TooCool embraces his two cultures to craft one hell of a sound. The Philadelphia native grew up in a small city called Reading  and would constantly find himself surrounded by the streets. Being a young black man growing up in an impoverished community, he was often surrounded by gang members, murders, and other individuals. When he eventually moved to New York for school he was free of those bonds for the moment and discovered a deep passion for music. While he first was introduced to it as a dancer, he soon found a growing need to express himself in more direct ways and talk about his life experiences in a meaningful way. This is where making the music came into play, and before long TooCool would begin to write his first bars as a rapper.
He utilizes his unique perspective as an American to show the two sides to his coin. On one side you have the black man who has never been fully expected by the higher-ups within society and has had to deal with poverty and institutionalism at every turn. On the other side, you have a Native American; someone who has been pushed aside by the government and felt a sense of displacement in a land that is rightfully his. He weaves this intricate tale through a balanced lyrical attack while rapping over some intoxicating trap instrumentals. His debut album, “Hood Rezervation,” shows the best of his abilities over a fourteen-track journey, and proves that TooCool is far from finished telling the world his side of the story!

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