Edu Leedz

Sticking To Your Beliefs Is Never An Easy Thing Expecially When The Odds Are Against You. Nowadays Only A Few Are Truely Educated In The Culture Of Hip Hop. Leedz Edutainment Has Brought It Back Thru Unity And Passion In The Boston Music Scene. Ned Wellbery A.K.A. Leedz Was Born In Lynn MA And Raised In Transit Between Northern Massachusetts And Southern New Hampshire. He Was Subjected To Music As Soon As He Was Born. His Grandfather Was A Jazz Drummer And Would Play Constantly In Front Him. His Mother Was A Big Fan Of Folk Music And Taught Him The Importance Of Lyrics Through The Music Of Bob Dylan Joan Baez Neil Young And Leonard Cohen. But As A Teenager He Fell Victim Of A Broken Home When His Dad Disappeared When He Was Only 11 Years Old Leaving Him And His Mother To Defend For Themselves In Subsidized Housing. Leedz Then Struggled With Oppression And Low Income Living. This Is Where He Found His Love For Hip Hop. "I Can Remember The Day So Vividly. My Neighbor Brought Me Down A Copy Of Ice Cube's "The Predator" And "Death Certificate" And I Was Instantly Hooked. I Was Into Heavy Metal At The Time And Was Blown Away By The Rawness And Power Of Cube’s Music. I Realized That Rap Was The Official Voice Of The Struggle". He Soon Began Studying The Culture Compulsively. Public Enemy NWA House Of Pain Cypress Hill And Ice-T Became Role Models Instead Of His Parents. But As Leedz Got Older He Became More In Need For Material Gains. "I Was Broke All The Time And It Got Old." He Soon Became Involved With The Drug Game And A Full-Time Dealer. "Marijuana Was My Specialty Cause I Felt It Should Be Legal But Unfortunately The Law Thinks Different. Looking Back On Those Days Now I Realize How Much Of My Potential I Wasted In The Wrong Direction". With The Extra Money Now Being Made Leedz Invested In Turntables And Equipment. He Soon Became The Hardest Working DJ In The Rockingham County. He Ended Up Releasing Over 25 Mixtapes In Two And A Half Years. As He Became More Obsessed With Vinyl He Proved That He Had The Best Work Ethic Around. Leedz Then Was Able To Secure Steady Work DJing Parties And Clubs In NH. But In A Scene That Was Too Commercially Driven And Five Years Of Drug Dealing Eating At His Soul It Was Time For A New Plan. In 2002 Leedz Enrolled At Northeastern University In Boston Massachusetts. He Majored In Music Business Already Having An Associates In Business Management. Within The First Six Months Of Being At NU He Landed An Internship With The Number One Hip Hop Promotions Company In Boston Metro Concepts. "They Taught Me More In Three Months Then I Learned In 3 Years Of Being At That School. Tim Lindberg Co-Founder Acted As My Mentor And Spoon Fed Me The Industry." But Leedz Struggled To Find His Niche Though. Record Labels Were Failing And There Were No Jobs That Paid. The Music Industry Was Getting Worse And Worse By The Day. By 2003 The Whole Entire Boston Underground Hip Hop Scene Was Completely Dead. This Is Where He Found His Role. There Were No Hip Hop Shows In Boston At This Time. No One Wanted To Do Them Because They Were Failing Financially And No One Was Supporting. He Then Decided He Would Become A Hip Hop Promoter And Founded "Leedz Edutainment". With Everyone Urging Him NOT To Do It He Soon Became The Biggest Underground Hip Hop Promoter In Boston And Is Responsible For Bringing Thru Major Acts Such As Talib Kweli Wiz Khalifa Yelawolf EPMD Mac Miller Mobb Deep Lupe Fiasco Kendrick Lamar El-P Dead Prez Styles P Clipse Camron Onyx Warren G Wale M.O.P Del The Funkee Homosapien Devin The Dude Aesop Rock JR Writer La Coka Nostra Joe Budden Joell Ortiz Brother Ali Mr. Lif Cormega Royce Da 5'9 Ill Bill Masta Killa Inspectah Deck AZ Boot Camp Clik Chris Webby Sam Adams Raekwon The Chef Immortal Technique Cage Masta Ace Brand Nubian Chiddy Bang Zion I Everlast And Many More To Come. "Shows Can Be Such A Headache Sometimes But There Is An Art To It And I Truly Love What I Do." In Doing These Big Shows He Became Engulfed In Boston’s Local Hip Hop Scene. For Every Big Headliner There Is 3-4 Opening Slots. Leedz Was Able To Open These Spots Up To The Local Scene When No One Else Was Offering An Opportunity. He Has Been Responsible For Gaining Increased Exposure For Many Boston's Best Artists The Biggest One Being Slaine. Still Being A Trained DJ He Released An All-Star Boston Mixtape Series Mass Movementz. Both Vol 1 2 Have Sold Over 15 000 Units Combined With No Retail Distribution. He Then Also Produced Entire Mix Tapes For Some Of Bostons Best Slaine "White Man Is The Devil" Vol 1 2 J The S " Year Of The Snake Vol 1" Bomshot "Kill Em All" Al J "Class Is In Session" Blak Madeen "The Opening" Amadeus The Stampede "The Ultimate High" And More. He Soon Became The Most Sought After Entity In The Boston Music Scene. Leedz's Next Goal Was To Take Boston Hip Hop To An International Level. In 2009 Leedz Edutainment Became An Official Record Label With International Distribution Threw Traffic Ent.. "Mass Movementz The Album" Was The 1st Release In Feb 09. It Quickly Gained Critical Acclaim And Opened The Door For Many Projects To Be Released. They Released Many More As Quickly As Possible Which Included Rite Hook "E.Ye A.Ssume D.Amage" Blak Madeen "Sacred Defense" Amadeus The Stampede "House Of Broken Mirrors" Matty Trump "The Trump Card" Slaine "White Man Is The Devil Vol.1 Re-Release " Within The First Year. In 2010 Leedz Edutainment Parted Ways With Traffic And Started Working Independently. They Have Released Numerous Projects From Artists Including Rite Hook "Draw You In" Stu Cat "The Cats Out The Bag" Al-J "Balk Carrington" Yusuf Abdul Mateen "Way Of Life" Boom Vox "Shoot The Moon" Painkillah Crew And More. Plus A Mixtape Series “The Write Off Vol1-3” Which Features National Collaborations. There Is No Intent To Slow Down From This Camp At All. In A City That Needs More Support For Its Own Leedz Edutainment Has Become A Staple In The Boston Hip Hop Scene. "I Made The Decision Along Time Ago That This Is What I Was Gong To Do With My Life. I’ve Sacrificed More Then You Could Ever Imagine In This Game. Failure Is Not An Option And I’m Not Stopping Until The World Hears This Music". Says Leedz read less