Today we’d like to introduce you to Isaiah Watts aka Xero.
Isaiah, we’d love to hear your story and how you got to where you are today both personally and as an artist.
Life started pretty easy for me throughout my childhood. I had both my parents, and I played football. I was in church. We didn’t have a lot of money, so I swept hair in the barbershop for extra money. Then my father lost his job; My grandfather passed away which kinda broke my family. Throughout my teenage years, my father was in and out, In enough to teach certain values, out enough tarnish our relationship. With these struggles and money being low I began making money in the streets around 16 years old. Around 17 I got arrested five days before I was supposed to graduate; this led to my mother learning things about me. I ended up getting kicked out which led to me being homeless — sleeping in abandoned houses. Going to jail multiple times, getting stabbed and more. I was dirt poor for a while, and it wasn’t until my father was hit with two strokes, I decided to devote my life to music and nothing else.
We’d love to hear more about your art. What do you do? Why? And what do you hope others will take away from your work?
I make what you would call Trap Conscience music, All though I’m a creative, so I just like to create. I intend to inspire the people who feel hopeless because that’s where I come from. My music represents self-love and preservation. When you listen to my music, I want you to become fearless and understand you can be who you want despite what the world wants. To remain true to yourself and your morals. To go against the grain not because its a trend but because that’s who you are. To do what you want. Everything in my music is real events and real moments that I have experienced or witness through my life. Authenticity, Originality is so important because it’s at an all-time low.
The sterotype of a starving artist scares away many potentially talented artists from pursuing art – any advice or thoughts about how to deal with the financial concerns an aspiring artist might be concerned about?
My advice is to stay in love with the music, remember why u started and to prioritize. Just spending 80 dollars a week to promote your self or get studio time can make all the difference because I did it. It’s very difficult, but when you invest in your self, it will come back, but you’re gonna have to sacrifice and put music FIRST.
Do you have any events or exhibitions coming up? Where would one go to see more of your work? How can people support you and your artwork?
You can find me on all platforms @rwrxero
Contact Info:
- Email: isaiah.watts316@gmail.com
- Instagram: instagram.com/rwrxero
- Facebook: facebook.com/rwrxero
- Twitter: twitter.com/rwrxero
- Other: https://artists.spotify.com/c/artist/7MiW3EkeCjx6qBmziUATbK/home
Image Credit:
@jhay_dntplay
@drewgotthesauce
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