Check Out DIZZLE’s Story

Today we’d like to introduce you to DIZZLE.

Alright, so thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, can you tell us a bit about how you got started?
DIZZLE IS AN AMERICAN ARTIST BORN IN STANN CREEK, BELIZE BUT RAISED IN L.A., CALIFORNIA.
DIZZLE SPENT ALL HIS CHILDHOOD SURROUNDED BY THE VIOLENCE OF THE STREETS, WHERE HE BECAME A PRODUCT OF HIS ENVIRONMENT. TRYING TO FIND A WAY OUT, BUT WITHOUT LEGAL PAPERWORK TO BE
IN AMERICA (i.e GREEN CARD) DIZZLE HAD IT HARDER THAN OTHERS, HAVING TO HUSTLE 10X’S HARDER AND 10X’S SMARTER THAN HIS PEERS TO REMAIN UNDER THE RADAR AND  NOT BRINGING TOO MUCH ATTENTION TO HIMSELF. LOSING HIS FATHER AT THE AGE OF 1,HE WAS RAISED BY A SINGLE MOTHER WORKING MULTIPLE JOBS TO SUPPORT HIM AND HIS 2 SISTERS. AS DIZZLE GOT OLDER, HE TRIED TO HELP BY ATTEMPTING TO GET A JOB
BUT WITH NO WORK EXPERIENCE, THOSE CHANCES WERE SLIM TO NONE. TIMES INEVITABLY GOT HARDER. FROM BEING HOMELESS TO NOT KNOWING WHERE HIS NEXT MEAL WOULD COME FROM, LED HIM TO BECOME A CLEPTO. STEALING EVERYTHING FROM FOOD, CLOTHES AND ANYTHING HE COULD SELL. BUT AFTER HIS UNCLE, WHO WAS HIS BEST FRIEND GOT DEPORTED FOR THE SAME THING, DIZZLE DECIDED THAT WOULD NOT BE THE 
ROAD HE’D BE TAKING. AFTER THE DEPORTATION,SPORTS WAS NO LONGER FUN, WHICH LED TO HIM FEELING WORTHLESS, FILLED WITH NEGATIVE THOUGHTS. UNTIL ONE  DAY HE FIGURED OUT HOW TO RECORD HIMSELF ON A CASSETTE RADIO WITH A BUILT IN MICROPHONE. HE WOULD BUY TAPES OF OTHER ARTIST AND RECORD HIMSELF FREE-STYLING OFF TOP  ACAPELLA. IT WASN’T LONG BEFORE HE BECAME POPULAR, MAKING A NAME FOR BATTLING ANYBODY THAT REMOTELY RESEMBLED COMPETITION. DIZZLE, AND HIS BEST FRIEND B-EAZY, WENT ON TO FORM A GROUP CALLED THE “KAOS RAP STARS”. THEY STARTED CREATING A BUZZ BY SELLING
MIXTAPES AT BUS STOPS AND TRAIN STATIONS. THE GROUP HAD DEALS ON THE TABLE BUT DUE TO DIZZLE’S LEGAL SITUATION, THEY FELL THROUGH. SOMETIMES SHOWS WERE BOOKED, BUT HE COULDN’T GET INTO THE VENUES BECAUSE HE DIDN’T HAVE VALID ID. THIS CAUSED HIM TO MISS A LOT OF HIS OWN SHOWS. OTHER TIMES HE’D HAVE TO ARRIVE AT 6 OR 7 PM & WAIT UNTIL 1 OR 2 AM TO ACTUALLY HIT THE STAGE ALTHOUGH OLD ENOUGH TO GET INTO THE CLUB, DIZZLE WAS FRUSTRATED BY THE FACT OF KNOWING HE WAS A LIABILITY TO THE GROUP. THIS MADE HIM PUT HIMSELF IN ISOLATION FROM THE WORLD FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR. DIZZLE THEN
EMERGED FROM HIBERNATION WITH A WHOLE NEW HUNGER FOR MUSIC ALONG WITH A DIFFERENT VISION. THE FIRST SONG HE DID WAS A 15+ MINUTE SONG PAYING HOMAGE TO EVERY WEST COAST RAPPER PAST AND CURRENT, MAINSTREAM AND UNDERGROUND.IT WAS DONE IN SUCH A UNIQUE FASHION, IT GOT HIM SOLIDIFIED AND STAMPED AS AN MC. EVEN GARNERING RESPECT FROM ARTISTS OF A HIGHER STATURE. HAVING HIS LEGAL ISSUES RESOLVED AND NO LONGER A HINDERANCE, DIZZLE WAS ON HIS WAY TO TO STARDOM, UNTIL A MEDICAL SET BACK THREW A MONKEY WRENCH INTO HIS PLAN. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A CONDITION CALLED ARTHRITIS SCOLIOSIS  THAT LEFT HIM PARALIZIED AND BEDRIDDEN FOR OVER A YEAR WHICH INCLUDED SURGERY ALONG WITH RIGOROUS PHYSICAL THERAPY JUST TO LEARN HOW TO WALK AGAIN. DIZZLE OVERCAME ALL OF THOSE OBSTACLES AND HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. PUTTING OUT POTENT PROJECTS SUCH AS “A STAR WAS BORN”, “WHOISDIZZLE?” AND “EX-FILES”. BUT THIS TIME AROUND HE DID IT COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT IN ORDER TO HAVE FULL CONTROL AND TO REAP ALL THE BENEFITS. ALL TO HAVE IT COME TO A HALT WHEN A SITUATION LEFT DIZZLE ON THE RUN FOR ANOTHER YEAR WHICH CAUSED HIM TO GO INTO HIDING AND HAD ALSO DELETED EVERY SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM AND CONNECTION THAT WAS MADE WHICH CAUSED HIM START ALL OVER FROM SCRATCH. AT THIS POINT IN TIME DIZZLE WAS OVERWHELMED AND WAS JUST OVER IT ALL. HE GAVE UP WITH MUSIC ALTOGETHER AND WENT ON TO PURSUE A FEW OTHER VENTURES THAT WERE LUCRATIVE BUT LEFT HIM FEELING EMPTY AND UNFULFILLED. NEVER THINKING HE’D GO BACK TO HIS GIFT AND CURSE THAT IS HIS MUSIC, HE WAS PERSUADED TO TAKE ON A BET FOR A LARGE SUM OF MONEY ALONG WITH THE CHALLENGE ITSELF, THAT HE COULDN’T DO A BRAND NEW FREESTYLE SONG EVERYDAY FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR. DIZZLE ACCEPTED THE CHALLENGE AND THAT BECAME THE BIRTH OF THE “DAILY DIZZLES”. WHERE HE SPIT A DIFFERENT FREESTYLE ON INSTAGRAM ABOUT CURRENT EVENTS EVERYDAY FOR THE WHOLE YEAR. THIS IS WHAT GAINED HIM FOLLOWERS, FEATURES, ACTING ROLES AND BEATS FROM A PLETHORA OF PRODUCERS, ASSSUMING IT WAS A FLUKE DIZZLE DOUBLED BACK AND DID A WHOLE NEW YEAR OF DAILY DIZZLE’S WHICH MAKES IT 730 DAYS STRAIGHT. CRITICS ONCE SAID HE FELT LIKE A BREATH OF FRESH AIR… DIZZLE IS NOW GEARING UP TO DROP TONS OF NEW MUSIC WHERE HE TALKS ABOUT HIS PAST HIS DOWNFALLS, HIS COME UPS, HIS LESSONS LEARNED AND HIS FUTURE. EVERYBODY HAS A STORY TO TELL AND THIS IS HIS. EVEN THOUGH DIZZLE HAS A LONG DIFFICULT PAST BEHIND HIM, HE STILL FEELS HE HAS A LONG FUTURE AHEAD OF HIM AND FEELS HE HASN’T EVEN SCRATCHED THE SURFACE. IT’S MORE LIKE HE IS JUST GETTING STARTED. “THE INDUSTRY IS LIKE A MARATHON, A LOT OF ARTIST START OFF FAST BUT BY THE MIDDLE OF THE RACE THEY ARE ALREADY TIRED AND OUT OF STEAM, BUT THEN THERE’S ME WHO STARTED OFF SLOW SO BY THE MIDDLE OF THE RACE I’LL JUST BE HITTING MY STRIDE AND GAINING MORE ENERGY AND POWER TO PASS UP A LOT OF PEOPLE BECAUSE FOR ME, IT’S ABOUT LONGEVITY.”

“I WILL CONTINUE TO LEAVE A TRAIL OF BREAD CRUMBS BEHIND ME SO THE PEOPLE CAN FIND THERE WAY TO THIS HOUSE OF SUCCESS THAT I’M BUILDING FOR MY LEGACY.”

We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
NOT HAVING THE LEGAL PAPERWORK
BEING PARALIZIED
GETTING DAILY’S REMOVED FROM INSTAGRAM AND HAVING TO START OVER

Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I AM A ENTERTAINER WITH A UNIQUE STORY THAT SPECIALIZE IN METAPHORS AND DOUBLE ANTANDRES IN THE PUREST FORM OF HIP HOP ART. THAT’S BEST KNOWN FOR HIS DAILY DIZZLE’S STORY TELLING AND WITTY SONG MAKING.
I’M MOST PROUD OF BECOMING THE BEST VERSION OF MYSELF AND REMAINING POSITIVE IN A INDUSTRY FULL OF NEGATIVITY
MY WORK ETHIC AND THE LOVE AND KNOWLEDGE FOR THE ART IS WHAT SETS ME APART FROM OTHERS I AM A STUDENT OF THE GAME

Can you tell us more about what you were like growing up?
I GREW UP VERY POOR AND UN SUPPORTED BUT I ALWAYS WAS THE LIFE OF THE PARTY AND HAD THE AMBITION TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD WITH HARD WORK AND DEDICATION

Contact Info:

• Website: https://WWW.WHOISDIZZLE.COM
• Instagram: WHOISDIZZLE
• Facebook: DIZZLE DIZZLE
• Twitter: WHOISDIZZLE
• Youtube: WHOISDIZZLE
• Soundcloud: WHOISDIZZLE

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DREAM BIG ENTERTAINMENT AND MORE THAN MUSIC