Artist Spotlight - Weshaven

Welcome to another edition of Po Politickin. In this episode we politick San Diego producer/rapper Weshaven. Artist Bio: Weshaven was born in 1980 and grew up all over San Diego. His mother moved toPortland Oregon in 1989 and during trips to visit her in his early teens he had chancesto run sound at some of the smaller gigs she was playing. With a love for music andlyrics from an early age these live interactions with blues musicians really sparked a fireinside him. He began writing around this time, but didnʼt take it seriously until his senioryear in high school. About a year later he attended a school in Los Angeles for soundengineering. There he had an opportunity to learn on professional equipment and internin real studios recording many types of music.Fast forward a decade or so. After engineering in multiple studios, playing some of thebiggest and smallest venues in Southern California, gaining and losing sponsorships,opening for artists such as Redman, WC, Killah Priest, Ghostface Killah, Slick Rick andmany others as one half of The NUKL HEDZ, Weshaven is settled in at The DungeonRecording Studio in Carlsbad. With two solo projects of his own scheduled for releasebefore summer 2012 and producing artists under his own label teamed with P.O.R. itlooks to be a solid year.With a string of charity events lined up for late spring through early fall Weshaven istrying to give back to the community that created who he is today. The first is scheduledfor late May at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach. This event will go to help CareHouse for San Diegoʼs troubled and homeless youth, as well as selling T-Shirts to helpa local Vista family, The Peltierʼs, with an infant son set to undergo his second openheart surgery before the age of 2. The estimates state over 2,000 children within San Diego alone are homeless. Under served youth statistics are much higher.For more info on Care House, you can visit there web page at www.carehouseinfo.orgThe shows are multi genre events, including DJ's, Reggae, Rock and Hip Hop. The firstof which is hosted by Def Jam and Stand Up Revolution comic Tommy Chunn. With anart show and auction of San Diego artists as well to include all walks of life in thecharity.For more info on these events, or if you'd like to get involved email Weshaven [email protected] or www.facebook.com/wes.haven