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Biography
Infobox musical artist | name = Afroman | image = Afro concert Oct 11 09.jpg| caption = Afroman in Daytona Beach , Florida , October 11, 2009| image_size = | background = solo_singer| birth_name = Joseph Edgar Foreman| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|1974|7|29|mf=y| birth_place = Palmdale, California|East Side Palmdale , California , United States | origin =| instrument = Vocals , Guitar , Bass Guitar , Drum kit|Drums | genre = Hip hop music|Hip-hop , West Coast hip hop | occupation = Musician | years_active = 1992–present| label = Universal Motown , T-Bones Records|T-Bones | associated_acts = Mr. Mixx , Lowkey (US Rapper)|Lowkey , Sublime (band)|Sublime | notable_instruments = Gibson EDS-1275 , Fender Jazz Bass , Pearl Drums Joseph Edgar Foreman (July 29, 1974), better known by his stage name Afroman , is an United States|American Rapping|rapper who came to prominence with his singles " Because I Got High (song)|Because I Got High " and " Crazy Rap ". "Because I Got High" circulated around the Internet before becoming a hit worldwide. He was nominated for a Grammy award in 2002.
Early life
Foreman originally started rapping in the eighth grade, when he began recording homemade raps and selling them to his classmates. "The first tape I made was about my eighth-grade teacher," he once recalled. "She got me kicked out of school for sagging (fashion)|sagging my pants , which was a big deal back then. So I wrote this song about her and it sold about 400 copies: it was selling to teachers, students, just about everybody. And I realized that, even though I wasn't at school, my song was at school, so in a way I was still there. All these people would come by my house just to give me comments about how cool they thought the song was." http://www.myspace.com/afromanmusic Afroman | Gratis muziek, tourneedata, foto's, video's. Myspace.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-30. Foreman also performed in his church at a young age, playing both the drums and guitar.
Music career
In 1999, he released his first album, My Fro-losophy ; he later relocated to Hattiesburg, Mississippi ,cite web|url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p435536|pure_url=yes|title=Afroman Biography|last=Nimmervoll|first=Ed|year=2008|publisher=allmusic|accessdate=2009-03-27 where he met drummer Jody Stallone, keyboardist/bassist Daryl Havard, and producer Tim Ramenofsky (aka "Headfridge").
Ramenofsky produced and released Afroman's second album Because I Got High (album)|Because I Got High in 2000 on T-Bones Records ; it initially was distributed primarily through concerts and the file-sharing service Napster before its title track was played on The Howard Stern Show . Afroman based the song's lyrical content on his inability or unwillingness to clean his room; and ran with the idea of everyday tasks being derailed by drug use. In late 2001, the song became a worldwide hit and was featured in the films Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back , The Perfect Score , and Disturbia (film)|Disturbia later in the 2000s.
Because of the single's success, Afroman joined the lineup of Cypress Hill 's fall festival Smoke Out with Deftones , Method Man , and others.cite news|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1449406/20010928/cypress_hill.jhtml|title=Cypress Hill's Oakland Smoke Out Bumped By A's|last=Schumacher-Rasmussen|first=Eric|date=2001-09-28|publisher=MTV News|accessdate=2009-03-27 Universal Records signed Afroman to a six-album deal; Universal released The Good Times in 2001, a compilation of Afroman's first two albums and some new tracks. "Because I Got High" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance in 2002.cite news|url= http://www.livedaily.com/news/4169.html|title=Grammy nominees led by U2, India.Arie, Alicia Keys|last=Evans|first=Rob|date=2002-01-04|work=LiveDaily|accessdate=2009-03-27
Starting in 2004, Afroman released his music independently and mostly through the Internet. He recorded a comedy album that year, Jobe Bells , mocking traditional Christmas music|Christmas songs .cite news|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1493225/20041028/simpson_jessica.jhtml|title=For The Record: Quick News On Jessica Simpson, Ashlee Simpson, Snoop, Good Charlotte, Afroman, Chingy & More|date=2004-10-28|publisher=MTV News|accessdate=2009-03-27 Afroman was part of the 2010 Gathering of the Juggalos lineup. http://juggalogathering.com/home.php? page_id=performances GOTJ 2011:::Buy Tickets Now!. Juggalogathering.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-30.
Discography
main|Afroman discography
1998: My Fro-losophy
2000: Because I Got High (album)|Because I Got High
2000: Sell Your Dope
2001: The Good Times
2004: Afroholic... The Even Better Times
2004: Jobe Bells
2004: 4R0:20
2004: The Hungry Hustlerz: Starvation Is Motivation
2006: '' Drunk 'n' High
2006: A Colt 45 Christmas
2008: Waiting to Inhale
2008: Greatest Hitz Live
2009: Frobama: Head of State
2010: Afro D-Z-A-C-C
References
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External links
official website| http://www.afromanmusic.com/
myspace|afromanmusic
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p435536
http://www.hungryhustlerrecords.com Hungry Hustler Records
http://www.tbonesrecords.com T-Bones Records
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Afroman Persondata| NAME =Afroman | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Musician | DATE OF BIRTH =1974-07-28 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Palmdale, California|East Side Palmdale , California , United States | DATE OF DEATH =2008-06-11 | PLACE OF DEATH = Antigua DEFAULTSORT:Afroman Category:1974 births Category:Living people Category:African American drummers Category:African American rappers Category:African American guitarists Category:American bass guitarists Category:Hip hop singers Category:People from Hattiesburg, Mississippi Category:Rappers from Los Angeles, California Category:Underground rappers Category:Cannabis music Category:Pseudonymous rappers
