Anwar "Wicked" Shakir is making his mark in the rap game from the ground up; Wicked stepped out into the hip-hop scene at the young age of 12 years old. His talent was validated at the world famous Apollo theater in 1995 by taking home the top spot during one competitive night in Harlem. Wicked, was signed in no time to body bag Entertainment, a Brooklyn based production company distributed byVirgin. Spitting rhymes with venom that very few MC's could handle-thus the name WICKED. His way with...
Anwar "Wicked" Shakir is making his mark in the rap game from the ground up; Wicked stepped out into the hip-hop scene at the young age of 12 years old. His talent was validated at the world famous Apollo theater in 1995 by taking home the top spot during one competitive night in Harlem. Wicked, was signed in no time to body bag Entertainment, a Brooklyn based production company distributed byVirgin. Spitting rhymes with venom that very few MC's could handle-thus the name WICKED. His way with words were soon categorized with iniquitous smiles that very few MC's can put together. Signing on in 1995 to work on his debut album, Young Wicked worked with the likes of Def jam/Def Squads Eric Sermon, Wu tang Clans/Reakwon & Keith Murray After getting caught up in label reorganization at Virgin, Wicked's career was brought to a startling halt. But not stopping there, he then hooked up with his partner, Keith Scott to own and operate their own business, Diamond Records based out of New Haven Connecticut. "Keeping my visibility in the street is extremely important", says Wicked. His rhymes can be heard on the mix tapes of Connecticut's very Own DJ Big Mike & Springfeild Mass's own DJ Scope and New York City's very own mix-tape veterans DJ Kay Slay and DJ L. Because of Wicked's overwhelming accomplishments in what seems to be such a short span of time he's managed to stir up quite a few "HATER'S" in this industry, Wicked explains he often finds himself manuvering through career blocks & obstical's, set up to discredit the future Icon however Wicked's consistancy proves he's too much to handle, So the question everyone is asking is Why? Why is there such a demand for WICKED?? The answer is not his affiliations, he's not signed to anyone yet, there's no extra push from any big named dj's or execs,The answer is WICKED is one of the last real mc's who display's real musical / lyrical TALENT!! Opening for the Queen of R&B, Mary J. Blidge, Wicked put on a performance of a lifetime at the meadows Lands in Hartford presented by Hot 93.7FM in 2004. At the start of 2005, Wicked was already kicking up dust and on February 9th, 2005, in the city of New Haven's top urban station Hot 93.7FM honored Wicked for being a pioneer in Connecticut's Hip-Hop Community at Toad's Place. He was nominated as an Award recipient for the 2005 Justo Mix-tape Awards which was held on March 9th, 2005. He has recently recorded with hot artist like Diplomat Record's own J.R. Writer & "Streetsweepers" Papoose A.L.C/Artist Big Twinz & most recently the latest banger features female Amil, this track is off of Wicked's new cd released 7-25-07 titled New Chapter "Code of the street vol.4" with the new hot single They wanna Know featuring Amil and the street banger Classic Lines which is being played on numerous mix tapes & mix shows on major radio stations. WICKED's catalog has grown to over (200) original songs & counting his 10th mixtape release "Code of the streets 4" (New Chapter ) is burning the streets down now, Most recently Wicked tore down The China Club with Funk Master Flex in Manhattan in March 8th, 2007. One of Wicked's most memorable performances do to the intensity of crowd in Manhattan New York he showed that his buzz has definitely traveled through out Connecticut, the Tri-State, and abroad. THIS SHOW CAN BE SEEN ON WICKED'S MYSPACE PAGE WWW.MYSPACE.COM/WICKEDCT
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