As part of their ONETWOWATCH series, Myspace travelled to Isaiah Rashad’s hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee to get everything you wanted to know about TDE’s newest member. As part of sperry‘s incredible profile, the 21-year-old rapper reflects on his humble roots and how they’ve shaped his music, remembers when he first got into rap, and how we wanted to sign to TDE after hearing Kendrick’s “The Heart Pt 2.”

We also get to meet Isaiah’s family, who weren’t short on wise words for the budding MC: “I always wanted him to keep it real and stay positive, and make sure that when you spit, you saying something that’s gonna change somebody’s whole intellect about music.” By the sounds of it, Isaiah’s taken heed.

UPDATE: Watch Isaiah give a live performance of “I Shot You Down” after the jump…

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