UProf ungumrepha waseMelika kanye nombhali wengoma waseMinnesota, e-USA. Uthathwa njengomunye wabaculi be-rap abahamba phambili esifundazweni. Inani eliphakeme lokuthandwa kwalo mculi lafika ngo-2007-2010 phakathi nama-albhamu akhe okuqala.
Umlando womculi. Iminyaka Yokuqala
Idolobha lakubo lo mculi yiMinneapolis. Ubuntwana bomculi abukwazi ukubizwa ngokuthi bulula. Uyise wayenenkinga ye-bipolar, ngenxa yokuthi kwakukhona izingxabano nezingxabano emndenini. Ngenxa yesizathu esifanayo, umama we-rapper wahlukanisa noyise futhi wahamba nodadewabo abathathu bakaJakobe (igama langempela lomculi).
Esemusha, uProf wayesengumuntu oqanjiwe. Nokho akaqalanga ngomculo. UJakobe weza (kuze kufike emininingwaneni emincane kakhulu) isithombe somuntu othile wamahlaya, owasebenza ekanye nabangane bakhe. Ngenxa yalokho, wakwazi ukudala umlingisi ohlukile, lapho aphinde wazalwa khona ukuze enze abanye bahleke.
Imisebenzi yokuqala kaProf kanye nomhlangano oyinhlekelele
Maphakathi nawo-2000, waba nentshisekelo ku-hip-hop. Lapho eneminyaka engu-20, uJacob wayesevele enandisa ezindaweni zokucima ukoma zendawo. Imisebenzi ibingeke ibizwe ngezomculo ngokuphelele. Imvamisa, babeyizinombolo zokuma eziqanjiwe (lapha uJakobe usevele wabonisa ithalente lakhe elitholwe ebuntwaneni). Noma kunjalo, ngolunye lwalezi zinsuku kusihlwa, umculi wesikhathi esizayo uhlangana noMike Campbell. Kamuva, lo muntu uzoba umphathi omkhulu we-rapper.
Ngemva kokwazana okunjalo nokubambisana kwesikhathi eside, uJacob noMike baba abaphathi beStophouse Music Group, ilebula yomculo ezweni lakubo. Ilebula futhi ibiphethe esayo isitudiyo, lapho uProf aqopha khona izinto eziningi azikhiphayo.
I-Debut nomsebenzi olandelayo weciko
"I-Project Gampo" irekhodi lokuqala lomculi eyedwa, elicishe lingabonakali. Kodwa-ke, izingoma eziphuma kuyo zavumela umculi ukuthi athole abalandeli bokuqala bomsebenzi wakhe. I-disc yesibili ithi "Recession Music", eqoshwe ngokubambisana noSt. UPaul Slim ngo-2009 ubonakale ephumelela kakhulu. Osanda kufika ukwazile ukuzenza aziwe kubabukeli abaningi futhi weqa izwe lakubo ngomculo wakhe.
I-albhamu yesithathu ethi "King Gampo" yaba mnandi ku-rapper. Kurekhodwe ngesitayela "samahlaya" (umculi uhlanganise ngobuciko i-rap nezindaba ezihlekisayo, ngezinye izikhathi eziyinhlamba), ukukhishwa kubangele isiyaluyalu sangempela. Abanye babize le nsizwa ngongqondongqondo - ngezwi layo nekhono layo lokuhlekisa izethameli. Abanye, ngokuphambene nalokho, babheka isitayela esinjalo njengokunambitheka okubi kanye nokugcona kohlobo.
Ngandlela thize, umdwebi ugxile kakhulu esimweni sakubo. Ngo-2012, waqokwa njengomunye wabadlali abavelele esifundazweni. Lapha kuyaphawuleka ukuthi waba cishe kuphela rapper Minnesota ogama ukuthandwa kungadlulela ngalé kwesifunda. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukwazile ukuzuza udumo ngenxa yokwesekwa okuncane noma engakutholanga nhlobo esiteshini somsakazo esiphakathi nendawo - nakho okuyivelakancane.
Ngo-2013, i-Minnesota isingathe i-"Soundset" - umkhosi womculo onesimemo sezinkanyezi zobukhulu bokuqala. Nokho, sekusele ihora ukuthi kuqalwe kwaziwa ukuthi uBusta Rhymes ngeke alulethe uhlelo lwakhe. Esikhundleni sikaBasta, uJakobe wangena esiteji futhi wenza uhlelo olugcwele. Lokhu kugweme ukungagculiseki kwabalandeli, njengoba abalaleli bendawo bebemazi kahle uProf futhi bamamukela ngokungananazi.
Izinguquko zelebula nokusebenza kanzima komculi
Naphezu kokuthi i-disc yesithathu, ekhishwe ku-Stophouse Music Group, iphumelele kakhulu kunezimbili ezedlule, uJakobe wanquma ukushiya ilebula yakhe. Ucabange ngokukhipha okusha nezinye izinkampani. Ukhetho lwawela kuRhymesayers Entertainment. Inkontileka yasayinwa ngoDisemba 2013.
Nokho, i-albhamu yesine yabhalwa cishe iminyaka emibili futhi yakhululwa kuphela ngo-2015. Ukukhishwa kwe-"Liability" kuphumelele kakhulu futhi kwaze kwashaya ishadi le-Billboard, lapho kwathatha khona izikhundla ezingu-141. Naphezu kwalokhu, lo mculi uphinde wathatha ikhefu futhi iminyaka emithathu akazange atshele abalandeli bakhe lutho mayelana nokulungiswa kwezinto ezintsha.
Ngo-2018, i-solo disc yesihlanu ethi "Bookie Baby" yakhululwa ngesimemezelo esincane. Irekhodi lithole ukubuyekezwa okuxubile kubagxeki futhi libonakale lingaphawuleki kakhulu kunemisebenzi emibili edlule. Nokho kube wumoya omusha kubalandeli. Ukuthandwa kwalo mculi akuzange kukhule, kodwa wasigcina isikhundla sakhe njengomunye wabaculi be-rapper abadume kakhulu eMinnesota.
U-Prof ubelokhu ekhipha izingoma ezingashadile kusukela ngo-2018, futhi ethwebula amavidiyo omsebenzi ngamunye ophumayo. Le ndlela yaziswa abalandeli, ngakho ngokuzithandela bathenga izinto ezintsha ezinkundleni zomculo. Ngawo lowo nyaka, wakha iculo lochungechunge lweTV iThe Rookie. Ingoma ethi "Church" ivule isizini yesibili yohlelo lwe-TV.
Ngemva konyaka, umculi wethula eyodwa yokuqala kusukela disc oluzayo "Powderhorn Suites". Leli rekhodi bekumele likhishwe ngoMeyi, kodwa lo mculi waqala ukuba nezinkinga ngelebuli ekhishiwe. Ngokombono wakhe, abaphathi baphazamise kakhulu ezindabeni zomsindo kanye nokuqukethwe kwe-semantic kwe-disc. Umphumela uwukwenqaba ukukhipha ku-Rhymesayers. UJacob ubuyele eqenjini lakhe le-Stophouse Music futhi wakhulula ukukhululwa ekwindla yalowo nyaka.
Kwakuyisinqumo esifanele - i-disc yafinyelela endaweni engu-36 ku-Billboard 200. Akukho neyodwa yama-albhamu omrepha afinyelele umphumela onjalo. Ebusika bango-2021, uProf umemezele ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ukuthi umatasa uqopha irekhodi elisha njengamanje. Wathembisa ukuyikhulula ehlobo.
