Who is
A. Wise?
Born Arlon Wise in Louisiana and now planted on the Florida Gulf Coast, A. Wise has spent close to two decades fusing reggae, rock, and hip-hop into one sound. He's the lead voice of Tribe Zion, the five-piece band that's become a coast fixture — roughly 150 shows a year from Panama City Beach, FL to Orange Beach, AL.
A lifelong emcee, Wise builds the band's sound on a live, genre-blurring foundation: bright pop-reggae that turns darker and more aggressive as a set rolls on, with blues and soul threaded through. The group has weathered real loss — three band members over a three-and-a-half-year stretch — and pours that history into the music rather than away from it.
Their debut full-length, Get Tribal — 13 songs cut largely live-off-the-floor at Enlightened Studios in Fort Walton Beach — captures that stage energy on record. The influences run deep, from Sublime and Bob Marley to Eminem, The Doors, and Rage, and you can hear all of it in the blend.