The Nickname Dude (Introduction)http://www.myspace.com/thenicknamedude
In 1983, the year hip hop broke,a day before Lent (meaning repentance) called Mardi Gras spawned the coming of New Orleans's native "The Nickname Dude". Born Earl Washington and raised in the infamous downtown 9th ward area of the city, there is no questioning where the constructive sloppy poetry emerged from. The strategy of linguistics performed in up and coming project titled: "Pickn Up A Potato Chip Bag" presents itself as a scientific, street mental but spiritual rooted start of a movement. Its monumental art stems from the mindstate of a lifestyle, which is the foundation of his independent record label Neva II Much. Growing up around the theatrics of the ballers, stunters, street hustlers and killers, Earl did not take the form of the ryme to model himself behind these gimmickal things. In fact, it is explained as a heaven sent gift that he did not have plans for until the age of 20. In his full realization from the accumulative events of the criminal ...
