{"id":6418,"date":"2026-03-27T14:52:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T14:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/hhdg-media-the-podcast-interview-with-mc-wicks\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T14:52:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T14:52:36","slug":"hhdg-media-the-podcast-interview-with-mc-wicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/hhdg-media-the-podcast-interview-with-mc-wicks\/","title":{"rendered":"HHDG Media: The Podcast Interview with MC Wicks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Live Performance Philosophy:<\/strong>\u00a0MC Wix emphasizes that the stage is where he finds his natural high and connects with the audience (<span class=\"ytwMarkdownDivTimestamp\" role=\"button\" data-time=\"1984\">33:04<\/span>). He shares a story about a festival set where he moved the entire crowd from a main stage to his smaller stage (133:03).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mentorship and Influences:<\/strong>\u00a0He reflects on being mentored by\u00a0<strong>KRS-One<\/strong>\u00a0and shares a profound moment where KRS-One passed him the mic during a cipher, validating his dream of being a rapper (<span class=\"ytwMarkdownDivTimestamp\" role=\"button\" data-time=\"1200\">20:00<\/span>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<span class=\"ytwMarkdownDivTimestamp\" role=\"button\" data-time=\"2262\">37:42<\/span>).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Music Journey &#038; Career:<\/strong>\u00a0Wix discusses his\u00a0<strong>18-project catalog<\/strong>, including the album\u00a0<em>Ultraviolence<\/em>\u00a0produced by\u00a0<strong>Level 13<\/strong>\u00a0(<span class=\"ytwMarkdownDivTimestamp\" role=\"button\" data-time=\"4230\">1:10:30<\/span>), and his early work on\u00a0<em>Never Had a Dollar<\/em>\u00a0(<span class=\"ytwMarkdownDivTimestamp\" role=\"button\" data-time=\"2270\">37:50<\/span>).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Musical Collaborations:<\/strong>\u00a0He expresses high praise for\u00a0<strong>Indigenous Cats<\/strong>, calling them his favorite duo in California (106:53).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Local Culture:<\/strong>\u00a0Beyond music, Wix talks about his role as a \u201cfood guide\u201d in Fresno, critiquing local burgers and recommending eateries (<span class=\"ytwMarkdownDivTimestamp\" role=\"button\" data-time=\"3128\">52:08<\/span>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HHDG Media: The Podcast Interview with MC Wicks\" width=\"1104\" height=\"621\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wmT47I90rW4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/hhdg-media-the-podcast-interview-with-mc-wicks\">HHDG Media: The Podcast Interview with MC Wicks<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\">Siccness Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Live Performance Philosophy:\u00a0MC Wix emphasizes that the stage is where he finds his natural high and connects with the audience&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14044,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[10,9],"class_list":["post-6418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-rss","tag-culture","tag-hip-hop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14044"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6418\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}