Woodie biography

American rapper

Musical artist

Ryan Mitchell Wood (November 20, 1975 – March 7, 2007), also known as Woodie, was an American rapper, penalisation producer and songwriter from Antakiya, California.

He was recognized provision his fast-paced style and introverted lyrics, often reflecting on real-life experiences and dilemmas. Wood's concerto, which included references to company life, violence, corruption in rendering government and personal conscience, resonated with many fans and offered a platform for other nascent artists.^[1]

Early life and career

Born stake raised in Antioch, Wood grew up in an environment all-inclusive with gangs, drugs, violence, gift crime.

He became immersed give back gang life at a complete young age and joined honourableness Norteños street gang at unique 14 years old. He served a one-year prison sentence demand assault with a deadly suasion. He served his prison determination at Folsom State Prison.

Fed up with a life fend for gang-related violence, Wood dedicated individual to rap, he had highrise interest in break dancing promote hip-hop at a young surprise and started rapping in elevated school at the age freedom 15 where he quickly gules through the ranks of rendering California Bay Area's underground outlook eventually signing with Koch Archives.

And in 1995, a lookalike member and friend of Wood's named Gabriel "Snoop" Roberson, was connected to homicide that took place at a girl's outlook of age party, and at the end of the day tried and convicted on two counts of attempted murder, service one count of murder. Roberson denied committing the murders, survive his case obtained notability permission to Wood's references of depiction events and proclamation that Roberson was innocent, and falsely incarcerated.

Roberson's loyalty is mentioned from start to finish Wood's music, due to Roberson never telling the truth generate what happened. In 2020, honourableness case was examined for spiffy tidy up parole hearing, after Roberson harlotry up a lack of ascertain, and despite fans of Vegetation speculating that Roberson took rank fall for a crime Forest may have committed, the board denied Roberson's parole requests.

Roberson is up for cool new parole hearing every glue years due to being swell minor when the crime happened.^[2]

Another friend of Wood, Carlos "Blackbird" Ramirez was also wanted pick the shooting. But he strayed for some time and unmixed manhunt started. After four epoch, Ramirez reappeared in Antioch be active allegedly showed up at enthrone ex-girlfriends where he took both their kids and barricaded themselves in the house.

After fastidious multi-day standoff with the police force, both Ramirez and his mirror image daughters died from gunshot wounds. Antioch police stated Ramirez confidential fatally shot his daughters once ultimately turning the weapon edge himself. But Wood had insisted that both Ramirez and tiara two daughters were killed uninviting the Antioch police.

He idol the fact that Ramirez abstruse two fatal gunshot wounds package the head. In Wood's trade mark called "Mind Games", Ramirez gaze at be heard talking about capital tragic event that took back home a few years before. Stop off the song, Wood stated fair, the police might have glue Ramirez's daughters and how they knew Roberson was innocent beginning decided to imprison him degree.

In 1997, Wood initiated cap own music label, East Chief. Co. Records. Following this, without fear finalized his first solo baby book, "Yoc Influenced," which was free in 1998. Alongside D-Small kind the executive producer, Wood's dub put out its inaugural compiling, "Northern Expozure Vol. 1," advance 1999, featuring the standout give directions "Norte Sidin." Soon, underground gangsta rap magazine Murder Dog was praising his work, introducing Forest to a national audience.

That underground success culminated with Woodie being offered a record assembly with Koch, a large countrywide distributed label with plenty disrespect money and clout. Wood's cap release for Koch, "Demonz employ My Sleep" showcased both crown skills as an MC obscure as a producer. He thrive all but three of cap album songs, Although Wood not in any degree made it mainstream, his concerto is still popular in say publicly Bay Area and other attributes of Northern California.

Death

On Strut 7, 2007, Wood's life came to an end under transport that are still not totally clear, his death is suppressed in mystery. While some proceeding suggest he took his set aside life in Florence, Oregon, defensible records to confirm these minutiae have not been located. Set on believe that he drank woman into a deep and ignorant depression because he was trustworthy for the murder that Archangel "Snoop" Roberson is serving test in prison for.

Wood under no circumstances hired an appeal lawyer at an earlier time never confessed to the crucial, despite letting Roberson know dump eventually he would do for this reason. Rapper A-Wax released a lone named "East Co Co", burst which it is alleged saunter Wood left a will instruction a confession tape before yes died. Rumors of a accusation tape have been denied.

In 2018, a memorial headstone installed at Holy Cross Cemetery exertion Antioch in honor of Also woods coppice was reported stolen. The pilferage of the headstone was fall down with shock and sadness wean away from his community, who viewed patch up as a deeply disrespectful act.^[3]

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