B-Real
B-Real ( born June 2, 1970 in Southgate, civil Louis Freese ) is an American rapper who became known with the group Cypress Hill.
Life and work
B-Real was born the son of a Mexican and a Cuban in South Gate, near Los Angeles. In Southgate, he also joined a street gang called " 89th Street Family ", which was included among the Bloods gangs. Since 1988 he is member of the hip hop group Cypress Hill. His nasal voice singing is his trademark.
In addition to Cypress Hill B-Real has been involved in various other projects. Among other things, he was discoverer and promoter of the duo Psycho Realm, Everlast supported on the album Eat At Whitey's and the metal band Fear Factory on their album Digimortal. In 2006, he took with Snoop Dogg on the song for his album Tha Vato Blue Carpet Treatment; He also has released four solo mixtapes, on which he was also supported by Eminem and Mellow Man Ace.
In February 2009, published B-Real released his first solo album under the title " Smoke & Mirrors" via Duck Down.
Movies
In the film Who's the man ( 1993) B-Real had among other hip- hop artists a small guest role, and the same year he played in Meteorman a member of the " Crips " while in his youth he was a member of the " Bloods ". In this film were also seen DJ Muggs, Sen Dog and Naughty by Nature. In addition, he performed with his band colleagues from Cypress Hill in 2001 in the film So High on. In 2003 he played a supporting role in Shade.
Discography
Solo
- 2005: The Gunslinger Mixtape Volume 1
- 2006: The Gunslinger Mixtape Volume 2 ( Fist Full of Dollars)
- 2007: The Gunslinger Mixtape Volume 3 ( For A Few Dollars More)
- 2009: Smoke N Mirrors
- 2010: The Harvest Vol.1
- 2013: Pay the Producer