IZZY MAN is a creator and rap genius, transforming thoughts, Sega and Nintendo samples, and Mighty Morphin Power Ranger colors into words, music, movement, and new rap songs. Trained in the art of slam poetry and spoken word, his childhood journey through NY allowed him to sample the best that hiphop culture had to offer; picking up rhythm from the Organize Chaos Step Team of Brooklyn Tech HS and Terps Dance Company at SUNY Oneonta, to spittin poetry at a national level with the Intangible Collective in NYC. Using less world star hip hop and more love and hip hop, he and his band won Kollaboration NY 2013 , sharing the stage with Asian American performers like Mitchell Grey and Bea Go. He was hand picked by Talib Kweli to be featured on his 2010 Blacksmith Community Mixtape, has performed at the first annual McDonald's BBoy Royale 2014, The Roots Picnic 2013 warming up the crowd for Macklemore and Ryan Lewis and Naughty By Nature, opened up for Dumbfoundead, Awkwafina, Clara C, and Aijia, and is currently performing regular hiphop sets all over NYC including Bowery Electric, Arlene's Grocery, Toshi's Living Room and Penthouse, BB Kings, Circle Nightclub, Muchmore's, and Stage48. GENESIS began in 2009, has been thru various iterations, symphonies, performances, recordings, and rebirths. This album could not have existed without all the ups and downs that come with creation, and each and every one of these amazing people were crucial to this process. Thanks to my team of creative writers, musicians, artists, collaborators, publicists, coordinators, videographers, and inspiration machines: Nancy Yi, Jon Bell, Adrian Bridges, Ryota Sugawara, Bea Go, Joseph Ayinde Hye, Adam Buzz Lee, Carlo Shift the MC Rafol, Danny Zenith, Danny D Hype Lopez, Alexa Abrams, Arthur Evo Luk, Norman Lam, Horin Yip, Keith Fung-Sen, Joshua Cayabyab, Eleni Manaloto, Annalee Manaloto, Tiffany Charbonier, Bianca Romero, Joanna Lin, Vivake Khamsingsavath, Lizzy Zevallos, Michael Huang, Ashley Canastra, Yuena Li, Brian Omni Dillon, Rey Bamboo MC Melendez, Kollaboration NYC, Jesus Christ, and Hip Hop. Special shoutouts that this album could not have sounded the way it was without the patience, professionalism, and quality mixing/mastering from the brother Jeremy Remix Siegel aka YUNG SUN and to the paradise that is Heard City Studios. Sweat, blood, tears, time, fails, wins, highs, lows, ya'll made this chubby 'illipino's dreams come true; to create something that inspires me continuously and to inspire others to create. if you love; say love.