Dizzy Wright

You just donot become a leader in one year. You are prepped for it. When you are at your lowest—but you got that faith—that gives you motivation. And when you have that motivation, thats what makes you a leader, says Las Vegas native Dizzy Wright. Beyond his years at 22, Dizzy has been one of the first Sin City rappers to grab the spotlight and carry it across the globe.

Although SmokeOut Conversations could be dismissed as just marijuana music, the inspiration behind the concept is deeply personal to Dizzy. The rapper asserts, I didnt want people to perceive me as this weed rapper with a weed album. Instead, he admits that a key moment in creating the album came from his first encounter with his father. I did a show in Detroit with Hopsin, and I got to meet my father for the first time. I was trying to figure out what he was gonna be like. He went to jail a couple months before I was born, and then he got out 20 years later. To buffer the circumstances, Dizzy and his Pops eased tensions with some help. When I finally met him, all we did was smoke and talk. We just got to do a lot of catchin up, lotta talkin, and lotta smokin. After his father traveled to several dates with the Funk Volume family, Dizzy left the experience with a title and theme for his debut album.

The independent album produced two multimillion-view videos on YouTube, Solo Dolo and Cant Trust Em. Dizzy was specific in giving his expanding base both sides of his repertoire. The first was Dizzys most personal record, while the second had, what he calls that now-sound. Both resonated, and the rapper was able to go from doing shows to doing concerts in his relentless touring with label-mates. Reflecting, he notes, I was just testing the waters. Ready to fully jump in, Wright promises of his forthcoming work, My next album will be the biggest one to date. It will be the perfect material for the fans, cause I understand everything a lot more.