Ekuqaleni komsebenzi wakhe we-rap ogqamile, umculi we-hip-hop waseMelika Amaketanga Amabili wayaziwa abaningi ngaphansi kwesiteketiso sikaTity Boi. Umrepha wathola igama elilula kangaka kubazali bakhe esemncane, njengoba bekunguye yedwa ingane emndenini futhi ethathwa njengowonakele kakhulu.
Ubuntwana nobusha be-Tawheed Epps
UTawheed Epps wazalelwa emndenini ojwayelekile waseMelika ngoSepthemba 12, 1977 eVirginia (USA). Esikoleni nasebusheni bakhe wayewuthanda ibhola lomnqakiswano futhi waba nempumelelo ethile.
Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi lapho ngineminyaka engu-15 uboshelwe ukutholakala nezidakamizwa ngamaphoyisa, waphothula e-University of Virginia kahle impela.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-22, kanye nomngane wakhe wesikole u-Earl Conyer (Dolla Boi), wakha i-duo Playaz Circle.
Abangane bakhiphe ngokuhlanganyela icwecwe elithi United We Stand, United We Fall, ngenxa yokuthi abadlali bebedume kakhulu edolobheni labo kwavela nenqwaba yabalandeli.
Lesi sigameko asikwazanga ukuqashelwa ngu-DJ odumile uLudacris, kamuva owathatha i-duo kulebula yakhe futhi wabambisana nabo iminyaka eminingana.
Kungale minyaka lapho lo mrepha ehlangabezana nezihlava ezincane emsebenzini wakhe we-hip-hop, okuhambisana neminyaka eminingi yokungasebenzi.
Ukuduma kokuqala komculi
Ekwindla ka-2007, laba ababili bakhipha irekhodi labo lokuqala lelebula, i-Supply & Demand, elinengoma eshisa izikhotha ethi, Duffle Bag Boy, edlalwa kanye no-Lil Wayne odume ngokulinganayo.
Ingoma ithole ukuduma ngokushesha ezithamelini. Laba bobabili ngokuhamba kwesikhathi bacula no-Lil Wayne kuma-Bet Hip Hop Music Awards.
Eminyakeni embalwa kamuva, iqembu lePlayaz Circle lakhipha inhlanganisela elandelayo, iFlight 360: The Takeoff, engaphumelelanga kangako kuneyokuqala.
Umculi ngokwakhe usola ilebula ngokuthi "ukwehluleka" kwe-albhamu, engazange ivumele ukushicilelwa kwephromo ezimele kusukela ku-duet. Ngaleyo ndlela kunciphisa amathuba okuthengiswa okukhulu okuvela ku-albhamu.
Ngemuva "kokwehluleka" kwerekhodi, i-rapper yanquma ukuthatha umsebenzi wakhe ezandleni zayo futhi ibonise wonke umuntu lokho akwazi ukukwenza. Ngo-2010, ngemuva kokubambezeleka okuningi kukaLudacris, lo rapper washiya ilebula waqala umsebenzi wokuzihambela yedwa.
Wabuye washintsha igama lakhe laba ngu-2 Chainz, ohambisana noshintsho lwesiNgisi - ushintsho, ngenxa yokuhlaselwa okungapheli kwabagxeki ababebheka igama langaphambili njengelihlukumeza ubulili obuhle.
Ube nezinkinga nomthetho waboshwa amaphoyisa izikhathi eziningi ngokutholakala nokusebenzisa insangu. Ohambweni lokweseka i-albhamu yesibili, ibhasi lokuvakasha labaculi liboshelwe ukutholakala nezikhali ezingekho emthethweni, nemiyalelo engekho emthethweni yemithi nezinsalela zensangu.
Impilo ezimele Amaketanga Amabili
Engashintshile igama lakhe kuphela, kodwa nempilo yakhe yomculo, lo mculi ukhiphe i-mixtape enamathrekhi angu-7 i-TRU REALigion, ekhishwe ngenombolo engu-58 eshadini le-Billboard.
Ngemuva kwempumelelo yokubaleka, lo rapper waqala ukusebenzisana naye Kanye West и u-Nicki Minaj, ngemva kwalokho yaduma nakakhulu.
Ukukhishwa kwe-albhamu yokuqala
I-albhamu yokuqala ezimele neyedwana i- Basedona TRU Story iqonde ngqo ezikhundleni eziphezulu ze-Billboard. Izibalo ezinjalo kanye nokutuswa ku-Twitter okuvela ku-Kanye West kudale umsindo ku-inthanethi, okungezelele ekuthengisweni nasekudumeni kwe-Two Chains.
Nge-albhamu yakhe yokuqala, u-Epps uqokwe kuma-BET Hip Hop Awards angu-13, amaningi awo ahambe nawo.
Uthole isimo esithi "Umuntu Wonyaka" ku-Source Magazine, ehlangene ne-Adidas, Beatsby Dr. U-Dre uqokwe nge-Best Album kuma-Grammy Awards.
Ngemva kokuphela kohambo, u-Epps wabuyela estudiyo ukuze aqale umsebenzi werekhodi lakhe lesibili lokushaya. Ugcine istudiyo kanye nozakwabo osenesikhathi eside uDolla.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo nomsebenzi werekhodi, i-rapper yabamba iqhaza ekuqophelweni kochungechunge lwethelevishini oludumile lwaseMelika njenge-Law & Order, i-Two Broke Girls.
2 Chainz noPharrell Williams
NgoJuni 2013, kwakhululwa i-promo eyodwa ye-Fed Watching, lapho umculi asebenza khona Pharrell Williams. Futhi ngoSepthemba 10 wonyaka ofanayo, kwakhululwa i-albhamu yakhe eyedwa elandelayo ethi BOATS II: Me Time.
Irekhodi laqala ngokushesha endaweni yesi-3 eshadini leBillboard ngenxa yokusebenzisana nabaculi abadumile abafana noFergie, Pusha T, Drake, Lil Wayne nabanye.
Ngemva kwenyanga kukhululwe irekhodi lesibili, lo rapper waqala ukusebenza ku-albhamu yakhe yesithathu. NgoMeyi 2014, i-albhamu encane yomculi i-Free Base yavela ezisekelweni zedijithali, etholakalayo ukuze ilalelwe mahhala futhi ilandwe. Ku-disc, ungezwa umsebenzi ovela ku-Asap Rocky, Rick Ross nabanye.
Ngawo lowo nyaka, engxoxweni emsakazweni, lo mrepha wavuma ukuthi akazange azibhale phansi amazwi engoma, kodwa wakugcina ekhanda lakhe. Iqiniso liwukuthi unombhalo wesandla ongewona we-calligraphic, ezimweni eziningi akazange aqonde ukuthi yini ebhaliwe.
Ngo-2017, kwakhululwa ingoma ethi Pretty Girls Like Trap Music. I-albhamu yamukelwe ngemfudumalo ngabagxeki, beyichaza njengomsebenzi "wabantu abadala". Abaculi abadumile bahlanganyele no-Epps kwamanye amathrekhi: u-Nicki Minaj, uTravis Scott, uSwae Lee, uMigos, u-Pharrell Williams nabanye.
2 Chainz namuhla
Namuhla, i-Two Chains iyaqhubeka nokujabulisa "abalandeli" ngomsebenzi wakhe. Ngo-2019, wakhipha i-albhamu ethi Rapor Goto the League, eyaphuma ngenombolo yesine ku-Billboard 200. I-albhamu iphinde yathola ukubuyekezwa okuhle kubagxeki bomculo.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, lo mrepha umatasatasa estudio sakhe i-Real University (ekhiqiza ama-hoodies namajezi ohlobo lwakhe i-Dabbing Sweaters), futhi uya emidlalweni yeqembu le-basketball le-LA Lakers futhi ekhulisa izingane ezintathu.
NgoFebhuwari 2022, umculi we-rap wethule i-trap yakamuva ethi LP Dope Don't Sell Itself. Okufakiwe: Lil Baby, Lil Durk, Roddy Ricch, NBA Youngboy, 42 Dugg, Moneybagg Yo kanye noSwae Lee. Iqoqo liphezulu ngamathrekhi apholile angu-11.
