Anthony Parker (musician)

Wordsmith uses different genres in his musical compositions, including Classical.[1] In addition to his recording career, he founded the NU Revolution recording label[2] in 2009.[3] As a songwriter, he has licensed his music to television, video games, and other mediums—for organizations such as the WWE, ESPN, NFL, Nintendo, CBS, NBC, and FOX.[4] In 2011 Wordsmith also became a songwriter for APM Music, working with companies including ABC, PBS, VH1, the Golf Channel, and Six Flags.[3] He is a member of the nominating committee for the Grammy Awards due to his songwriting credits.[5] Television series that have included his music have included Russian Doll, which used his track "Get What You Love".[6] His music has also been used during television shows including ESPN sports talk show First Take, which featured his song "Energy".[7]

Wordsmith's first album was Vintage Experience, released in 2010.[8] He also released Bridging The Gap, a collaborative record created with Chubb Rock of the group the Crooklyn Dodgers.[3] Several of his albums were co-produced by Jerome Smith since 2011.[9] In 2012 Wordsmith released the album King Noah. Songs from the album were licensed by the NFL Network, MLB Network and CiCi's Pizza.[3] In 2013 Wordsmith release his third album, The Blue Collar Recital.[10] The concept of the album is to track the normal moments of the day for a blue collar worker.[11] In 2015 he released his fourth album Apt. 507.[9] In 2017 Wordsmith released his fifth album, Perspective Jukebox.[12] The album received the Independent Music Award for Best Album - Rap or Hip-Hop in 2018.[13][14] Reviews of the work have called it “substantial ... expressing disgust over greed and modern day values.”[15] The album reached number 58 on Amazon's top Hip-Hop albums sales chart.[16]

While touring, Wordsmith travels with a live band.[17] He has made stops in Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas. He also performs for US service members at military bases overseas. In his home town of Baltimore, he co-organizes music events with the Concert Artists of Baltimore.[9] Wordsmith has also partnered with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, acting as narrator in public performances[18] and performing spoken word during a 2020 performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.[7] He has also emceed other events for the organization.[19]

Wordsmith was born in 1980 while his father was stationed in Germany[9] and eventually became a native from Baltimore at the age of 19.[12] He currently lives in the Mount Vernon area and is the father of two children.[9]