2016 Schedule

Interactive: March 11–15  •  Film: March 11–19  •  Music: March 15–20

Spiffy Wilds

Wednesday, March 16
8:20PM - 8:30PM

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Spiffy Wilds, born Shaquil Jackson April 2, 1994 to Tanya and Phil Jackson at Children’s Hospital in St. Paul, MN. I started doing music when I was 7 yrs. old in 2nd grade. Music became the way for me to channel my energy as a child because it helped me focus. The older I became the more encompassed with the art of music I became. It eventually became the only way I knew how to express how I felt or what I was going through at that time. The beginning of my life was very comfortable childhood because both of my parents worked. I started taking music serious after the death of my sister Markesha Dec. 26 2008 from kidney failure. Not long after that my mother lost her job and we were forced to live with my grandmother and aunt who lived in a 2 bedrooom apartment. My father and older brother DJ were both incarcerated during that period in my life and my mother struggled to provide for us and times were hard. After the death of...

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Event Type
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Saint Paul, MN
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