wess

Westley Earl Crawford was born on April 17, 1988 in Sacramento,California. He was born into a life of gang-banging and hustling.His father was addict to Crack Cocaine. Drugs and guns were all around Wess growing up. At around the age of 8 Wess father abandoned him and his family due to lack of drug use. Wess's intelligence was acknowledged by his sisters Peers growing up and he usually helped his Mother and his Handicap sister around their house. Emma (Westley's) Mother Noticed the skills he was showing and signed him up in school be in drum line.It Seemed to him that every time Wess heard a different pattern of a instrument motion he'd sing along with it which influenced him to rap,Seven years later Wess Percussionist & Rap skills were at a level attained by those who were practicing for years, Not only did Wess know how to make beats he would Challenge anyone who approached him at Washington High School.Wess's adolescence was one of many hardships,He felt like there was not enough money coming in so he and his older cousin Marcus quickly had a monopoly on the drug trade, That was short lived however. On October 15, 2006, Marcus was shot execution style by an assailant five times. After hearing the gun shots next door, Westley used his cell phone and called the ambulance. Marcus didn't make it to the hospital he died on the way there. While mourning his older cousin, he told his younger brother Shaun to go out and buy all of the classic hip hop albums. This included Big's "Ready To Die",T.I. "Trap Muzik" , Eminem "Eminem LP", Jay-Z's "Reasonable Doubt", and albums by NWA,he studied these albums in an almost scientific manner. In the beginning, his flows were weak, but Wess was a quick study and eventually learned better freestyling skills. He took elements from his favorite rappers and formulized them into his own persona and style. After That Crawford Started making his very own local albums performing at open mike nights at Blue Bar in pensacola, Florida.By doing this he ran into a club owner Double D that had alot of connections.In July 2, 2007 Double D had Wess perform With Micah (Paster Troy) Troy at Club Dimensions for a Pre Fourth of July banquet.In Fall of 2007 Wess Met a promoter Andrew Forbes in his home town Pensacola, Florida.Who Excelled and Distributed Wess's Music to Dj's all in the southern area.With this acheivement wess has been on five of Dj Frogie and Dj Co-lock Mixtapes. He also traveled to Atlanta for his recordings with (Sounds Of Atlanta) where he created His hit single (Biggity Bounce). In March 5, 2008, one of Wess sisters,Tori who was just 15 passed away at Sacred Heart Hospital.Tori died the day Wess visited her in the hospital promising that things would be better.In the summer of 2009 Wess ran into a plug inside CTE's corp to see if he could get signed but things werent going as they were promised so wess backed out of the deal.