On June 18, 1989, Daniel Macias was born in La Puente, CA. Growing up through many years of adversity, Ghetto Genius found a niche in the music community. He always had a passion for music, and would find himself memorizing tunes, tones, and various notes even as a young child. Around the age of 15, he began to follow hip-hop with a passion, listening to such artists as 2Pac, Eminem, The Game, Ice Cube, and various others. After watching Em's movie, "8 Mile", he felt inspired and inclined to try music out for himself. A week after taking this decision, Ghetto Genius hopped into his first rap battle with a group of people that hung around his high school, and despite not knowing how to rap as well as the others, he found even more inspiration in his apparent defeat. The knowledge he gained from that encounter would help him grow even further as a music artist, as years passed by and he honed his lyrical skills even further, under his first pen name "Xplicit". He did a few tracks with his partner in crime, Painer, under their first guise of a crew called "Kaotic Thugz". After a few more years of experience, as well as new friends and skills acquired, Ghetto Genius founded "Wiseguyz" with the consent of his fellow members Psyonik and Painer, which grew to the movement of "WiseGuy Nation". Ghetto Genius has performed on stage, and was signed to Innertec Records in January of 2011, only to be released from contract in November of the same year. He is now an independent artist, working in collaboration with producers such as Tone from Damn Criminal Productions, and Kritical of StreetLight Music. WiseGuyz, a crew that started out small, had slowly begun to take shape under the vision of Ghetto Genius and the rest of the family, which had inducted Lance London and DJ 4Play as the final members of the WiseGuy "Nation". Ghetto Genius has his own edgy style that pushes the limits of hip-hop and expands past the imagination of many. He is the new standard for the industry, and is set to be a major contender in the near future.
Discography:
The Rapture, 2011 (Coming Soon) ReInvention, 2012 (Coming Soon)
Contact Information:
To book Ghetto Genius for your venue contact their manager at: Wiseguynation@gmail.com
