Born Patrick Denard Douthit in Winston-Salem, NC, 9th Wonder is a Grammy Aw… Read Full Bio ↴Born Patrick Denard Douthit in Winston-Salem, NC, 9th Wonder is a Grammy Award Winning Producer, DJ, College Lecturer, and Social Activist. Since his introduction to hip-hop in 1982, 9th has been immersed in the music and culture of the art form, while gaining experience in music theory throughout middle and high school. 9th attended North Carolina Central University, where he decided to pursue a career in music. He, along with Phonte Coleman and Thomas Jones (Rapper Big Pooh), formed the hip-hop trio Little Brother in 1998. The group released the critically acclaimed album The Listening, which received 4 mics in Source Magazine.
9th was then tapped to produce a track on Jay-Z's Black Album, which became his first major label placement. From there, 9th Wonder produced 3 songs for the R&B Super group Destiny's Child on the album "Destiny Fulfilled ("Girl", "Is She the Reason", "Game Over"), won a Grammy with Mary J. Blige for her album The BreakThrough ("Good Woman Down"), Erykah Badu's "Honey", and "20 Feet Tall" on the album New Amerykah 1 and 2, Ludacris' "Do the Right Thang", a song featuring Common and Spike Lee, and most recently David Banner on the album Death of a Popstar. 9th will also be working with Drake for the second time on his sophomore album release. 9th also has 3 albums with Murs, an Emcee that hails from MidCity, CA, in which all three albums have received critical acclaim.
9th was chosen by Aaron McGruder to score music for the critically acclaimed series "The Boondocks". He has endorsed companies such as M-Audio Electronics, FL Studio, LRG Clothing Company, and Creative Recreation Shoe Company. 9th Wonder was one of 12 individuals selected by The Pepsi Corporation for the African American Calender, "The First Of Many". 9th has also worked on an album with Hollywood actor Idris Elba.
He is the president, founder and CEO of It's a Wonderful World Music Group, which focuses on catering to the 28 to 40 year old demographic of hip-hop music lovers, 9th Wonder hosts a radio show along with Kyle Santillian on Soul 104.5 FM in Fayetteville, NC called "TRUE SCHOOL RADIO" playing the first 24 years of hip-hop, along with 80's R&B, and New Jack Swing.
9th Wonder and six other individuals founded the True School Corporation in 2006 to celebrate the music, culture, and film of 70's babies and The Spike Lee Era. In the United States there are millions of Black Americans between the ages of 28-40 that grew up in a time where hip-hop was diverse, informative, and soulful. These same individuals have gone on to become doctors, lawyers, accountants, dentists, etc., and still have a love of what hip-hop used to be. The media has demonized hip-Hop in the last 10 years; so many Black Americans tend to shy away from the picture that the media has created for hip-hop. True School has changed the minds of the generation before us (50's and 60's babies) and let them know that emcees such as Chuck D, Rakim, KRS-One, The Native Tongues, Outkast, and countless other has had much of an effect on our lives as our teachers and educators.
9th believes in the preservation of Black Music throughout all its divisions (jazz, gospel, funk, soul, afrobeat, hip-hop), and its connections to music enthnocology and the African diaspora. 9th was recently appointed the National Ambassador For Hip-Hop Relations and Culture for the NAACP by Ben Jealous, President of The NAACP, where he leads a board of PhD's, Hip-Hop Artists, and Juris Doctorates. 9th was recently interviewed by Neill McNeill of FOX 8 News in The Piedmont, NC, for a segment entitled "NewsMaker", to showcase North Carolinians who are making a difference in the community. 9th Wonder is also a member of the Zulu Nation, a hip-hop peace organization started by Afrika Bambaataa in 1973.
9th was appointed Artist in Residence by former North Carolina Central University Chancellor James Ammons (now President of Florida A&M University) in the fall of 2006. An Artist in Residence is someone involved heavily in the music industry to conduct a course or seminar of a particular subject. He was approached by Dr. Kawachi Clemons, PhD of Education, to develop a course called "Hip Hop in Context, 1973-1997, a study of the development and cultural history of Hip-Hop starting with James Brown in the late 1960's, going all the way to death of The Notorious B.I.G. in 1997. He is now currently an Adjunct Professor at Duke University while still traveling the country lecturing at different universities.
"You have to see one to be one." Hip-Hop is now making its 20yr generational turn, and there are a new breed of artists who are children of the first hip-hop generation, that have studied that generation's sound, look, and feel. "If the younger generation. . . " he continues. With President Barack Obama's message, and the new movement of hip-hop hipsters. . . "Along with several colleagues, I plan to have Summits, Festivals, and lecture panel series throughout the year, to show kids the true manifestation of the hip-hop culture and lifestyles," 9th says.
"Hip-Hop is the voice of at least 2 generations. At one time, it was the POSITIVE voice, as stated earlier. Chuck D was the black history teacher I never had, along with countless other black Americans my age. It can be that again, but with the right voices and the right players. As the late Curtis Mayfield said, "We must educate and Well as Entertain."
9th was then tapped to produce a track on Jay-Z's Black Album, which became his first major label placement. From there, 9th Wonder produced 3 songs for the R&B Super group Destiny's Child on the album "Destiny Fulfilled ("Girl", "Is She the Reason", "Game Over"), won a Grammy with Mary J. Blige for her album The BreakThrough ("Good Woman Down"), Erykah Badu's "Honey", and "20 Feet Tall" on the album New Amerykah 1 and 2, Ludacris' "Do the Right Thang", a song featuring Common and Spike Lee, and most recently David Banner on the album Death of a Popstar. 9th will also be working with Drake for the second time on his sophomore album release. 9th also has 3 albums with Murs, an Emcee that hails from MidCity, CA, in which all three albums have received critical acclaim.
9th was chosen by Aaron McGruder to score music for the critically acclaimed series "The Boondocks". He has endorsed companies such as M-Audio Electronics, FL Studio, LRG Clothing Company, and Creative Recreation Shoe Company. 9th Wonder was one of 12 individuals selected by The Pepsi Corporation for the African American Calender, "The First Of Many". 9th has also worked on an album with Hollywood actor Idris Elba.
He is the president, founder and CEO of It's a Wonderful World Music Group, which focuses on catering to the 28 to 40 year old demographic of hip-hop music lovers, 9th Wonder hosts a radio show along with Kyle Santillian on Soul 104.5 FM in Fayetteville, NC called "TRUE SCHOOL RADIO" playing the first 24 years of hip-hop, along with 80's R&B, and New Jack Swing.
9th Wonder and six other individuals founded the True School Corporation in 2006 to celebrate the music, culture, and film of 70's babies and The Spike Lee Era. In the United States there are millions of Black Americans between the ages of 28-40 that grew up in a time where hip-hop was diverse, informative, and soulful. These same individuals have gone on to become doctors, lawyers, accountants, dentists, etc., and still have a love of what hip-hop used to be. The media has demonized hip-Hop in the last 10 years; so many Black Americans tend to shy away from the picture that the media has created for hip-hop. True School has changed the minds of the generation before us (50's and 60's babies) and let them know that emcees such as Chuck D, Rakim, KRS-One, The Native Tongues, Outkast, and countless other has had much of an effect on our lives as our teachers and educators.
9th believes in the preservation of Black Music throughout all its divisions (jazz, gospel, funk, soul, afrobeat, hip-hop), and its connections to music enthnocology and the African diaspora. 9th was recently appointed the National Ambassador For Hip-Hop Relations and Culture for the NAACP by Ben Jealous, President of The NAACP, where he leads a board of PhD's, Hip-Hop Artists, and Juris Doctorates. 9th was recently interviewed by Neill McNeill of FOX 8 News in The Piedmont, NC, for a segment entitled "NewsMaker", to showcase North Carolinians who are making a difference in the community. 9th Wonder is also a member of the Zulu Nation, a hip-hop peace organization started by Afrika Bambaataa in 1973.
9th was appointed Artist in Residence by former North Carolina Central University Chancellor James Ammons (now President of Florida A&M University) in the fall of 2006. An Artist in Residence is someone involved heavily in the music industry to conduct a course or seminar of a particular subject. He was approached by Dr. Kawachi Clemons, PhD of Education, to develop a course called "Hip Hop in Context, 1973-1997, a study of the development and cultural history of Hip-Hop starting with James Brown in the late 1960's, going all the way to death of The Notorious B.I.G. in 1997. He is now currently an Adjunct Professor at Duke University while still traveling the country lecturing at different universities.
"You have to see one to be one." Hip-Hop is now making its 20yr generational turn, and there are a new breed of artists who are children of the first hip-hop generation, that have studied that generation's sound, look, and feel. "If the younger generation. . . " he continues. With President Barack Obama's message, and the new movement of hip-hop hipsters. . . "Along with several colleagues, I plan to have Summits, Festivals, and lecture panel series throughout the year, to show kids the true manifestation of the hip-hop culture and lifestyles," 9th says.
"Hip-Hop is the voice of at least 2 generations. At one time, it was the POSITIVE voice, as stated earlier. Chuck D was the black history teacher I never had, along with countless other black Americans my age. It can be that again, but with the right voices and the right players. As the late Curtis Mayfield said, "We must educate and Well as Entertain."
Shots
9th Wonder Lyrics
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Made a million off a logo with my thumb up
Y'all just getting in the game, 'cause you butt fuck
Whoa, no shots, no shots, no no (If I sing it's cool)
I feel like I'm the Messiah, a rebirth of creatures who bowing to the most high
They knees hurt from praying to the whats his face, begging to be blessed
There's something above me, I'm just a God of what's left, cut the check
I was gone for a year off the fructose,
Contemplating putting fucking bullets in the suit coats, who knows
Go do it with a wizard, wave a magic wand turn summer into winter
I worship from warships, play PGA courses, hit the AVN awards 'cause the porn chicks need more dick
I force fit, and put it in her body like a swordsmith, have her eating E pills like corn chips
How you defeat a motherfucker with some body armor,
Headshots turn him sweet and sour like an Arne Palmer
Dalai Lama holy as me, got it locked holding the key
No shots, no shots, no no
Okay, niggas squading up again, wipe the nail polish and lipstick from these broads and get in this
You talk it you don't live it, instead niggas flexin' on that sus shit, Richard Simmons
Can't stomach what you giving
Start with body blows, give the beat a headshot
Toss the Glock, flee the scene with red socks
Trap kill a nigga, that manilla nigga
Your boyfriend probably feeling better if I'm chilling with ya
Like coughing up phlegm from an unfiltered cig, I'm the illest spitta
A Dutch or a Swisher, you always want bigger
Turn it up nigga
9th Wonder, beats stomp like blunt guts nigga
This is most dope baby, what else could you want
Fuck with that bottom shelf, nah choose us
Mac showed me how to change my life in 2 months
Tell my girl take out life insurance 'cause I do stunt (Yeah I do stunt)
No shots, no shots, no no
Let's continue the communition, all of my partners ripped to this life like
Behind bars whenever we start a sentence
And crunch time we play the game like it's Olympics
Niggas be flexin' in the booth, would've thought we was some gymnasts
And that's without warming up, just raising the bar
Most Dope, REMember Music, my clique be taking it far
Got ties with the upper skies, we practice aviation
All my peoples tryin' to reach billboards and new vacations
So start hatin' if you wanna it's nothing new to us
This extra shit they doin' in they pool it ain't cool to us
All them stunts, all them bunts wasn't out the park
Fake shit illuminate, once we pullin' out the dark
So keep your mask on nigga play your position
I brought some famish niggas with me to slay your condition
And stop acting like you niggas came with permission
One phone call could have the goonies turn this into friction
No shots, no shots, no no
I walk up in this bitch like I'm Kanye on a Friday
Then hit the highway, man you gotta leave your driveway
So I'm living every moment like it's fucking my day
And I need me a Beyonce for a fiancé, okay
So please little nigga learn your lesson, before you count dollars you gotta count your blessings
2pac said is there a ghetto in heaven, 'cause nowadays kids is getting fucked by their reverend
So many people, you gotta make exceptions 'cause they'll look at you with some fuckin' misconception
Like Choo you do drugs, like Choo you shoot slugs
But nah Choo really in here with two sluts
We up, we in here to move bucks
I know niggas with K K K's like Ku Klux
Ain't no math test so choose up
And if you looking for true shit then choose us
These lightskin girls trying to ruin my life
'Cause these straight legged dudes ain't doing 'em right
Yeah, me and my new Crenshaw cutie, pretty in the face but she need a little booty
I got a brown chick that used to sell that white
I told her if she go to jail then she failed at life
I met her at Flog Gnaw, don't ask about paid dues
I put the west coast on my back, and then I made moves
Motherfuckers they must've forgot, now I'm back to rappin' like I gotta take my spot
No shots 'cause I hate getting shot at
John Wilkes-Booth put a bullet through your top hat (No shots)
They tried to assassinate the God
But motherfucker Jamla is the squad
So what's the odds of you coming up, can't fuck with Strange tuck ya chain if you runnin' up (No shots)
Been at it for a decade plus, they only on they first tour and don't respect they bus
'Lil motherfuckers thinkin' they next up, you can't change these rules you got the game messed up
Such and such just bought a new house
Tell that little dude to holler when he twenty years out
Got gold on his neck and gold in his mouth, but he ain't ever went gold what he talking about
That soundscan it don't make you dope
I got underground fans that'll slit your throat
Play this for a chick and watch her panties get soaked
Now she nine months pregnant off some shit that I wrote
Oh, you make music for the stupidos, sing a nice hook but the game need a Rufio
And I ain't fuckin' with them roofies bro, I just mackin' leave that to the susios
Dirty dirty like my mouth for the south is
I wear the same Wans with all of my outfits
Strange Music life yeah I'm really about this
And if you disagree then put my dick where my mouth is
No shots, nooo shots, no no
Y'all just getting in the game, 'cause you butt fuck
Whoa, no shots, no shots, no no (If I sing it's cool)
I feel like I'm the Messiah, a rebirth of creatures who bowing to the most high
They knees hurt from praying to the whats his face, begging to be blessed
There's something above me, I'm just a God of what's left, cut the check
I was gone for a year off the fructose,
Go do it with a wizard, wave a magic wand turn summer into winter
I worship from warships, play PGA courses, hit the AVN awards 'cause the porn chicks need more dick
I force fit, and put it in her body like a swordsmith, have her eating E pills like corn chips
How you defeat a motherfucker with some body armor,
Headshots turn him sweet and sour like an Arne Palmer
Dalai Lama holy as me, got it locked holding the key
No shots, no shots, no no
Okay, niggas squading up again, wipe the nail polish and lipstick from these broads and get in this
You talk it you don't live it, instead niggas flexin' on that sus shit, Richard Simmons
Can't stomach what you giving
Start with body blows, give the beat a headshot
Toss the Glock, flee the scene with red socks
Trap kill a nigga, that manilla nigga
Your boyfriend probably feeling better if I'm chilling with ya
Like coughing up phlegm from an unfiltered cig, I'm the illest spitta
A Dutch or a Swisher, you always want bigger
Turn it up nigga
9th Wonder, beats stomp like blunt guts nigga
This is most dope baby, what else could you want
Fuck with that bottom shelf, nah choose us
Mac showed me how to change my life in 2 months
Tell my girl take out life insurance 'cause I do stunt (Yeah I do stunt)
No shots, no shots, no no
Let's continue the communition, all of my partners ripped to this life like
Behind bars whenever we start a sentence
And crunch time we play the game like it's Olympics
Niggas be flexin' in the booth, would've thought we was some gymnasts
And that's without warming up, just raising the bar
Most Dope, REMember Music, my clique be taking it far
Got ties with the upper skies, we practice aviation
All my peoples tryin' to reach billboards and new vacations
So start hatin' if you wanna it's nothing new to us
This extra shit they doin' in they pool it ain't cool to us
All them stunts, all them bunts wasn't out the park
Fake shit illuminate, once we pullin' out the dark
So keep your mask on nigga play your position
I brought some famish niggas with me to slay your condition
And stop acting like you niggas came with permission
One phone call could have the goonies turn this into friction
No shots, no shots, no no
I walk up in this bitch like I'm Kanye on a Friday
Then hit the highway, man you gotta leave your driveway
So I'm living every moment like it's fucking my day
And I need me a Beyonce for a fiancé, okay
So please little nigga learn your lesson, before you count dollars you gotta count your blessings
2pac said is there a ghetto in heaven, 'cause nowadays kids is getting fucked by their reverend
So many people, you gotta make exceptions 'cause they'll look at you with some fuckin' misconception
Like Choo you do drugs, like Choo you shoot slugs
But nah Choo really in here with two sluts
We up, we in here to move bucks
I know niggas with K K K's like Ku Klux
Ain't no math test so choose up
And if you looking for true shit then choose us
These lightskin girls trying to ruin my life
'Cause these straight legged dudes ain't doing 'em right
Yeah, me and my new Crenshaw cutie, pretty in the face but she need a little booty
I got a brown chick that used to sell that white
I told her if she go to jail then she failed at life
I met her at Flog Gnaw, don't ask about paid dues
I put the west coast on my back, and then I made moves
Motherfuckers they must've forgot, now I'm back to rappin' like I gotta take my spot
No shots 'cause I hate getting shot at
John Wilkes-Booth put a bullet through your top hat (No shots)
They tried to assassinate the God
But motherfucker Jamla is the squad
So what's the odds of you coming up, can't fuck with Strange tuck ya chain if you runnin' up (No shots)
Been at it for a decade plus, they only on they first tour and don't respect they bus
'Lil motherfuckers thinkin' they next up, you can't change these rules you got the game messed up
Such and such just bought a new house
Tell that little dude to holler when he twenty years out
Got gold on his neck and gold in his mouth, but he ain't ever went gold what he talking about
That soundscan it don't make you dope
I got underground fans that'll slit your throat
Play this for a chick and watch her panties get soaked
Now she nine months pregnant off some shit that I wrote
Oh, you make music for the stupidos, sing a nice hook but the game need a Rufio
And I ain't fuckin' with them roofies bro, I just mackin' leave that to the susios
Dirty dirty like my mouth for the south is
I wear the same Wans with all of my outfits
Strange Music life yeah I'm really about this
And if you disagree then put my dick where my mouth is
No shots, nooo shots, no no
These lyrics are from the song "Shots," by 9th Wonder, Big Dho, and Sean Price. The song talks about different situations related to the rap game, as well as the individual personal experiences of the rappers. The first lines of the song contain a reference to the success that 9th Wonder made off of his logo (via merchandise). The line "Y'all just getting in the game, 'cause you butt fuck," seems to be a challenge to other upcoming rappers putting out weak music. The phrase "No shots" is used multiple times throughout the song, allowing the music to not be interpreted as ground for a petty feud.
Sean Price considers himself the rebirth of creatures that bow to the most high, stating that he is a son of God. He also talks about how some people beg to be blessed, while he is the god of what's left and to cut the check. The lines "I was gone for a year off the fructose, contemplating putting f**king bullets in the suit coats, who knows," could refer to Sean Price taking a break from the industry and reflecting on whether he wanted to return or not. He also talks about having worshipped from warships, hit PGA courses, and the AVN awards due to porn chicks needing more dick.
In the third verse, the lines "Let's continue the communication, all of my partners ripped to this life like behind bars whenever we start a sentence," refers to the high stakes that some rappers face when it comes to their music careers. Sean Price warns that one phone call could have "goonies turn this into friction," meaning that the wrong actions can escalate a situation from nothing into something potentially dangerous.
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