Tristan Paul Mack Wilds is best known for his acting roles as Michael Lee and Dixon Wilson on HBO's The Wire and CW's 90210 respectively, but before he hit Hollywood, Wilds dreamed of a career in music. 'I don't remember a time in my life when music wasn't a factor in my life,' the Staten Island product says. 'I was immersed in what music was in the '90s. Everything we heard in hip-hop, I could look outside of my window in the projects and see it going on.' His first love New York City is the inspiration for his debut LP New York: A Love Story.