Wise Words are words of advice from people working in the arts and entertainment industry. But they won’t just give me advice, they’ll also provide some to themselves. These words are from Harlem’s own, ESSO. Enjoy and learn something.
Photo taken by Mikey ISO
Don’t be afraid to be a Rebel.
Too many of us are scared to be different. It’s easy enough to adopt whatever the season’s uniform is and blend into what everyone else deems cool. It takes a different breed of Man or Woman to decide that they’re not like everybody else. We owe it to ourselves to be ourselves.
The road less travelled is the road less travelled for a good reason. It’s usually not paved as well. But generally the rewards at the end of it far outweigh the work that it takes to navigate it. Plus there’s way less traffic. Walk your own road, leave the first set of footprints. Dont be afraid to be a Rebel. New ideas are only introduced by the people who rebel against whatever is currently accepted.
I have to understand that I’ve chosen to be a rebel in this life and accept it. I’ve chosen to create my own path and I walk it every day. I have to live with the ups and downs of that decision. The perks and setbacks. The highlights and downfalls.
ESSO is a Rapper and Songwriter from Harlem, NY. He’s been named Unsigned Hype by The Source Magazine, featured in XXL Magazine & Beyond Race Magazine’s 50 Artists to watch in 2010, and he’s released 2 videos that were added to rotation on MTVJams.
ESSO has also performed across the country in New York, Las Vegas and Washington DC, played at CMJ in 2008, and played South By Southwest. Up next, he’ll be releasing the Californication EP in November of 2010 and Ascension in early-mid 2011.
If ESSO wasn’t doing music, he’d wish to be in the MLB playing for the Yankees. But instead for now, he’s a playable character in the Streetball mode of the recently released NBA2K11 video game. So go ahead and dunk on or dunk with him. Then, follow ESSO on Twitter and check out his website.
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Previously: Wise Words from Chaise Marcel
