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WISDOM
Known to his fans
as Wisdom, Tevya Jones was born
into a family of musicians and
poets in Colorado in 1972. He
was first exposed to hip hop
culture at the Ernest Ingold
Boys Club in the Haight-Ashbury
district of San Francisco, after
moving there with his mother at
age 6.
Wisdom found refuge in writing
and performing his first songs
at an early age. Rooted in life
experience, his diverse style
incorporates lyrics that are
streetwise with a political
edge. He explains: “world issues
and human suffering were common
topics of discussion in our
household, as well as exposure
to many types of music and
cultures. My music is a natural
extension of this.”
After launching a successful
clothing line called Wisdom
Creations, he was invited to
perform with Cyber Octave/Virgin
Records recording artists
Medicine Drum on their 2002album
release “Original Face” and
toured the world with them for
two years. Returning from tour,
Wisdom felt that his lyrical
content was evolving to reflect
his hopes of inspiring social
change on a global level. In his
own words, “if we believe, we
can achieve anything. It’s all
possible.”
After producing a new studio
album, Wisdom’s natural next
step was to assemble a group of
musicians, which was soon dubbed
the Wisdom Creations Band, and
now includes bass prodigy and
son of Tito Garcia (former lead
singer of Santana), Luis Garcia;
keyboardist Matt Berkeley; award
winning gospel drummer Thomas
McCree; world-renowned
percussionist Mingo Lewis, Jr.;
Chicago underground lyricist and
spoken word artist Seasunz, and
the newest edition, DJ Cocheze
from KRS-One’s Temple of Hip
Hop.
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Wisdom’s unique
blend of conscious lyrics with
live hip-hop and reggae
continues to gain attention
nationwide. He won the category
of “Best Hip Hop/Rap” in both
the 2005 and 2006 North Bay
Music Awards and was labeled
“one of Nor Cal’s favorites” by
Urb Magazine (Massv Global
Getdown, Dec 2004). He also
appeared in the 2006 documentary
film “The Indigo Evolution”
along side philosophical greats
Ram Dass and Don Miguel Ruiz
sharing his views on the
potential of gifted children to
change the world. Chris Deckker,
founder of Earthdance
International Festival (www.earthdance.org),
affirmed that Wisdom is “one of
the most progressive and
conscious bands to emerge from
the hip-hop culture. Truly an
electrifying performance!” Carol
Bruno, lead producer of the
legendary Reggae on the River
festival (www.reggaeontheriver.com),
agreed. She beamed: “Wisdom is
conscious, lyrical, cutting edge
hip-hop laced with reggae
dancehall beats… Look out for
these guys!”
His music can be sampled and
purchased at wisdomcreations.com.
In 2006, the band released the
highly anticipated album,
“Growth and Elevation,” which
was recorded both in Prairie Sun
Studios in Northern California
and Moodswing Records in
Hollywood, CA. It features
Jamaica’s own VP recording
artist Warrior King as well as
female vocalists Jemini and
Nasambu, and was produced in
part by former engineer for Baby
Face, BigChris Flores. As a
result of an artistic
transformation which followed
the recent deaths of both his
mother and grandmother, the new
album transcends any previous
musical production Wisdom has
released.
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