Thirstin Howl III

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Thirstin Howl III (real name Victor DeJesus ) is an American rapper with Puerto Rican roots.

Career

Victor DeJesus was born at Peninsula Hospital in Far Rockaway, Queens , New York . At the age of nine he moved with his family to Brownsville, which he later called "the worst part of Brooklyn". In 1988 DeJesus founded the street gang Lo Lifes, in which he operated under the gang name Big Vic Lo and whose members were distinguished by their style of clothing. They mostly wore Ralph Lauren polos , which set them apart from the unavailable Brooklyn folks, and which DeJesus eventually established on the hip-hop scene. His gang name with the Lo Lifes was Big Vic Lo.

At the beginning of his career as a rapper DeJesus used the pseudonym Big Vic The Barbarian, which he later dropped because, according to his own statement, he had learned more about himself through his work as a rapper and had "grown into" a character. In the case of DeJesus, this was the character Thurston Howell III from the Gilligan's Island series , so the musician decided on the pseudonym Thirstin Howl III. Furthermore, the rapper refers to the clothing style of the people in the series, which is reminiscent of Ralph Lauren.

In 1997 hip-hop magazine The Source awarded Thirstin Howl III the Unsigned Hype award . Two years later, Howl released his first demo album, Skillionaire , which made labels notice him and brought the rapper seven offers. From Howl's point of view, his management, which at the time was also responsible for the rapper Ol 'Dirty Bastard , was responsible for ensuring that no contract was concluded and that the rapper ultimately had no label contract. Thirstin Howl III then used the money raised by Skillionaire to finance his second record Skillosopher , which was released in 2000.

Since the "sound quality" of the first two albums was often criticized, Thirstin Howl III used the income from Skillosopher for his own studio, which he used to record the album Serial Skiller . Howl produced all the beats himself, as numerous producers refused to work with the rapper due to his past as a gang member. In 2002 the fourth album Skilligan's Island was released on the Landspeed label and another year later the Traffic label was used as a platform for the album Licensed to Skill .

Skillitary was published in 2004 by Skillionaire Enterprises , the imprint Thirstin Howls. In 2005 the Spanish-language album La Cura should be released via EMI . After finishing work on the album, Howl's business partners turned away from him. He turned down the following offers from other labels because they had "[not] significantly improved his situation". La Cura was finally released in 2006 via Skillionaire .

Discography

Albums

  • 1999: Skillionaire
  • 2000: Skillosopher
  • 2001: Serial Skiller
  • 2002: Skilligan's Island
  • 2003: Licensed To Skill
  • 2004: Skillitary
  • 2004: Alaskan Fishermen: Fire & Ice (with Father Time and GodForbid)
  • 2006: La Cura
  • 2007: Lo Down & Dirty (with Rack-Lo)

Singles

  • 1999: Brooklyn Hardbook (12 ")
  • 1999: The Polorican (12 ")

Web links

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  1. ↑ Answers.com
  2. ↑ Vintage Thirstin Howl Interview
  3. ↑ a b c d e f December issue of Juice (2006) - page 55
  4. ↑ Thirstin Howl III Speaks
personal data
SURNAME Howl III, Thirstin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES DeJesus, Victor (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American rapper
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century