Redman

Real name: REGGIE NOBLE

Nicknames: Redman

From: Jersey City

Bio: Raised in the unforgiving bricks of Jersey City, N.J., Redman's introduction to hip-hop came early in life, at age 10 when his mother bought him a set of turntables and his uncle, who had been a club DJ, gave him some pointers. Later, however, relations between Redman and his mother soured and she kicked him out of her house, correctly suspecting him of selling drugs.

Redman went to live with a friend he had made several months prior at a hip-hop club: Erick Sermon of EPMD. During the two years he lived with Sermon in the late '80s, Redman became Sermon's apprentice, learning hip-hop business and eventually guesting on EPMD's "Hardcore" and "Headbanger." The Funk Doctor would display his fundamentally graphic, weed induced heavy-mental lyrics.

Those cameos earned Redman the attention of Def Jam Records, who signed him in 1992. His debut album, Whut? Thee Album, was released later that year. Supported by a strong underground buzz generated by its first single, "Blow Your Mind," and its bedrock funk laid by Sermon, the album went gold. Redman was named the 1993's Top Rap Artist by The Source magazine.

The 1994 follow-up Dare Iz a Darkside went gold as did his next album Muddy Waters, which featured Red once again trading words with his Dr. Trevis alter-ego and paired up with his Def Jam counterpart, Method Man.

Red's late '98 release, Doc's Da Name 2000, was released with the fanfare befitting the now-foundation artist whose funk is stronger than the most powerful sensimilla.

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