DJ Sonic – A True Hip-Hop Hero

HERE ARE THE STATS:

* 98,668 people nationwide waiting for organ transplants right now.
* 28,352 transplants performed last year.
* 14,393 donors last year.
* 6,411 people died waiting for an organ transplant last year.
* 17 people die each day waiting for a transplant.
* 1 person is added to the waiting list every 12 minutes.

THE REALEST S#!T I’VE EVER SEEN….

My brother is a well-known HipHop DJ who has built-up his name through hard work, a dedicated hustle, and his sharing nature. My brother has a work ethic like none I’ve ever seen. He’s the type of guy to set his mind on something and truly complete it. He decided one day he wanted to start getting healthy and become a runner. Now, 9 years later, he’s up every morning and completes 10 miles on the treadmill before 9am. His drive and determination has always amazed me. Since he was a little kid, he was always the type to split his food and offer you half.

Collectively my brother and I have been working hard to help other musicians in need. Almost 10 years ago, my brother developed The Original HipHop Yellow Pages (The Connex List). This magazine shares contact information of individuals that can help out the careers of independent HipHop artists. Sharing info and helping others seemed like common sense to my brother. People have never stopped thanking him for his help and he’s never stopped offering.

My brother aka DJ Sonic, and myself are known as The Wonder TwinZ. We’ve both achieved some amazing goals and accomplishments in our lives. We are the tour DJs for HipHop Icons, Naughty By Nature and have traveled around the globe to DJ in dozens of foreign countries. We are celebrating our 8th year as the hosts and DJs of our own morning show on SiriusXM Satellite Radio. Our magazine, The Connex List, is in its 10th year and still going strong. We’ve created an empire for mass communications through our email system (you probably have an email from us in your inbox right now).

While we are extremely proud of all of these accomplishments, none of them even compare to the heroic accomplishment my brother has achieved this past week.

DJ Sonic is a true hero in my eyes and a true-life saver in Will’s eyes.

Ya’ see… Will is one of our greatest friends from childhood. We all grew up together with dreams of becoming successful in the HipHop world. As the years went on and we got older, Will developed diabetes and eventually his kidney’s failed and he was added to the 7-year waiting list of patients in need of a transplant. Will has been going to kidney dialysis treatment for a while, which required him to go to the doctor 4 days a week and hook up to a kidney dialysis machine for 6 hours each time. Throughout all of this, Will maintained his good spirits and managed to suppress the thoughts of him losing a battle to kidney disease, the same battle that has taken the lives of almost 7,000 people last year alone.

Once my brother realized that his homie’s life was in jeopardy and without a kidney transplant Will might not live long enough for this 7-year waiting list, he immediately called the doctor and setup an appointment to see if there was any way he could help Will out. After one simple blood test, the doctor told my brother that he was a match for Will’s blood type. The next thing ya know, the two of them are taking care of all the proper insurance paperwork and setting a date for the actual surgery.

While this news was obviously good news, it still scared our mother to think of her son going into a serious surgery. There is always a chance of some infection that could complicate the surgery or even claim the lives of both my brother and my man Will. Needless to say, we were all worried.

5am Tuesday morning we were at the hospital ready to see a miracle. The doctors were going to perform two surgeries back-to-back and transplant my brother’s healthy kidney into Will’s body. 6 hours later, the operations were done. The doctors said everything worked out perfect and both my brother and Will spent the week recovering at Stony Brook University Hospital.

My brother came home today and has been takin’ it easy, as are the doctor’s orders. He’s a hustler by nature so he’s back on his blackberry handling some light business. Will’s health is getting better everyday and the doctors say that will continue. At this time last year, Will received some of the worst news of his life. Now one year later, He’s back!!… and better than before. My brother saved Will’s life and for that he is a true hero. And I’m proud to be his brother. Print that!

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Thank you for taking the time to read this.
It means a lot to me.

-Vader

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