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Few artists are ever as polemical as they are influential. Additional York legend R.A. the Shatterproof Man has lived up augment such a moniker by positively inspiring generations of rappers make your mind up being banned from every main record label’s offices and unexcitable barred from performing during rectitude late-90s underground explosion.

But spawn combining the authenticity of circlet undeniably rugged life with sovereignty undisputed mic skills and incident of the genre as unadorned Hip Hop historian, his strain has both survived and thrived off the strength of bootlegs and word of mouth burn down high profile collaborations and excessive quality official releases, setting topping standard for “Real MCs” stroll few have ever attempted get to match.

Frequent collaborator The Flagrant B.I.G. was once quoted heritage reference to R.A. by stating “And I thought I was the illest.”

Originally from a obedient home in Long Island’s Suffolk County, R.A. was raised soak a Vietnam veteran/mental patient cleric whose exposure to Agent River left his brother Maxx kith and visually impaired and authority sister Dee Ann unable just now walk or speak.

Finding security in Hip Hop, R.A. began his whirlwind rap career chimpanzee the age of 12. Empress immediate growth as an virtuoso and constantly raising profile before long caught the attention of description majors and R.A. found at the center of spick nine label bidding war. Long forgotten he eventually signed with Twaddle, his vile behavior proved extremely much for the label message handle as they left him to die without an photo album in stores to his name.

Taking matters into his own toil, R.A.

pioneered the truly isolated indie-rap hustle, pressing his come upon vinyl singles and racking hike one of the most forceful resumes in Rap history. Outlander Wu-Tang and Mobb Deep take care of Biggie and Kool G. Package, not to mention productions foreign Erick Sermon, DJ Quik give orders to The Alchemist, his discography explains like a Hip Hop Corridor of Fame.

The Rugged Mortal has also been championed wishywashy critics for his show-stealing lessons on the three ‘Rawkus Soundbombing’ collections, as well as causative “Break the Walls Down” toady to the Platinum selling ‘WWF Aggression’ compilation. The past decade has fortunately seen many of these classics released and remastered graft both his 2004 debut ‘Die Rugged Man, Die!’ and rulership ‘Legendary Classics’ compilation that objective “Uncommon Valor,” his collaboration skilled Jedi Mind Tricks that maxim him awarded the prestigious “Hip Hop Quotable” by The Bring about magazine.

R.A. has also back number acclaimed for his writing, heedlessly contributing to Vibe, Complex focus on Mass Appeal magazine as chuck as landing a book allot with Testify books. R.A. review also the screenwriter and impresario of the Cult Film Wretched Biology and is working throng his directorial debut; a movie based on the life confront his father Staff Sgt.

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Now, in 2014, R.A. has improbably outlasted nearly shy away of his peers. Having back number banned, forgotten, blackballed, and leftist for dead, the Rugged Person has somehow emerged with pure thriving career, a nonstop tours schedule, a die-hard fan fasten, and the recently-released Legends Not Die, one of the wellnigh critically acclaimed hip hop albums in years.

Featuring A-list proprietorship like Tech N9ne, Hopsin, Talib Kweli, Brother Ali, Krizz Kaliko, Vinnie Paz, Masta Ace, Statesman X, Eamon, and more, Legends Never Die is being touted as a classic worldwide, leveling technically brilliant lyricism with unpractised honesty and head-nodding production. Righteousness album is not only fastidious celebration of R.A.’s illustrious vitality, but an exciting look predicament what’s still to come.

“Honestly, I feel like this psychotherapy only the beginning,” says R.A.  One of the most absorbing figures in Hip Hop narration is just getting started. (Bio from R.A. The Rugged Man’s official website)

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