By: Thomas Howard

Texas rapper Thomas Howard, has officially released his new single “The Backstory Pt. 1”. Since gaining the industry’s attention in 2015, after being discovered by Bizarre from D12, Howard has only taken his career to new heights. This single dives into a deeper layer of this emcee’s honest tongue, and raw lyricism.

On this song, you will hear the Texas native rapping about his trials and tribulations, as he pushes through pain in order to garner success. As this single is geared to appear on his upcoming EP The M.I.M.O.E, it sets the tone for what we can expect from Howard all year. His storytelling abilities are out of this world, and thrive like never before on his latest material. The most notable element of this release is the consistent, heavy hitting bars that go on from the beginning to the end of the record.

Being heavily influenced by a long list of greats, such as Big Pun, Nas, The Notorious B.I.G., Tupac, Bizarre of D12 and Eminem Howard is figuring out ways to joins the ranks of some of the greats.

With a thriving sound, stead fast fan base, and musical bliss, he is ready to take over the mainstream circuit. Press play below to stream “The Backstory Pt. 1” and tap in with some new vibes.

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Here’s a throwback: Tim Westwood dug up this 2001 video of Eminem, Proof, and the rest of D12. Watch as Em comes off the top, which is rare nowadays for a radio show–shouts out to Lupe Fiasco, Los, and Asher Roth for keeping that alive. The late Proof brings the nicest writtens, trading back and forth with Marshall before Swifty, Kuniva, and Mr. Porter take over (the clip cuts before Bizarre has a chance to get his disgusting on.) Check out this vintage video of the Detroit boys below, take a moment to remember the underrated and dearly missed Proof, and be on the lookout for Eminem’s upcoming project, dropping later this year.

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We haven’t repped the D in a POTD in a minute.  Instead of the usual Em or Big Sean, today we have Bizarre fully kitted with his shower cap.

Photographer: Diwang Valdez

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