Wrekonize

Born in London, England but raised in Miami, Florida, rapper Ben Miller (aka Wrekonize) is a member of the Mayday! crew who maintains a solo career as well. Coming up through Florida’s battle rap circuit, he dropped his debut mixtape, The Chaotic Knowledge Sessions, in 2001. Two years later he entered contract negotiations with Roc-A-Fella Records, but as the deal slowly crumbled, Wrekonize moved on to the South Beat label and dropped the mixtape The Waiting Room in 2006. The Elevator Music mixtape followed in 2007, while 2009 saw Wrekonize joining fellow South Beat artists Mayday! on their mixtape Lords of the Fly. After an appearance on Tech N9ne’s album Welcome to Strangeland, Mayday! signed with Tech’s Strange Music label and released their official debut, Take Me to Your Leader, in 2012. The label released Wrekonize’s solo effort, The War Within, in 2013. The album featured productions from DJ Sharpsound and Michael "Seven" Summers, plus guest artists Bernz, Posdnous, and Tech N9ne. Mayday! released Believers in 2013, following by a Murs collaboration in 2014 titled ¡Mursday! A third Mayday! collection, Future/Vintage, was issued in 2015. Wrekonize returned to his own solo material in 2016 with the track “Last Day Alive.” The singles “Clones” and “Unknown Number” followed in 2017. ~ David Jeffries