, and improvement in music, Kenny felt like it was time for some changes, the most noticeable of these would be the change of his performance name, formerly Rayn, now he would become Wisdom, although this is his surname, Kenny believes it stands for so much more than that. It stands for him gaining knowledge, changing his style of music, and overall becoming a different, and better, person. This change in name would coincide with the time period that Kenny calls his "revelation." This is when he changed almost completely as a person, he became more intelligent, he started viewing the world in different ways, he started caring more about important issues, he became more artistic, and overall, he became a better human being. No one is completely sure who or what prompted this, but many believe that it was his gaining of a friend in AlkatraZ, and the gaining of a friend and idol in Dkaid, and just overall better well-being in his life.

For now, Kenny continues to grow in music, releasing plans for a Words of Wisdom EP sometime within the next two years. He has yet to release any audio, or a product of any sort, it has been said that he is trying to perfect his craft before he gives anything to the public, which could either be a very smart, or very bad move, depending on who you ask. Either way, Kenny is happy with his life, and continues to improve in both music and life as a whole. He has also leaped into many endeavors besides music, such as a poetry project which is mainly being kept under wraps, as well as filmmaking projects. Kenny has met many people that have changed his life in so many ways, and among those are Ashley Clay, Caleb Wright, Veronica Riker, AlkatraZ, Dkaid, Descartes Ekman, Amanda Coker, Waste, Sir Haggis, Tara Parr, Kaz, Joseph Parker, GLN, Jubsie, Shockwave, Star Sparr, Eli Tabor, Lindsay Emele,Jerryd Chambers, and many others, you all know who you are. Things continue to improve for both Wisdom, and Kenny Wisdom himself. Both personas are beginning to blossom, and if you don't jump in now, you may never get a chance. Wisdom will be revolutionizing modern music as we know it, while Kenny Wisdom becomes one of the greatest poets, filmmakers, and public figures of our time. You wouldn't want to miss out on that, would you?

"If you want to know the truth, I don't know what I think about it.... Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody."

-Wisdom-