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Wizdakidd (born Joseph T. Gordon Jr. in 1998) started producing his freshman year in college at Jackson State University
Raised by his grandparents in Clarksdale, Mississippi, Wizdakidd (born Joseph T. Gordon Jr. in 1998) started producing his freshman year in college at Jackson State University, producing tracks for his early mixtapes in his dorm room. After a flurry of increasingly strong beat mixtapes (most notably 2019’s Thee Loaner), Wiz made his major-label leap with 2019’s Operation Wizod. After starting his own label from the ground up (WDK Records) He kicked off early 2020 with a string of similar beat tapes (Tau Upsilon Phi, Thee First Take, Thee Loner, Stringz) that continued to chart his sound, featuring collaborations with nemraps and many more. Sometimes Aggressive yet sometimes soulful, Wiz’s Beats feels like a natural step in the evolution of southern hip-hop beats, echoing both Tay Keith and Zaytoven as well as Turbo and other Southern producers, here’s some questions& answers from his recent interview.
1.What’s your background?
“ I grew up in Clarksdale, ms, a really small town. The top of the town was everybody knows each other, I wasn’t popular or anything like that I really was a bipolar loner who had a few friends, none of my friends knew I had mental issues because I’ve all ways kelp it is hidden from them because I thought they wouldn’t be cool with me if they found out, It wasn’t until recently I finally accept the fact that’s just who I am
2.Who are your biggest influences?
Young Thug, that’s my guy, Drake is my favorite artist but young thug is my guy because he just doesn’t care, most ppl say he weird but I think he’s the goat. and a lot of these new rappers need to be honest about their influences because they really are clones with their minor edits. no cap.
3.How do you price your work?
All of my beats are free because I feel like its a lot of artists out there who can’t afford quality beats so I try my best to help as many artists as I can, most ppl wouldn’t do that, some say I’m crazy and it makes my beats have less value my response is my beats are still free because no one has exclusive rights but me unless I send over the paperwork until then anybody can use them
4.How do you navigate the art world?
I just do me, bro, sometimes I don’t want to talk, sometimes I do, sometimes I want to help, sometimes I don’t, I sleep a lot because I feel like I wake up different people every single time. So if something bad happens I sleep it off and wake up with an “ ok cool what’s the next move” type of mindset.
Harper Harrison is a reporter for The Hear UP. Harper got an internship at the NPR and worked as a reporter and producer. harper has also worked as a reporter for the Medium. Harper covers health and science for The Hear UP.
