Rhymefest

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

Life and career

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

By 2004, Smith had to keep up with various jobs to support, among other things, he worked as a janitor. This year seemed to Kanye West's album The College Dropout, which contains the mitgeschriebenen of Rhymefest track Jesus Walks. Che Smith was honored for this song together with Miri Ben- Ari and a Grammy Award for Best Rap Song. In 2006 he Rhymefests album Blue Collar on Mark Ronson's label Allido Records. The album reached # 61 in the American charts. For the single Brand New Rhymefest reunited with Kanye West. Published in 2008 Rhymefest mixtape Man in the Mirror, which you could download free. The concept of the work consists of a played cooperation with Michael Jackson, there are several pieces of used and re-edited his career.

2010 appeared the second album El Che.

Albums

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