Stephen Markowitz aka Hoodie Allen, is a hip-hop artist from New York City who is making some big noise in the underground scene. A former Google employee, Allen grew tired of juggling his corporate life, along with writing, recording and producing his own music. So as soon as he was able to perform a few live shows, he took a huge risk and left. A good choice in my opinion. In July 2011, Hoodie released his third mixtape, Leap Year, which accumulated over 250,000 plays on SoundCloud within the first week of it's release. With his quick witted lyricism, and some damn good production it's only a matter of time before this kid blows up. Hoodie Allen FTW!
