
He was soon writing and recording with such dedication that he eventually put aside his studies at Middle Tennessee State. He had thoughts of becoming a preacher until his stepbrother's copy of OutKast's ATLiens turned his head around. Isaiah Rashad McClain hails from Chattanooga. Following the 2020 track "Why Worry," he released his sophomore album, 2021's The House Is Burning.

Among rap's most pensive and creative artists since his mid-2010s debut with Cilvia Demo (2014), Top Dawg Entertainment signee Isaiah Rashad has since hit the Top 20 of the Billboard 200 with his first proper album, The Sun's Tirade (2016).
