Elzhi
Elzhi, born Jason Powers, is an American rapper and former member of the hip- hop group Slum Village.
Career
Elzhi began in 1998 some songs with DJ House Shoes accommodate. As the first publication EP Out Of Focus appeared at the end of the recording process. A year later, the rapper took some pieces, founded by Nick Speed and Magestik Legend Group 9-2-5 Colony. The common material of the hip- hop musician was never released. After about Big Tone, had come about the acquaintance with the soul singer and musician Dwele, who had occasionally visited the same school as Elzhi, founded the two of them together with Big Tone and 87, which were then part of the hip-hop shops and paint, the Elzhi met in a studio, the group had Breakfast Club. In 2000 they released the EP Breakfast Club.
In 2001, T3 and Baatin of Slum Village group worked on their album Trinity ( Past, Present and Future). During the recording process, the group Elzhi invited to record some common pieces with the rapper. The collaboration worked well, so Elzhi were offered the offer to become a member of the hip- hop group.
In 2004, Elzhi with Nick Speed the label libido sounds. About this platform, the rapper released the Mixtape Witness My Growth. This appeared as a double CD and contains exclusive Posts by J Dilla, some pieces of the Out Of Focus EP and songs that were created before 1997.
In April 2008, published Elzhi as part of his European tour with DJ House Shoes, Phat Kat and DJ December a tour - album titled Euro - pass. On 12 August 2008, the first solo album by rapper followed. It was published under the title The Preface and was taken up by Elzhi within two and a half weeks. To unreleased solo and feature tracks make the fans available, Elzhi, published in December 2009, the mixtape The Leftovers ( UnMixedTape ). It was only offered as a free download and deliberately avoided the inclusion of a mixtape DJs. A few days later published Elzhi and T3, by the death of Slum Village member Baatin, in August 2009, just the two, the prequel EP Villa Manifesto EP as a precursor to the online published in July 2010 sixth Slum Village album Villa Manifesto. Due to the variety of shots of the rapper Baatin this is represented posthumously on the EP on every song. Shortly after the release left Elzhi Slum Village wegene differences with RJ Rice.
In May 2011, appeared both as a hard copy version as well for free download the mixtape Elmatic, a tribute to the album Illmatic the New York rapper Nas Elmatic was produced by Will Sessions. Elzhi released with Half Time and It Is not Hard To Tell two videos about the publication.