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Artist
Wes Fif
12+ albums
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about
Orlando has yet to break into the beast known in hip-hop as the south. Wes Fif is destined to change that. Arguably, he is Orlando’s most talented artist and depending on whom you ask, is one of Florida’s top unsigned talents. Emerging from the Westside of Orlando’s, Ivey Lane section, Wes saw the customary street hardships: drugs, poverty, robbery, and murder. “I seen the regular type of shit you see coming up in the hood,” comments Wes. “Them crooked ass crackas, niggas selling, jugs running up and down the street, niggas getting they head caved in or blown off one.” Six feet under was not a trail that a young Wes Fif sought to follow, so he decided to obtain his own path towards making it out of the deadly cycle that many young men whom do not get to grow and see life outside of Ivey Lane get stuck in. Wes Fif was born into hip-hop after writing a track to the instrumental for Da Brat’s “Funkdafied” at the age of 11. His unique stage name originates from Orlando’s State Road 50 (Colonial Drive), which runs East-West throughout the entire city. The road is divided into two sections: East 50 on the Eastside and West 50 on the Westside. “I’m from the Westside, so I took West Fifty and shortened it to Wes Fif, since I feel like I’m a representation of the whole Westside,” Wes states with pride. Hip-hop is where his heart and mind lays and he sees no other career choice. “I love every aspect of it, from the lyrical aspect, to the beats with that quake; down to the way,
