Critical Praise:
“Wisdom, from Havana (a tiny suburb of Tallahassee), fuses the tropical bounce of Florida street rap with the tenderness in the ballads of Southern and Midwestern truth-tellers. And the instrumental—flickering percussion and scattered, Broward County steel drums, merged with slow-mo, almost G-funk synths—is both melancholic and upbeat at the same time. It’s all rounded out by Wisdom’s raspy melodies, as he seamlessly toggles between no-frills aggression and lilts that hit like a sunshower.” – Pitchfork
“The Havana native broke down the regional barriers of Tallahassee with the twitchy “Giannis” in August, which picked up momentum like the Milwaukee Bucks superstar on a fast break to close out 2024. Hurricane narrates his gritty come-up but also delivers witty one-liners making light of his situation. He compares guns to the size of Giannis Antentokounmpo and jokes about not being good at math, but keeping problem-solvers around – if you catch his drift.” – Billboard
“Hurricane Wisdom Is On His Way To Becoming Rap’s Next Breakout Act” – UPROXX
“Dedicated to cultivating music that aims to uplift and inspire, Wisdom crafts his music for survivors and for the downtrodden soldiers who are giving their all to overcome adversity.” – The Knockturnal
The Announcement:
Hurricane Wisdom staked his claim as one of 2025’s breakthrough rap artists with the recent mixtape, Perfect Storm: Sorry 4 The Rain. The North Florida sensation returns with a new video from the project, for highlight track “Rich Dropout.” Using a sample of Oh Wonder’s single “Landslide,” made famous by Lil Uzi Vert in “The Way Life Goes,” Hurricane croons in a slippery flow, dreaming of returning to his hometown with his newfound riches: “Ma, I dropped out, I probably won’t go back to school/Richer than my coach, principal and teachers too/I could probably buy the school, rent it out for all my goons/But until then, I’m makin’ tunes, million-dollar calls on Zoom,” spits Hurricane.
In the video, Hurricane flashes back to his high school days, as he tortures an unlucky substitute teacher with his class clown antics and leads his classmates in a walkout, before leaving with two popular girls in his electric blue Lambo. Hurricane Wisdom recently performed “Rich Dropout” on Lyrical Lemonade’s Lunch Break Freestyle, which racked up over 875k views in its first two weeks of release, and reached YouTube’s Trending Chart for music.
More than a deluxe, Perfect Storm: Sorry 4 The Rain brings 17 original songs, not yet collected on any project. The new collection gives a proper home to Hurricane’s summer 2025 trending singles: “Woosah” (which peaked at #9 for YouTube trending and #40 on the YouTube Top Music Video chart), “Afraid” (reached #12 on YouTube’s Trending Chart), “Powerhouse,” which Hurricane debuted on Kai Cenat’s Mafiathon stream with On The Radar, reached the Top 10 of YouTube’s Trending Chart, and #89 on YouTube’s Music Video chart, and most recently, “OT,” which reached the Top 5 of YouTube’s Trending Chart, and #86 on the YouTube Music Video Charts.
Beyond the previously released hits, Sorry 4 The Rain is a breezy and fast-paced listen, buoyed by Hurricane’s featherlight melodies and rewind-worthy punchlines. Perfect Storm: Sorry 4 The Rain documents Hurricane’s rising reputation in the rap game, welcoming some of street rap’s biggest names and hottest risers as guests. Most notably, Lil Baby joins for a high-wattage remix to Hurricane’s viral hit “Drugs Callin,” a “Perky’s Calling” flip that racked up over 40 million streams across platforms and 21 million views on YouTube, and G Herbo, who duets with Hurricane on “Clippers” (#65 on YouTube’s Music Video Chart). A worthy follow-up to the Billboard 200-charting Perfect Storm that can easily stand on its own, Perfect Storm: Sorry 4 The Rain is available on all platforms via Rebel/gamma.
Charting on the Billboard 200 for three weeks (#126 peak), Perfect Storm was a statement of purpose from Hurricane Wisdom. The February 2025-released album is home to “Giannis (Remix),” a new version of Hurricane’s 2024 breakout hit with a guest verse from Polo G, and the original version of “Drugs Callin,” plus trending hits like “On God” ft. Raq Baby (6.7 million views).
Born and raised in Havana, Florida, just 30 minutes from Tallahassee, Hurricane Wisdom earned a big fanbase (369k YouTube subscribers, 516k Instagram followers) with his emotionally honest lyrics and entrancing melodies. His 2024 project Eye Of The Storm featured “Giannis,” a kinetic anthem dedicated to the Milwaukee Bucks superstar, which became Hurricane Wisdom’s biggest hit to date, with over 39 million YouTube views and 22 million Spotify streams. “Giannis” earned rapturous reviews from critics, as well, including Pitchfork, who called the song “the feel-good Florida anthem of the moment” and listed it at #36 on their list of the 100 Best Songs of 2024.
With Perfect Storm: Sorry 4 The Rain making landfall, the artist continues to put the pressure on, making a Category 5 impact on the industry. Keep an eye out… a storm is coming.
Hurricane Wisdom is preparing to launch the “Perfect Storm: No Umbrellas Tour” in November. Tickets for the tour are available HERE
Watch “Rich Dropout”: https://www.youtube.
Stream Perfect Storm: Sorry 4 The Rain: https://openshift.vyd.
Watch “Clippers” ft. G Herbo: https://www.youtube.
Watch “Drugs Callin’ (Remix)” ft. Lil Baby: https://www.youtube.com/
Perfect Storm: Sorry 4 The Rain tracklist:
Hurricane Wisdom – “Perfect Storm: No Umbrellas Tour” dates:
November 13 – Minneapolis, MN (Fine Line)
November 16 – Chicago, IL (Avondale Music Hall)
November 17 – Detroit, MI (El Club)
November 19 – New York, NY (Sounds of Brazil)
November 21 – Toronto, ON (Adelaide Hall)
November 24 – Washington, DC (Union Stage)
November 25 – Columbus, OH (A&R Music Bar)
December 2 – Dallas, TX (Trees)
December 3 – Houston, TX (The Secret Group)
Photo credit: Esdras “PhotoTea” Thelusma
Please contact Michelle and Annjie for more info.
The Background:
Fusing expressive church vocals with themes of optimism and perseverance, Hurricane Wisdom makes songs for survivors — anthems that are as spiritual as they are heartfelt. A down-home storyteller, the Florida native serves up motivational soundtracks for everymen with dreams of sunnier days; his music gives them the resolve to get there. It’s an artistic approach as much as it is a mission, and it’s earned him a growing legion of fans, cosigns from Rod Wave and NLE Choppa, and status as one of the most potent young voices in the South East. It’s a position he reinforces with “Hard Knock Life,” an engrossing rumination on the struggle of the hopeful underdogs. His blurry melodies spill out like teardrops even as his lyrics spell out danger. Through it all, he’s swirled themes of aspiration with tales of frayed friendships and other blockboy hazards while showcasing an inborn sincerity — and a heightened humanity — that connects soul to sound and listeners to love.
Since breaking out with “Granny’s Baby” in 2020, he’s cultivated a sizable buzz with projects like Hurricane Season (2021), State of Emergency (2022) and Category 5: The Biggest Hurricane (2023), with each new release earning more streams than the last. To date, he’s collaborated with the likes of NLE Choppa, SpottemGottem, NoCap, Luh Tyler and more as he’s proven his ability to infuse songs with empathy that soars above genres or classifications. Looking ahead, Hurricane wants to continue to be a voice for the people who don’t have one. The beats will change and his songwriting skills will grow, but it will all be rooted in a spirit of mutual understanding. “At the end of the day, I just try to make shit that people can relate to as humans,” he says. “We’re all human.”
Links:
instagram | spotify | youtube | apple
Tickets for the “Perfect Storm: No Umbrellas Tour” are available HERE
“Rich Dropout”: https://www.youtube.
“Clippers” ft. G Herbo: https://www.youtube.
Perfect Storm: Sorry 4 The Rain: https://openshift.vyd.
“OT”: https://www.youtube.com/
“Powerhouse”: https://www.
“Drugs Callin” (Remix) ft. Lil Baby: https://openshift.vyd.
“On Stream” ft. reGGie: https://openshift.vyd.
“Woosah”: https://www.youtube.
“Anyways”: https://www.
“Need Me”: https://www.youtube.com/
“Kinfolk” ft. Sleepy Hallow: https://www.youtube.
“Mind Gone” ft. Dthang: https://www.youtube.
“On God” ft. Raq Baby: https://www.youtube.com/
Perfect Storm: https://openshift.vyd.
“Demand”: https://openshift.
“Giannis” (Remix) ft. Polo G: https://www.youtube.com/
“Salute” ft. Loe Shimmy: https://www.youtube.
“Closure”: https://www.
“Giannis”: https://www.