His second album, The Monster in the Dark, was released in 2007 and was composed of 18 songs, featuring Mitchy Slick, Spice 1, Beezo, Young Bop, Marvaless, Zigg Zagg and C-Bo. His first studio album, Shoot for the Face, was released in 2006 and included 21 songs, featuring fellow artists Catmando, Guaran-T, West Craven, T-Nutty, Lil Face and Beezo. However, he began to garner a cult following of those who appreciated his incredible rapping speed and verbal ability. He started his career travelling across the United States, selling CDs of his music in order to pay for food and accommodation. He may have been influenced by fellow artists Tech N9ne, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Twista and Busta Rhymes. Twisted Insane raps in the Chopper style of rap, a very fast-paced style that originated in the Midwestern United States. When his first album, Shoot for the Face, came out in 2006, he was homeless at the time. He left home and began travelling around the United States, going from place to place and selling albums of his music for the money he needed for food and accommodation. By the age of 12 he had begun writing rhymes, and has said that after his first live performance he was overwhelmed with emotion from the euphoric experience, and 'immediately became addicted to performing live'. Johnson was born and raised in San Diego, California. He is known for having one of the fastest rapping speeds in the industry. While in Southeast San Diego, he founded the record label Brainsick Muzik, to which other similar rappers are also signed. The atmospheric and varied set included features from Tech N9ne, Rittz, King Kash, and others.Michael Johnson (born September 22, 1982), known by his stage name Twisted Insane, is an American rapper and songwriter from San Diego, California. He released his next album, Dementia, independently in the summer of 2018.
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Though the rumors were false, they led to King Iso angrily cutting ties with Brainsick. Tensions mounted between Brainsick Muzik and King Iso when rumors began circulating that Iso had clandestinely abandoned the label to sign with Tech N9ne's Strange Music. The two became friends and eventually collaborated on Tech's track "Bad JuJu," which appeared on his 2018 album, Planet. On one of these tours, Iso was sought out by Tech N9ne, who came to a show in Kansas City on the recommendation of industry friends who had been buzzing about King Iso's talent. He eventually began working with Twisted Insane's Brainsick Muzik label, which released his breakthrough 2015 mixtape, The Insanity Plea, a project so well received that it inspired the young rapper to officially change his name to King Iso.įollowing 2016's Autophobia, Iso developed tensions with Brainsick Muzik in part from difficult tours and interpersonal issues with Twisted Insane.
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Following the Project Iso mixtape, he adopted the moniker Iso and released a nonstop stream of music, including the multi-volume Different series as well as Venom and IKON, both released in 2014. He first went by the stage name Reali-T, releasing the T-Virus mixtape in 2013 and then Project Iso later that year. His involvement in crime eventually resulted in jail time, and upon his release he grappled with homelessness, low-paying gigs, and trying to leave violent street life behind. His early teen years were equally consumed by rap and gang life. Inspired by the fast-paced multi-syllabic styles of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and the West Coast chopper scene, Iso developed his fast and versatile delivery style early on. He was first exposed to music by his stepfather, playing classic hip-hop albums while he was growing up and beginning to work on his own music at age 13.
Years of focused hard work yielded a series of passionate mixtapes, including 2015's The Insanity Plea, and led to collaborations with bigger-name rappers.īorn into a military family in 1989, Iso moved around a lot before landing in Omaha early in life. The rapper went from struggling with homelessness to signing with Twisted Insane's Brainsick Muzik to eventually falling out with the label and connecting with icon chopper rapper Tech N9ne. Coming up in the supportive yet competitive Omaha, Nebraska independent rap scene, King Iso traveled a twisting path as his drive for music pushed him onward.
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