WERD

Born in OC, raised into LA’s DnB community. WERD aka Drew Massey was first influenced by electronic music in 1999 at a rave called Electronica at the Fox Theatre, in Pomona, California. Since then, he has become an avid Junglist and Drum & Bass enthusiast. Circa 2004 Drew started humming flows in his car alongside cassette mixtapes by R.A.W., Deacon, APX1, & CRS? and 2006 acquired his first residency as a Drum & Bass host Emcee in Orange County at weekly event called FreeBass Fridays put on by the world-famous Gone Jahmen Crew. Werd is the founder of Upgrade, an OC based crew collaborating on numerous projects to raise more DnB awareness in SoCaL. Other labels, crews, and affiliates are Nentech Records, Rough N Strong, Refuge, Church, I Love LA, Bell Ringer Records, Breakbeat BBQ, White Rabbit Group, Tower, Respect, and… Very recently, WERD was recruited into one of LA’s longest running Drum & Bass entities, Wreck-Ignition. Being a student of Junglist culture for over a decade and hosting events of all sizes, WERD has developed a versatile style of emceeing. Has had the honor of blessing the mic over live sets by… 6Blocc, A-Sides, AK1200, Aphrodite, APX1, Benny Page, Bizzy B, Black Sun Empire, Blang, Brookes Brothers, Capital J, Construct, CRS?, Cyantific, Danny The Wildchild, Dara, Deacon, Dieselboy, Dioptrics, Dip Vertigo, Direct Feed, Divine Elements, DLR, Dumbsteppaz, Esassin, Fury, Gridlok, Heretic, Infiltrata, Jakes, JO-S, Klute, Kronology, Machete, Mampi Swift, Metrik, Nightstalker, Nu:Logic, Odi, R.A.W., Rap, Rawtee, Reid Speed, Scooba, Sinistarr, Skitty, SPL, Spor, SS, Stunna, Sub Zero, Subsonik, Tabu, Taxman, Tech Itch, and Urban Assault. If you or anyone you know needs a proper DnB host MC, contact WERD. CONTACT: werdmc@gmail.com facebook.com/werdmc twitter.com/werdmc mixcloud.com/werdmc soundcloud.com/werdmc instagram = werdmc