Rhymefest

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Rhymefest (2008)

Rhymefest (born July 6, 1977 in Chicago ; real life Che Smith ) is an American rapper .

life and career

Smith grew up in Chicago. He started rapping at the age of 15. In 1997 he took the MC - Battle on the Scribble Jam part festival. In the semifinals he was defeated by the then unknown Eminem . In 2001 he recorded the album Raw Dawg without a label or distribution , which was produced by the then unknown Kanye West . In 2003 he won the Scribble Jam MC Battle.

Until 2004 Smith had to stay afloat with various jobs, including working as a janitor. That year, Kanye West's album The College Dropout was released , which includes the track Jesus Walks co-written by Rhymefest . Che Smith received a Grammy Award for Best Rap Song for this song together with Miri Ben-Ari . In 2006 Rhymefest's album Blue Collar was released on Mark Ronson's label Allido Records . The album reached number 61 in the American charts. For the single Brand New Rhymefest worked again with Kanye West. In 2008 Rhymefest published the mixtape Man in the Mirror , which you could download for free. The concept of the work consists of a mock cooperation with Michael Jackson , various pieces from his career are used and reworked.

In 2010 the second album El Che was released . In 2018 he starred in the film A Very Ordinary Hero .

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Blue collar
  US 61 07/29/2006 (3 weeks)
Singles
Brand New (with Kanye West )
  UK 32 02/25/2006 (3 weeks)

Albums

  • 2006: Blue Collar (Allido Records)
  • 2010: El Che (dNBe Entertainment / EMI Records)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Christian Hoard: Working Man. Rolling Stone , January 27, 2006; archived from the original on January 14, 2009 ; accessed on July 18, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b About. Scribble Magazine, archived from the original on September 7, 2013 ; accessed on July 18, 2016 .
  3. ^ Andy Kellman: Rhymefest at Allmusic , accessed on March 29, 2009
  4. ↑ Charts at Allmusic, accessed on March 29, 2009
  5. ↑ a b Chart sources: UK US
personal data
SURNAME Rhymefest
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Smith, Che (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American rapper
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago