Squingy

Music was a natural part of life in the Wright household, where Squingy was raised. Before he had uttered his first words, Squingy had been exposed to a plethora of sounds by his father Wrighty, who owned a sound system which played and ran a popular weekly local events as well as private functions. Squingy continued on his path to music through DJing and rapping at school, this led him to buy a two deck CD mixer and microphone to practice with at home. As time went on Squingy grew frustrated at the lack of opportunities for young artists such as himself and others around him so he founded Suspect Ent in 2004. In early 2005 Suspect Ent released their first collective mixtape entitled ‘Under Surveillance Vol 1' The mixtape was an instant hit with the streets and everybody wanted a copy. A video was filmed for the lead single ‘North West Reppin’ which featured Squingy and comrades from the label. This video was available to watch on the internet, and accrued millions of hits at a time when the internet was not as widely used for entertainment purposes as is to day. The label’s buzz was growing at a fast pace around the community and neighbouring areas. After releasing the follow up collective mixtape ‘Under Surveillance Volume 2’ Squingy saw the niche and started planning his solo effort ‘Wrighty’s First Son’ CD/DVD. This sold over 5000 copies as an independent release. ‘Wrighty’s First Son’ contained mini videos for each song on the CD.