Invisible Man

01. alias:
The Invisible Man

02. legal name:
Dan Johnson

03. affiliation:
Pre Med

04. category:
writer/lyricist

05. hometown:
Madison

06. why do you live in madison:
The midwest intercepts all different coasts and absorbs their sound while forming our own, madison is where I grew up and learned all these different forms of hip hop from. I like having balance in my life so being in the middle of hip hop suits me at this point in my life.

07. goals:
To become someone people actually listen to, even if only a few are into what I'm doing, and to somehow contribute to putting madison on the map and changing the game.

08. hip hop influences:
Lyrically...Talib Kweli, Lupe Fiasco, Method Man, Royce 5'9", Eminem, Nas, Jay-Z, Outkast, MF Doom, Common, Gza are big influences. Musically...I can't even start listing all those.

09. most memorable hip hop moment:
My first rhyme. Simplistic looking back on it now but when it popped into my head after a night of discovering some old eminem wake up show freestyles I thought it was the most creative shit ever. I keep trying to grow and get that same feeling every time I write new rhymes nad make new music.

10. what do you love about madisons hip hop scene:
Diverse styles that still go together. We've got an overall sound, but it's impossible to describe because of the how different we all are.

11. what would you change about madisons hip hop scene:
Theres a lot of real dudes out there that work on their own but we need to come together, get some collabos going, some mixtapes with 30 different artists on it, something to get the name out there. Madison has the potential to break through to the nation and get known as a whole. I know everyone has their own agenda, I know I've got personal goals for myself that come first, but coming together only brings power in numbers so there's not much to lose.

12. describe the first time you “felt” hip hop:
I've felt hip hop in many different ways, maybe too many different stages in my life to remember...hearing Hi My Name Is on the radio kind of opened the pandoras box. Blackstar and Liquid Swords were big pushes in the right direction, I don't know if I could pin point an exact moment, hip hops been flowing through my veins for a long time, probably even before I knew it, and theres constantly something new to open up the possibilites of it. There's always underground artists that I've never heard of, old school albums that I was too young for, or shit that I just plain slept on. I'm gonna keep feeling hip hop in different ways throughout my whole life.

13. philosophy on life:
Everything needs balance. I'm not on some yin/yang zen shit, or maybe I am I don't know. All I know is that I always find myself striving towards some sort of balance, and that became apparant in my music. I try to put some dark humor and stupid jokes mixed in with more serious shit. No matter what I'm talking about there's always some sort of way I can twist the subject and play with words. I'm still kind of young to have a set philosophy but I think balance is what I'm pushing for for now.

14. other interests beyond hip hop:
Writing. I'm going to college for creative writing so between hip hop and that I definately have a career/life full of being creative and artistic ahead of me.

15. additonal comments:
I'm always up for collabos or ghost writing, I try and write a rhyme a day, and usually it ends up as a 16 bar verse or a bunch of random punches so I've got plenty of material. Just drop me a line and I'll get back to you.

16. contact information:
invisibleman15@gmail.com
http://myspace.com/1nvisibleman