Reuven Ender-Arnold (born 1994), known professionally as Gods Wisdom, is an American musician, singer-songwriter and producer based in Massachusetts.
Early life Reuven Ender-Arnold was born in 1994 in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Career Arnold was a drummer for a metal band. Around that time, his friend Lucas Kendall who began the "punk label" Dark World, began to shift his sound towards rap music. The pair began recording rap-influenced music as DJ Lucas and Gods Wisdom respectively, with Lucas producing a lot of Arnold's early material. On November 10, 2015, Arnold and Lucas released the collaborative album Gods Lucas, which was accompanied by a music video for the opening track "Unprepared".
In 2016, Pitchfork reviewed his fourth studio album Self Restraint. The album was described as "an artifact from 2011 or 2012" and compared to witch house. Arnold collaborated with Cooper B. Handy on the EP On Thin Ice, which was made on GarageBand and self-described by the pair as "Elliott Smith meets dub". On the song "Beep, Beep", Dark World co-founder Sen Morimoto performs on saxophone.
Arnold later stopped associating with the Dark World label and collective.
In 2019, Arnold was featured on the song "Toolbox" by rapper Sematary on the album Rainbow Bridge.
In 2022, Arnold collaborated with Cooper B. Handy once more on their debut collaborative album February Motel. The album featured production credits by Encii, rapper Hi-C and Surf Gang founder Evilgiane.
Legacy In 2015, Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth featured Gods Wisdom on a Top-10 list of 2015 for the December issue of Artforum stating, "This white kid rapping and rolling around naked under a big fluffy comforter in the music video for 'Christian Dior' is one of the most disturbing things I've ever seen. I think it's the future, beyond white versus black pop girl squads! I will always think of the male gaze. Thank you, Julia Kristeva." That same year, rapper Despot referred to Gods Wisdom as "the best rapper now".
In 2016, Rihanna was photographed wearing a pink shirt with a Gods Wisdom patch sewn on it. The collaboration occurred due to an LA designer that DJ Lucas had collaborated with on merchandise.
New York magazine The Fader stated "God's Wisdom has a preternatural capacity for making genuinely weird music. Intentionally or not, everything he touches with his deep, detuned voice or his perpetually spacey production is immediately riddled with leering, uncanny overtones." Arnold has been referred to by music journalist Samuel Hyland as "post-SALEM, pre-Sematary".
Discography
Albums TitleAlbum detailsLet Him In Released: 2011 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingSnow Released: 2013 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingGoth Released: 2014 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingSelf Restraint Released: 2016 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingFebruary Motel Released: 2022 Collaborators: Lucy & Gods Wisdom Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingHell (Unreleased 2016/20) Released: 2025 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming
Mixtapes TitleMixtape detailsGods Lucas Released: 2015 Collaborators: DJ Lucas and Gods Wisdom Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaminggods wisdom + mastercard2k Released: 2021 Collaborators: Gods Wisdom & Mastercard2K Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming
EPs TitleEP detailsRIP Whitney Houston Released: 2012 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingSoldier Released: 2012 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingInsane Angel Released: 2012 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingPink Mountains Released: 2012 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingVuarnet Released: 2013 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingColor Released: 2013 Collaborators: Korenyu & Gods Wisdom Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingI Want to Know Released: 2013 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingIn the USA Released: 2014 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming4 Song EP Released: 2015 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingI Only Trust Myself Released: 2016 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingOn Thin Ice Released: 2016 Collaborators: Gods Wisdom & Lucy Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingFinessin' & Geekin''' | Released: 2019 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |- ! scope="row" |The Leak| Released: 2019 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |- ! scope="row" |Slaughter the Sheep| Released: 2019 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |- ! scope="row" |Lethal Poison for the System| Released: 2019 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |- ! scope="row" |facetime satan ep| Released: 2020 Collaborators: Gods Wisdom & Mastercard2K Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |- ! scope="row" |No More Pain| Released: 2022 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |- ! scope="row" |Jesus Sucks| Released: 2022 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |- ! scope="row" |The Mystery| Released: 2023 Collaborators: Mal Devisa & Gods Wisdom Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |- ! scope="row" |Royal Trucks of Melting Ice| Released: 2024 Collaborators: Gods Wisdom & Lucy Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |- ! scope="row" |After I Graduate Hogwarts I'm Moving to Stars Hollow| Released: 2025 Collaborators: Gods Wisdom & Lucy Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |- ! scope="row" |Heated Floors'' Released: 2025 Collaborators: Gods Wisdom & Mal Devisa Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming
Singles TitleSingle detailsSomatic Integrity Released: 2012 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingR.I.P Released: 2013 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingLive to God Released: 2013 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingCreme Brûlée Released: 2013 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingIf I Woke Up Released: 2014 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingI Want to Know Released: 2014 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming2 Lives Released: 2015 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingplayertoo Released: 2019 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingWatch Me Drown Released: 2019 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingToolbox Released: 2019 Collaborators: Sematary, Ghost Mountain & Gods Wisdom Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingRuvi's Blues / Angels in Heaven Released: 2019 Collaborators: Gods Wisdom & Lucy Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingNo Sleep (Blueish) Released: 2022 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingEveryone Is Gone Released: 2022 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingLife to Live Released: 2022 Collaborators: Lucy / Gods Wisdom Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingLove Song Released: 2022 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingElectric Cars Released: 2023 Collaborators: Gods Wisdom + Lucy (Cooper B. Handy) Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingMade by God Released: 2024 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingTarchomińska 6 Released: 2024 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingInside The Piano Released: 2024 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming
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