Raised in Raleigh, North Carolina; Gnarley Nick has been making theme-songs for misfits and anthems for underdogs since his first rap EP in 2014 and even before with deep roots in punk rock and metal playing in bands since the age of 14 and freestyling over beats riding around the city in his first car. Inspired by the punk bands and southern hip hop that were the soundtracks to early years the raw attitude and blatant disregard of convention and hard mentality runs heavily in his lyrics and aggressive vocal delivery that rolls over the heavy dirty southern beats like tough skateboard wheels on gritty hot pavement. Unapologetically unconventional, Nick’s gnarly authenticity is felt through his music illuminating the dim environments it was meant for. With self reflective themes and a loads of nostalgic recounts, Gnarley Nick’s songs depict a lifetime of events and habitations that that the majority would deem undesirable while delivering messages of grit and determination to endure the results of the the gnarly & barbaric living while staying true through life’s trials and learning to grow from life-made and self-made graves.