Scapegoat


Where The Shadow Calls Home
“Unfortunately there can be no doubt that man is, on the whole, less good than he imagines himself or wants to be. Everyone carries a shadow, and the less it is embodied in the individual’s conscious life, the blacker and denser it is”
- Carl Jung
About Me
Born Dennis Dion Wilson, Jr. on September 4, 1992, to parents Angela & Dennis Wilson Sr. and raised in the Co-op City section of The Bronx, New York, Sinned’s lyrical journey began as a young child who created his own comic books made out of construction paper. Growing up as a fan of The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Marvel Comic characters such as Spider-Man and The X-men would give him the inspiration to run wild with his imagination.
But it would be during this time that he’d soon discover what would end up becoming his true love, when he would walk in on his father watching “8 Mile,” and the final battle between B Rabbit and Papa Doc was about to take place. As a child who was frequently teased and viewed as “weird” for being a black kid who liked to read comics and watch pro wrestling. A young Sinned was mesmerized by B Rabbit’s ability to humiliate his adversary through the art of rhyming. And while this wasn't the moment when he said, “And that's when I knew," the seed was definitely planted.
And as the young boy would grow into a teenager, buying the latest Spider-Man issue would change into downloading another 90’s hip hop album off Youtube, as classics such as Nas’s Illmatic, 2Pac’s Me Against The World & 7 Day Theroy, Raekwon’s Only Built 4 Cuban Link, Biggie’s Ready to Die, and Jay Z’s Reasonable Doubt would start pointing him in a new direction.
Starting off as D-mennis, then later scrapping that after spelling his first name backwards one night and going “YO!” Ridiculed and even laughed at by peers and some friends when expressing his desire to rap. Sinned’s mission would start off as the rapper trying to bring back “real hip hop." Sick of the “money cars, clothes, and hoes” way of rhyming that was dominating the rap genre at the time and tired of complaining about it and wanting to do something about it, he would embrace this identity; however, this wouldn't be his true identity.
That would not develop until his early to mid-twenties, during a period of deep depression equipped with suicidal thoughts leading to heavy substance and alcohol abuse. And while this period was extremely dark, it would eventually give him a light, “The Shadow." A comic book character he created during the years he was away from music. Sinned would begin to personify this character in the rhymes that he would write here and there. However, the more he would do so, the more “here and there” would start to become every night.
Inspired by Eminem’s use of Slim Shady. Sinned would use The Shadow as an outlet to express his deepest, darkest emotions and take advantage of the perfect safe haven to act out his murder fantasies against those who he felt wronged him. And by the time 2017 rolled around and he was finally ready to record his debut EP, “Positive & Conscious” was out the window.
Fast forward to 2019, after a breakup and the pain from it leads him to the light of all light’s, God. Opening his 3rd eye at the perfect time right before the events that occurred in 2020, Sinned would slowly start using his music as an opportunity to try to encourage others to do the same.

Mission
“You have to understand. Most people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so injured and so hopelessly dependent on the system that they will fight to protect it.”
- Morpheus, The Matrix
Im not trying to be somebodies hero. Im not trying to be somebodies Superman. I don't even like conscious rap like that. To me, it's not genuine, and a lot of the time the artist comes off very condescending.
But to keep this knowledge inside of me. What I’ve discovered, what I’ve learned, is not only selfish but goes against God and his purpose for me. God has a purpose for all of us. Were all here to serve him in one way or another. A lot of people don't know about Thomas Sowell, his books on the true origins of slavery and black culture (Not that bullshit they taught us in school). A lot of people don't know about Aleister Crowley and how his “do wilt thou wilt” is one of the main reasons why this generation (and even our parents) act the way they do today. A lot of people don't know about “The Manipulated Man” by Esther Villar (who received death threats for writing that book), which exposes how men are programmed to be slaves and punching bags not only for women but society as a whole. How welfare destroyed the black community. The secret meeting that encouraged A&R’s to only put out rap music that was ignorant and violent so the prison population can increase. Gemantria. But I do, and the best way I know how to put people on to that is through music. You won't sit through a 40-minute presentation, but you’ll sit through a 4-minute song if the beat, bars, flow, and delivery are all on point talking about the same exact things in that presentation.
I’m no prophet. I dont have all the answers. I’m still learning myself as i get older. However if the answers i do have could actually help someone. Im cool with that.
Vision
“The higher man is distinguished from the lower by his fearlessness and his readiness to challenge misfortune”
- Fredrich Nietzsche
Like I said in my mission’s testimony, it’s very selfish of me to keep what I know inside. However, when I tried to spread that knowledge, CD Baby felt some type of way and, as a result, ordered that my music be removed from Spotify, Apple, and all other DSP’s.
25K streams within my first 9 months, along with The Ritual - Act I racking up over 100K views overall on Youtube (when adding up each of the songs video views) made them scary and reveal their hand. Eventually showing me which side they were on by how they responded. Independent distributors, my ass.
This led to me creating my own platform. After watching a couple of Curtiss King’s videos on Youtube, where he exposed on numerous occasions how these independent distributors, Spotify, and other DSPs pay and treat the artists like shit, I started to realize my music being removed was a blessing in disguise and embraced the direct-to-consumer route.
I want to inspire other independent artists to do the same. Yes, it’s a harder road. Yes, it’s a more challenging road, but if you make it work, you’ll be glad you traveled down that road. Independence is that. Independence.
- Rejecting your album submission because the letters on the cover don't match the title is not independence.
- Making you change the lyrics when you try to add them is not independence.
- Not having 100% control of your release date is not independence.
- Not receiving your earnings until you hit a certain threshold is not independence.
- Finally accumulating $1 after you touched 1000 streams is not independence.
- The distributor having your music removed if you cancel your yearly subscription with them is not independence.
- The distributor having your music removed, because they feel it’s “politcally incorrect” is not independence.
It’s slavery, and in certain aspect’s, tyranny
I value freedom.
So much so that I'm willing to take this huge risk to maintain it.
Im betting on myself.
And if you’re an independent artist reading this, I want you to do the same.
- Create your own website
- Be your own distributor
- Make sure that money being made from your hard work is going to you.
