Muja Messiah | |
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Birth name | Robert Hedges [1] |
Born | [2] [3] | December 10, 1976
Origin | Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
Genres | Hip hop |
Occupation(s) | Rapper |
Years active | 2000–present |
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Robert Hedges [1] (born December 10, 1976), [2] [3] better known by his stage name Muja Messiah, is an American rapper from Minneapolis, Minnesota. [4] He has been a member of the groups Raw Villa [2] and Villa Rosa. [5] Vibe named him in "51 Best MySpace Rappers" and URB named him in "Next 1000." City Pages also named him the best Minneapolis hip hop artist of 2009. [6]
In 2008, Muja Messiah released a mixtape, Mpls Massacre Vol. 1, and then released his debut album Thee Adventures of a B-Boy D-Boy the same year. [7]
Two years later in 2010, he released the album M-16's. [8]
In 2014, he released God Kissed It the Devil Missed It. It was listed as one of the best Minnesota rap album of 2014 by City Pages . [9]
The next year in 2015, he released the album Angel Blood Soup [10] and the collaborative album 9th House with I Self Devine. [11]
On December 7, 2020, legendary emcee, rapper and actor Ice-T retweeted the Muja Messiah song "Covid" produced by Orikal Uno to his 1.9 million followers on Twitter [12]
Rufus Johnson, better known by his stage name Bizarre, is an American rapper and producer, best known for his work with the Detroit-based hip hop group D12.
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Cameron Jibril Thomaz, better known by his stage name Wiz Khalifa, is an American rapper based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He signed with local independent label Rostrum Records to release his debut studio album, Show and Prove (2006). His contract entered a short-lived joint venture with Warner Bros. Records the following year. His Eurodance-influenced 2008 single, "Say Yeah" received urban radio airplay and entered both the Rhythmic Top 40 and Hot Rap Songs charts, becoming his first minor hit.
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DeAndre Cortez Way, known professionally as Soulja Boy, is an American rapper and record producer from Atlanta, Georgia. He rose to prominence after his self-released 2007 debut single, "Crank That " peaked the Billboard Hot 100 for seven non-consecutive weeks. After its commercial re-release by Collipark Music, an imprint of Interscope Records, the song and its follow-up, "Soulja Girl" led to the release of his debut studio album, Souljaboytellem.com (2007). Despite unfavorable critical reception, it peaked at number four on the Billboard 200 and spawned the single "Yahhh!."
Bianca Dupree, also known as Bianca Bonnie and formerly Young B, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and television personality. Born in Harlem, New York, she first gained recognition after being featured on Webstar's 2006 debut album Caught in the Web. The lead single "Chicken Noodle Soup" peaked at number 45 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became Dupree's signature song.
This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 2009.
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