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Biography The 26 year old Pittsburg Cali not Pennsylvania native known as A-Wax grew up like most youngsters in the hood, playing sports, video games and listening to their favorite rappers. As the years went by though the small San Francisco suburb of Pittsburg became plagued with the same problems of any other major city. Drive-bys and drug deals replaced football games, and school dances.

As the impressionable A-Wax became infatuated with the street life and started having run ins with the law, he was sent to Seattle to shape up his act…this would forever change his life.

While the Bay Area pretty much missed the migration from L. At 16 years old, A-Wax went from street thug to convict and there was no turning back. A little over half way through his prison bid, A-Wax started writing raps and had dreams of recording an album when he got out. When A-Wax hit the streets in , he moved back to Pittsburg and recorded and released his debut album Savage Timez. His smooth delivery combined with his raspy voice and realistic tales of street and prison life made A-Wax an instant underground hit in the Bay Area.

Then in middle school he started listening to artists such as Eazy-E, N. A, and Too Short. In mid, Wax and his twin brother Herbal T started posting videos of themselves rapping on YouTube. In early , Wax made a name for himself after performing his song "New Crack" over a Stephen Marley track called "Traffic Jam" while driving. The YouTube video has received over 2.

He also began to collaborate with other well known musicians on YouTube such as Dumbfoundead and Prince Ea. After he cracked YouTube's Top Musician list, his subscription base tripled and averaged about nearly 1, new subscribers each day.

His videos have collectively garnered over 80 million views on his YouTube channel. The two later collaborated on a song called "Orphan Tears" on December 6, Washington and Wax had discussed among themselves potentially signing a major-label deal, but only after achieving some success on their own.

Indeed, Wax had momentum and millions of YouTube views on his side. Steak Sauce and the HoodieBuddie sweatshirt with built-in headphones. What did he need a major label for? It has to take on a life of its own and get discovered organically. If people like it, they will share it.

If enough people share it, you have something. Basically, it was a no-lose situation. Or was it? Four months in, things were going swimmingly, and then, as had been rumored, Reid left the label to head Epic Records and, soon after, join The X Factor.

Wax, who worked alone almost exclusively, saw his songs dissected during creation then overanalyzed by boardrooms full of executives for their profitability and radio potential. To understand who Wax was, we had to ask a lot of questions.