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Corey Charron | |
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| Born | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Battle rapper |
Corey Charron is a Canadian battle rapper and hip hop artist from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, better known mononymously as Charron.
Corey Charron was born in Ottawa, Ontario. He graduated St. Peter Catholic High School and enrolled for Pre-Music Production at Algonquin College before dropping out to compete in a battle rap contest.
In 2009, Charron made his battle rap debut at 17 years old in the Canadian-based rap battle league, King of the Dot (KOTD). He also made appearances in the U.S based URL and Grind Time Now, as well as FlipTop Battle League and the UK battle league Don't Flop. [1] He has competed in over 100+ battles which include the likes of DNA, Pat Stay, [2] Shotgun Suge, [3] Arsonal, and Hollow Da Don. [4] [5]
In 2011, Charron was named the winner of the AUX TV reality show series "Ultimate MC".
In March 2013, Charron appeared on BET's 106 & Park , and won the Freestyle Friday March Mayhem Tournament in New York. [6] The prize was $5,000 and the opportunity to appear in the cypher segment of 2013 BET Hip Hop Awards. [7] A BET producer later said that a format change was the reason why Charron wasn't invited to film the annual freestyle cypher. [8] Charron eventually released a verse aimed at the BET network and a number of rappers. [9] The following year, Charron was invited to participate in the BET Awards 2014 cypher alongside Papoose, Remy Ma and Jarren Benton. [10] [11]
In the summer of 2013, Charron performed as an opening act during the Canadian dates on Method Man and Redman's tour. [12] He also opened for Wu-Block's Canadian Tour alongside Ghostface Killah and Sheek Louch. [13]
On May 29, 2016, when Nick Cannon issued an open challenge for a $100,000 rap battle during the weekend events of the BET Awards 2016, Charron accepted the challenge and dropped a verse aimed at Cannon. [14] [15] Nick Cannon later responded to Charron's video with a few bars in a Facebook post of his own.
In July 2016, Charron was cast as Billy Pistolz for the film Bodied , which was co-produced by Eminem and released in 2017. [16]
In 2017, Charron appeared on season 9 of the MTV show Wild 'N Out as a cast member. From 2017 to 2022, he made 40 appearances over eight seasons. [17] [18]
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