Pip Skid | |
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 Pip Skid performing at the 2007 Ellice Street Festival in Winnipeg, Manitoba. | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Patrick Skene |
| Genres | Canadian hip hop |
| Labels | Peanuts & Corn Records |
Patrick Skene, known professionally as Pip Skid and Wicked Nut, is a Canadian rapper and writer, and one of the most active creative artists at the Vancouver-based independent hip hop label Peanuts & Corn. [1] Skid is known for his distinctive gravel-throated vocals. [2]
In the early 1990s Skid was a co-founder of Canadian hip hop group Farm Fresh, [1] and recorded an EP and three albums with that group. He was also a member of other crews such as Fermented Reptile, Hip Hop Weiners, Taking Care of Business, and Break Bread. [3] [4]
In 2001 Skid took part in the Close To The Coast Festival in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. [5]
In 2004 Skid's album Funny Farm was released; it hit #32 [6] on the combined charts. His single "Alone Again" from this album Funny Farm was played in rotation on the Much Music network. [7]
In 2005 Skid and fellow rapper mcenroe released an album, Funny Farm 2 [8] which hit #3 [9] on the hip hop charts. Skid's 2010 album Skid Row peaked at #4 [10] on the Canadian Hip Hop charts on May 1, 2010.
Farm Fresh is a Canadian hip hop group from Brandon, Manitoba made up of Mcenroe, Pip Skid and DJ Hunnicutt.
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dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip were a hip-hop duo, combining electronic beats with sung, spoken, and rapped lyrics. The pair are Daniel Stephens, and David Peter Meads (b.1981). The name "Scroobius Pip" is an intentional misspelling of the Edward Lear poem, The Scroobious Pip.
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