Gods Wisdom

Reuven Ender-Arnold was born in 1994 in Northampton, Massachusetts.^[1][2]

Arnold began his career as a drummer for a metal band.^[2] Around that time, his friend Lucas Kendall who began the "punk label" Dark World, began to shift his sound towards rap music.^[2] 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".^[2][3]

In 2016, Pitchfork reviewed his fourth studio album Self Restraint.^[4] The album was described as "an artifact from 2011 or 2012" and compared to witch house.^[4][5] 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".^[6][7] On the song "Beep, Beep", Dark World co-founder Sen Morimoto performs on saxophone.^[7]

Arnold later stopped associating with the Dark World label and collective.^[5][8]

In 2019, Arnold was featured on the song "Toolbox" by rapper Sematary on the album Rainbow Bridge.^{[citation needed]}

In 2022, Arnold collaborated with Cooper B. Handy once more on their debut collaborative album February Motel.^[9] The album featured production credits by Encii, rapper Hi-C and Surf Gang founder Evilgiane.^[9][10]

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."^[11][5] That same year, rapper Despot referred to Gods Wisdom as "the best rapper now".^[2]

In 2016, Rihanna was photographed wearing a pink shirt with a Gods Wisdom patch sewn on it.^[1] The collaboration occurred due to an LA designer that DJ Lucas had collaborated with on merchandise.^[1]

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."^[9] Arnold has been referred to as "post-SALEM, pre-Sematary".^[5]