ANTONIO WILDER AKA UNKASA WAS BORN IN HARLEM ,NY IN THE 70S. HE WAS BORN TO BE A STAR. HE HAS BEEN RAPPIN AND WRITING SONGS SINCE HE WAS NINE YEARS OLD.
HIS FIRST LOVE WAS DANCING BUT WHEN HIS GODBROTHER INTRODUCED HIM TO HIP HOP MUSIC THAT WAS HIS TOP FOCUS. WHEN HE WAS NINTEEN HE GOT HIS FIRST RECORDING DEAL ON BLACKGROUND RECORDS, BARRY HANKERSON SIGNED HIM IN FIFTEEN MINUTES AT THE FIRST MEETING, BUT THE DEAL AT BLACKGROUND DID NOT LAST LONG DO TO THE FACT THAT LABEL CHANGE STAFF . UNKASA WAS OUT OF A RECORD DEAL .
SHORTLY AFTER THAT HE MOVED TO CHICAGO TO WORK WITH RAP ARTIST AND GOOD FRIEND LUPE FIASCO, IN WHICH AT THE TIME JUST STARTED HIS ON LABEL 1ST AND 15TH WITH HIS MANAGER CHILL. BEFORE GOING TO CHICAGO HE RECORDED A SONG WITH DIPLOMAT CEO CAMRON, NOT KNOWIN THAT SONG WAS GONNA CHANGE HIS LIFE. THE SONG WAS THE FIRST SONG ON THE DIPLOMATS DEBUT ALBUM “DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY”. AFTER THAT HE WAS ON ALL DIPLOMAT MIXTAPES FEATURING ARTISTS SUCH AS JUELZ SANTANA , HELL RELL, JIM JONES, JR WRITER, ETC . AS THE MOVEMENT GREW SO DID THE FAMILY— AN OFFSPRING OF DIPSET “{PURPLE CITY}” WAS STARTED BY SHIEST BUBZ. UNKASA MET SHIEST BUBZ IN THE STREETS OF HARLEM AS A LOCAL HUSTLER, BUT THEY BOTH RESPECTED EACH OTHERS AMBITIONS WITH MUSIC SO THEY STARTED THEIR OWN LABEL “PURPLE CITY” WITH 90’S RAP STAR (8-OFF). THE TRIO’S GRIND WITH MUSIC CAME OUT AND THE STREETS LOVED IT. IN LATE 2004 THE LABEL GOT A 50/50 VENTURE WITH BABYGRANDE RECORD EXEC. CHUCK WILSON( SOUL PLANE). PURPLE CITY’S FIRST RELEASE ON BABYGRANDE WAS “ROAD 2 RICHES”. SHORTYLY AFTER THE “PARIS 2 PURPLE CITY” ALBUM AND NOW “THE PURPLE ALBUM” THAT IS EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY DIPLOMATS OWN JIM JONES, NOW SET TO BE RELEASED ON BABYGRANDE / KRAYONBOX/ PURPLE CITY RECORDS . UNKASA SOLO LP THE {MOTION PICTURE} COMING JULY… NUFF SAID HOLLA BACK!!!!! |
