Ill Knob

Ill Knob was going too fast. Too fast in life, too fast in the streets, too fast behind the wheel. It finally caught up with the Queens-born, Brooklyn-bred and Los Angeles-based rapper in 2016. Ill Knob totaled his car as part of a DUI accident. When his public defender said he should take the prosecutor’s offer of a six-year stint behind bars, Ill Knob fired him, hired a new lawyer, entered rehab, and stopped drinking. “That's when everything started coming,” Ill Knob says today. “I was supposed to stay there for maybe two or three weeks. I ended up staying for six to eight months.”  Now alcohol free and with a clear head, Ill Knob realized he needed an outlet. He decided to refocus on his musical career, one shaped by his early collaborations with RZA and Wu-Tang Clan producer 4th Disciple. In 2019, Ill Knob followed the Wu-Tang Clan’s blueprint and took his career into his own hands. He started recording new music, bought cameras to shoot his own music videos, and got to work with a new thematic output, one shaped by his newfound perspective.  Now, Ill Knob is focused on steadily releasing thought-provoking music that brings him a profound sense of satisfaction. “I feel like I’ve made it without music,” Ill Knob says. “I feel like I’m happy with where I’m at in life.  I’m proud of myself. I’m going to be myself, do whatever I want to do and grab my own fans, the ones that feel like I do. That’s it. I don't care if it takes 10 years, but I’m just going to do it.