Meet Grizzy Wynter

We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
There have been struggles I have had to overcome situations where speaking honestly has cost me opportunities and events that I should have been considered for, but the community has always shown me respect and support because of my honesty and I would not want to compromise my integrity.

As a black artist especially it’s been difficult because I find that there’s an idea that you have to fit into a mold here, that you have to fit a certain style or aesthetic to be given bigger opportunities as well that I don’t believe in, I have made it a mission to tell my story and stories of others like me so that this pattern of thinking doesn’t continue.

Also the whole I love this city I have found as well as many other people who have grown here that the support and solidarity that once existed here has all but vanished but I strive to keep building and pushing forward to build something great for the artists for the city and create a community and legacy that the people and artists of this city can be proud of

Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
As an artist, I am known for exciting rap and hip-hop performances, with honest and genuine lyrics as well as catchy hooks and thought-provoking production

Here are some of the accomplishments I’ve managed to accomplish. Opened for Obie Trice, Tech Nine, Yelawolf, Cozz, and Madchild. Performing in front of 10 thousand at the Freedom March in 2020 in Vancouver BC. Bring the named Buzz Music LA 2019 artist to watch. Winning best international artist at the 2021 Binge TV music awards in Los Angles, California. Nominated for Record of the Year for Illuminate at the 2021 Wavys Awards in New York City. Been featured in such publications as HipHop Canada, Genius, JamSphere, Varitey, and Buzz Music LA Acting IFTH film “My first time biking to Work” viral video with over 2.8 million views on YouTube LOCO music video hitting over 2 million views on Worldstar.

Being asked to present and perform at the 2022 Wavy Awards in New York City Illuminate streamed over 100,000k on Spotify and iTunes. Over 60k video views on YouTube and 9600 followers on Instagram. Co-founder of ForThePeople778, a branded nonprofit company that makes custom-branded shirts and gives the proceeds to the community and the leaders in those communities. CEO of Coldest Wynter Entertainment, an artists’ management and booking company.

What I am most proud of is the work I’m doing now, forming group names. DMGDZ (Damaged Goodz) with a new young producer/artist/Engineer, Matty. WAV, we’ve mixed UK drill music, dancehall music, and EDM with some R&B elements to create something wholly unique and different than anything people have heard before, and can’t wait to release the music once I’m ready in the next couple of months.

Can you tell us more about what you were like growing up?
Growing up I was I would like to say introverted, there was a lot of upheaval in my home when I was young my parents divorced as a 6 and I was looking for outlets, I took to art and drawing first creating characters and storylines from a young age While my mother would play reggae on Sundays and Micheal Jackson and Tina tuner, I didn’t take to music until was in high school.

Once I started to learn to be my complete self and not try to follow anyone’s lead I realized that was more of an extrovert and with that, I started to use my “superpowers” of fearlessness, charm, and wordplay into forming the kind of person I wanted to become.