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"Askew" was born Matt Dyer on August 14, 1991 and raised by a single mother in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago. At age 11, Matt was broached to rap music by his step-brothers with Afroman's 'High Times' and Eminem's 'Marshall Mathers LP'. He fell in love. Askew originally started writing rhymes under the name "Brutal" in 2004, at age 13. Three years later he began recording his music under the name "Odes" and ultimately changed his name to what it is now. "People expect something different from a white, suburban hip-hop artist. I think the whole 'suburban' aspect makes me different as an artist because I'm not expected to 'rap' a certain way," Askew construes. "I believe that I'm a little more introspective and cynical than other artists. I've done nothing noteworthy with my life, but when it comes to my music, I think it deserves some sort of attention." Askew doesn't stick to any particular formula when songwriting. His music has...