West Philadelphia rapper OneTakeDave mixes hip-hop over jazz and soul influenced beats. Born in the midst of hip-hop culture with DJ Disco Dave of Philadelphia’s Mighty B-Force crew for a father, he was exposed to classic soul and funk music early in life. He would later go on to combine those styles with his own influences from philly’s battle rap culture and artists, Mos Def and Ice Cube. Taking all of those influences in he began his career as a rap artist.

His first official mixtape was Take One.

Later, he released a collaboration project with artist, Maui Melodic entitled, Paradise Painters.

In 2016 he release the 2nd installment of his “Take” series called, Take Two.

He formed the art and music collective, OnTheDaily with music artists Jizza Raw, TwizzMatic &amp;amp; FeltonST. and visual artists TinaMusicAddict &amp;amp; Tel

Following his first “ForTheFree” Show featuring artist from OnTheDaily he released the free-flowing single, $FREE.99 featuring Boston artist, mikefellow.

He released his first official EP, Shangri-La this September with featured appearances by Ler Stevens and TwizzMatic.

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Brooklyn native, raised in Philly. I mainly want to make people aware of things happening around them, give great vibes & perspectives, and change minds about certain things. I am Alexander Werd.

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