Afroman

Afroman at a concert in 2011

Afroman (born July 28, 1974 in Palmdale , California ; actually Joseph Foreman ) is an American rapper , singer and songwriter . In 2001 he landed an international number one hit with the single Because I Got High .

biography

Joseph Foreman was already active as a musician and rapper during his school days. He distributed the tapes he had recorded at home to his classmates.

In 1999 Afroman's first album, My Fro-losophy, was released . A short time later he moved from Palmdale, California to Hattiesburg, Mississippi . In 2000 the second album, Because I Got High, was released . At that time, the rapper was still selling his records almost exclusively at his concerts.

In 2001 , the song Because I Got High found widespread circulation on the Napster online music exchange . Eventually radio DJ Howard Stern became aware of it. He played the song on his show, which in turn led Universal Music to sign Foreman aka Afroman. The music video for Because I Got High was made by director Kevin Smith , who also featured his characters Jay and Silent Bob . He also used the song in the movie Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back . The song developed into an international hit and rose to number 1 in the charts in several countries, including Germany and Austria.

Afroman is considered a one-hit wonder ; The rapper could no longer build on the immense success of Because I Got High . He continues to publish records, such as Afroholic… The Even Better Times (2004), Drunk 'n' High (2006) and Frobama - Head of State (2009).

Discography

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

The Good Times   DE 40 11/26/2001 (3 weeks)   AT 36 11/25/2001 (7 weeks)   UK 96 11/03/2001 (1 week)   US 10  gold 09/15/2001 (19 weeks)

Singles

Because I got high   DE 1  platinum October 29, 2001 (17 weeks)   AT 1  platinum 10/28/2001 (20 weeks)   CH 2  gold 09/30/2001 (37 weeks)   UK 1  platinum 10/06/2001 (22 weeks)   US 13  platinum 08/18/2001 (10 weeks) Crazy Rap   DE 37 03/11/2002 (9 weeks)   AT 41 03/10/2002 (6 weeks)   CH 76 01/27/2002 (12 weeks)   UK 10  silver 02/02/2002 (10 weeks)

Albums

• 1998: My Fro-losophy
• 2000: Because I Got High
• 2000: Sell ​​Your Dope
• 2001: The Good Times (Greatest Hits)
• 2004: Afroholic ... The Even Better Times
• 2004: Jobe Bells
• 2005: 4R0: 20
• 2005: The Hungry Hustlerz: Starvation Is Motivation
• 2006: Drunk 'n' High
• 2006: A Colt 45 Christmas
• 2007: Still Drunk & High
• 2008: Waiting to Inhale
• 2009: Frobama Head of State
• 2011: Save a Cadillac, Ride a Homeboy
• 2011: Fro Jams
• 2011: The Prodigal Son
• 2012: Marijuana Music
• 2012: Afro-DZ-Acc
• 2012: Dope Dealer Ditties
• 2012: Fuck Everybody
• 2012: Marijuana Music
• 2012: Pot Head Pimp
• 2012: The Fro Rider
• 2012: Worlds Greatest Wino
• 2013: LA
• 2013: Palmdale Love
• 2013: Don't Sell Your Dope
• 2014: Because I Got High - Positive Remix
• 2014: One Hit Wonder (EP)
• 2015: The N Word
• 2016: Happy To Be Alive
• 2017: Cold Fro-T-5 And Two Frigg Fraggs

Singles

• 2001: Because I Got High
• 2002: Crazy Rap

Awards for music sales

Golden record  France 2002: for the single Because I Got High Platinum record  Belgium 2002: for the single Because I Got High  Brazil 2009: for the single Because I Got High  New Zealand 2001: for the single Because I Got High

2 × platinum record  Australia 2001: for the single Because I Got High  Norway 2002: for the single Because I Got High

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	-	2 × platinum2	140,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	-	platinum1	50,000	ultratop.be
Brazil (PMB)	-	-	platinum1	60,000	pro-musicabr.org.br
Germany (BVMI)	-	-	platinum1	500,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	-	gold1	-	250,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	-	platinum1	15,000	nztop40.co.nz
Norway (IFPI)	-	-	2 × platinum2	20,000	ifpi.no
Austria (IFPI)	-	-	platinum1	40,000	ifpi.at
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	20,000	hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA)	-	-	platinum1	1,000,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	-	platinum1	800,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	2 × gold2	11 × platinum11

swell

1. ↑ Afroman, our # 1 One Hit Wonder of the 00's on Popdust.com
2. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US

Web links

• Works by and about Afroman in the catalog of the German National Library
• Official website (English)
• Afroman at Allmusic (English)