New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Wu-Tang International) - With so many people claiming Wu-Tang affiliation, it is refreshing to come across one who has been indirectly down for a long time with an affiliate and not claim affiliation, been in groups and features with a host of Wu-Tang members and still maintains his non affiliation, mainly focusing on making and elevating his sound and music in a quest to establish his own legacy.
The artist in question is Pro The Leader formally known as The Professional. Pro The Leader hails from Orange County, California, and has been in the game since 1995. He grew up watching "Yo MTV Raps" and listening to the "Wake Up Show", and over the years studied various rhyme styles and rap patterns combined with his interests, hobbies, life experiences and surroundings to generate his own unique style.
A chance meeting with Black Knight's own Warcloud at a Wu-Tang show brought the two together and they have been making music forever since then. If Holocaust has a prot�g� then it would be Pro The Leader, but they are more like partners in rhyme, associates and friends, having formed different groups (about 10 plus) together to date, Pro is possibly the closest known associate to Warcloud without taking anything from the likes of his main producer Skarekrow or his cousin Onslawt and Da Monstar Mob. Without Pro The Leader, fans would have little or no knowledge of Wacloud's existence, it is safe to say that Pro was and is instrumental in helping to build Warcloud's established and constantly raising legacy. Most if not all the albums that have been released by Warcloud after Black Knights had something to do directly or indirectly with Pro, the features, leaks, studio time and so on. Rumours have it that Holocaust is a very difficult person to deal with, bad with the internet and medically unstable, so one can only assume that Pro was the gel that aligned him with his fans all these years allowing Holocaust to focus mainly on his sick rhymes and music.
Often misunderstood, especially by Warcloud's fans, one can not deny Pro's drive and determination to his craft. The Professional has paid many dues, from releasing about 3-4 solo projects, and more than 4 group albums to forming his own record label "Know The Names Music Group" as well as production duties. He has recorded over 100 tracks with The Holocaust as well as worked with great names such as Canibus, Ras Kass, Cappadonna, Casual (Hiero), Opio (Souls Of Mischief), C-Rayz Walz, Killah Priest, Dom Pachino (Killarmy), Timbo King, 60 sec (Sunz Of Man), Buddah Monk (Brooklyn Zu), Soloman Childs and much more.
Pro recently released a project with Dopestyle entitled "Hip-Hop Recession" which has also been reviewed today and agreed to add on the Warcloud's interview sessions for the West Coast Killa Beez Series, find out about The Pro, why Holocaust works with him, his numerous projects an albums, their experiences at Pro's Lab and much more... Enjoy!!!
