From garbage can basketball to center stage 

— the story of an artist who refuses to be defined by limitationsSome people make music because they want to be famous. Others make music because they have no other choice — it's the only language that ever made sense to them.


ETIB EvenThoughImBlind fallFrom garbage can basketball to center stage 

— the story of an artist who refuses to be defined by limitations



ETIB EvenThoughImBlind falls into the second category. And once you hear his story, you understand wh



I think we all behind the mission," he says, rethinking the title almost as soon as he says it. It's a small moment, but it tells you something about who he is. Even his nickname isn't just about him — it's about everybodEnterEnterThe Beginning: Brooklyn Born and Family Raised.


To understand ETIB, you have to go back to Brooklyn. Not the Brooklyn of postcards and tourism campaigns 

The Brooklyn of block barbecues, garbage can basketball hoops, and DJ speakers loud enough to rattle the windows on the whole bloEnterck.y.y.. into the second category. And once you hear his story, you understand why.


When ETIB appears on a Zoom call with HODB, there's no entourage, no polished industry persona, no carefully curated image. Just a man from Brooklyn who calls himself "the man behind the mission" — and means it in a way that feels less like a boast and more like a confessI think we all behind the mission,ion..