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 Elucid performing in 2020 | |
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| Born | Jamaica, Queens, New York City, US |
| Genres | East Coast hip hop |
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| Years active | 2002–present |
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Elucid (often stylized as E L U C I D), is an American rapper and record producer from New York City. He has been a member of Armand Hammer, [1] Cult Favorite, [2] Lessondary, [3] Nostrum Grocers, [4] and Small Bills. [5]
Elucid was born in Jamaica, Queens. [6] His mother was a singer and his father was a bassist. [6] He grew up in Deer Park, New York. [6] Subsequently, he moved to East New York, Brooklyn. [7]
Elucid released his debut solo studio album, Save Yourself, in 2016. [8] In 2017, he released a mixtape, Valley of Grace. [9] In 2018, he released a collaborative studio album with Milo, titled Nostrum Grocers, under the group moniker Nostrum Grocers. [10] In that year, he also released a mixtape, Shit Don't Rhyme No More. [11] In 2019, he released a mixtape, Every Egg I Cracked Today Was Double Yolked. [12] He released "Seership!" in 2020. [13] In that year, he also released a collaborative studio album with The Lasso, titled Don't Play It Straight, under the group moniker Small Bills. [14] In 2022, he released a solo studio album, I Told Bessie. [15] In 2024, he released two albums, REVELATOR [16] and INTERFERENCE PATTERN, the second of which was released exclusively onto his Bandcamp page. [17] TheNew York Times ' chief pop music critic Jon Pareles named REVELATOR one of his ten best albums of 2024. [18]
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