During the first decade of the new millennium, St. Louis gave birth to some of the hip-hop industry’s top artists. While Nelly, Chingy, and a handful of others were making national headlines St. Louis began to separately but simultaneously blossom a brawny underground hip-hop scene. Wut Metaphysical was conceived in this era of basement battles and neighborhood cyphers. In 2001 Wut Metaphysical started creating music with an underground collective named Dead Republic. The crew originally consisted of Wut Metaphysical, Emcee Noiz, and Jessica McElwrath but latter added emcees Free, Alleyes Manifest, DropJaw, and Matti Burns. Dead Republic made its dent in the Midwest rocking local shows, hosting battles, touring nearly every Midwest city, playing festivals like Cornerstone, and generating media coverage including magazines and newspaper covers. In 2005 Wut Metaphysical joined the mysterious underground hip-hop crew Shadow of the Locust and as emcee and later producer. It was a perfect fit. Wut Metaphysical resonates with SOTL’s dark, emotional/spiritual vibe and adds to the crew a cohesive element. Later that year Shadow of the Locust headed south of the boarder on tour where they preformed shows in Brazil’s impoverished cities. The trip was musical yet missional as the crew worked in construction projects and visited orphanages. In 2006 Wut released his debut album, Last of the Metaphysical Poets, which featured a spectrum of guests like RedCloud, Hochii (of Technicali), Stu Dent (of DeepSpace5), Pregador Luo (Brazil’s most popular emcee of the crew Apocalipse 16), Man of War, and Dirt (from Shadow of the Locust). The album created a buzz that Wut road all the way through the majority of the U. S. states on tour. Wut Metaphysical’s style of music is defined as hip-hop by the broad sense of the term, but with a shadowy, rock twist. Reviews have noted the eclectic and lyrical nature of Wut’s creations; one sums it up in only three words, “dope abstract poetry.” A review at hip-hop magazine Sphere of Hip Hop explains, “Wut is a genius when it comes to lyricism. His stories and concepts are amazing and insanely thought provoking.” Others have made comparisons to old school hip-hop groups Company Flow and Arrested Development. Wut sets himself apart from the rest of the underground hip-hop population with a propensity for elaborate word play and spiritual messages, which does not by definition mean soft, as listeners can testify. In addition to this, Wut has gained popularity among rock (hardcore and punk) fans and poets, earning him the title as a cross-over artist. Oakland, California became home base for Wut Metaphysical in 2008. In the summer 2009 Wut toured much of the U. S. with Rock for Life, a Pro-Life organization, which is no surprise. Wut frequently makes his mind known in political arenas, works as an advocate of social justice, and even claims to aim his music career more towards philanthropy than the lucrative successes of the music industry. Wut was noted at the Jena 6 rally in September of 2007 and helped to reconstruct orphanages in Haiti in 2010 after its devastating earthquake. Of late, Wut Metaphysical announced the release of an EP titled Lay Down The Law which will feature the anticipated songs “8-Track” and “Inheritance” which was released earlier in a music video filmed at the 2010 Walk for Life in San Francisco.