Black Pegasus

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Black Pegasus
Birth nameRobert Houston II
Also known asBlack-P
The Black Mexican
Yo Mamma's Pimp
Born (1980-03-24) March 24, 1980 (age 44)
Germany
Origin Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
Genres Hip hop
Occupation Rapper
Years active2001-present
LabelsBrass Knuckle Entertainment
Website

Robert Houston II, also known as Black Pegasus or simply Black-P, is an American rapper/South Western hip hop artist from Colorado Springs. He is the current president and CEO of Brass Knuckle Entertainment. [1]

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Biography

Robert Houston II was born on March 24, 1980 [2] in Germany where his father was stationed with the US Air Force, and lived in Arizona, Florida, and New Mexico before his family settled on the Southeast side of Colorado Springs when he was age ten. [3] [4] [5] He is from the Woodside Townhomes section in Colorado Springs. He is of mixed African-American and Mexican descent, hence the title of his fourth album, The Black Mexican. [4] He open enrolled for high school and attended Widefield and Mitchell High School, and began rapping when he was sixteen, soon performing and working in his early days under the name Yo Mamma's Pimp. [4] He worked with the group Fusion of Syllables (F.O.S.) for two years before going solo in 2001. [4] [6] Black-P has released five studio albums (Black Pegasus, Knuckle Up, F**K YO RADIO, The Black Mexican, and Black By Popular Demand), two mixtapes (Black P The Mixtape, and Shitting On the Industry Vol.1), and one collaboration CD (Banana Spitz) with Liquid Assassin of the hip-hop group Grave Plott. His new album Brass Knuckle King was released in 2011, and featured guest appearances by Immortal Technique, Liquid Assassin, and Kutt Calhoun. Black P is also currently working on a collaboration album entitled "The Council", which will consist of Black P, King Tef, Hypnautic, and Johnny Rocketz. Black P's seventh studio album, "Yo Mamma's Pimp", is slated for a 2012 release as well.

Black-P has competed in several battle-rapping contests, [7] winning the Rock the Mic Battle in 2003 and taking second place in Scribble Jam in Cincinnati. [3] [4] He has featured on the MTV shows Road Rules and The Real World and in the NBA Jam 2 video game. [6]

Discography

Studio albums

Mixtapes

Collaborations

Music videos

TitleAlbum
"I Got Next"Knuckle Up
"Yeah Baby"
"Who Ya Gonna Call?"
"Bow Your Head"
"Keep On Movin'"
"So Glad"F**K YO RADIO!
"Keep It Up, Don't Stop"The Black Mexican
"Rep That"
"Step Into the Ring"
"Drop It 4 Me"Shitting On the Industry Vol.1
"Over & Over"Black By Popular Demand
"Heaven Kiss"
"Time Lost"Brass Knuckle King
"Brass Knuckle King"
"Snicker Licker"
"Spank That"
"We Gone Make It"
"Notorious B.P."
"Problem Going Back"
"So Colorado"The Council
"All That"
"What They Talkin' Bout"
"Sorry I F**ked Your Girl"
"Not A Game"
"Stack"Yo Mamma's Pimp

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References

  1. ↑ Stanley, J. Adrian (2006) "Black P’s latest is bravely experimental Archived June 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine ", Colorado Springs Gazette , September 29, 2006, retrieved 2010-07-19
  2. ↑ "Home". Archived from the original on 2010-02-06. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
  3. 1 2 Reed, Bill (2003) "Colorado Springs hasn't heard the last of rapper Black Pegasus", Colorado Springs Gazette , November 14, 2003
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Forman, Bill (2008) "Rapping on the edge: Black Pegasus mixes politics with punchlines Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine ", Colorado Springs Independent , July 17, 2008, retrieved 2010-07-19
  5. ↑ Short, Christopher (2007) "City earns hip-hop artist’s loyalty Archived June 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine ", Colorado Springs Gazette , July 28, 2007, retrieved 2010-07-19
  6. 1 2 Navarro, Linda (2004) "Black Pegasus ready to spread his wings, fly higher", Colorado Springs Gazette , August 27, 2004
  7. ↑ Jefferson, Elana Ashanti (2005) "THREE QUESTIONS: Myth conjures rapper's success", Denver Post , July 17, 2005
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