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Infobox musical artist|image = ||image_size = 150|name = Camu Tao|caption =|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Tero Smith|origin = Columbus, Ohio|Columbus , Ohio , United States |birth_date = Birth date|1977|6|26|mf=y|death_date = Death date and age|2008|5|25|1977|6|26|mf=y|genre = Hip hop music|Hip hop |occupation = Hip hop production|Producer , Rapping|rapper , singer |years_active = 1997–2008|instrument =|First_album =|Latest_album =|Notable_albums =|Notable songs =|label = Definitive Jux |associated_acts = S.A. Smash The Weathermen (hip hop group)|The Weathermen Central Services Nighthawks MHz|website = http://www.definitivejux.net/jukies/camutao/ Definitive Jux - Bio Camu Tao (born Tero Smith , June 26, 1977 – May 25, 2008cite news |first=Jake |last=Paine |title=Rapper Camu Tao Dies From Cancer |url= http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.6997/title.rapper-camu-tao-dies-from-cancer |work=HipHopDX.com |date=2008-05-26 |accessdate=2008-05-26) was an United States|American rapping|rapper and hip hop production|producer who was signed to the Definitive Jux record label|label . He was a member of several groups: S.A. Smash (with fellow rapper Metro), the underground hiphop supergroup The Weathermen (hip hop group)|Weathermen , Central Services (with fellow producer El-P ), and the music collective Cardboard City .
He was also part of Columbus, Ohio 's MHz crew with Copywrite (hip-hop)|Copywrite , RJD2 , Jakki Tha MotaMouth & Tage Proto. Partnering with Cage Kennylz|Cage to form The Nighthawks, the two crafted an album during a single-three day creative session.cite web | last =Morris | first =David | title =To Hell and Back: An Interview with Cage | work = PopMatters | date =2006-02-03 | url = http://www.popmatters.com/music/interviews/cage-060203.shtml | accessdate =2007-03-30
Smith died on May 25, 2008, after a two-year battle with lung cancer . At the time of his death, he was producing a song for Cage Kennylz|Cage's I Never Knew You EP and working on his first solo for Definitive Jux . On July 9, 2009, El-P announced via Twitter that the album, King of Hearts , was finished, and would be released on October 20, 2009. http://twitter.com/therealelp King of Hearts was released on August 17, 2010 by Definitive Jux in collaboration with Fat Possum Records along with a free download EP from Central Services. http://www.definitivejux.net/news/el-p/1662 About the album, El-P said:
We all expected to get Camu in the studio and go as far as he wanted to go with the record. The songs are bare, but then again a lot of them are just what he wanted. A lot of them wouldn’t have changed much. Knowing Camu, he had a lot of talented musician friends he would have liked to have collaborated and have involved. I do think the album would have been different had he lived to complete it.
Aesop Rock , also on Definitive Jux , stated in a 2008 interview with The A.V. Club that his next album may contain "a couple of songs about my friend Camu." http://www.avclub.com/articles/aesop-rock,14343/
Discography
''Presents Blair Cosby's Cape Cod (Going For De Gold) (Smash Bros., 2004) http://www.discogs.com/Camu-Tao-Presents-Blair-Cosby-Cape-Cod-Going-For-De-Gold/release/1337640
''Presents Blair Cosby's Cereal Carpens '97 Season
Presents "Blair Cosby II: The Wali Era"
King of Hearts ( Definitive Jux , 2010)
With Central Services
Forever Frozen In Television Time ( Definitive Jux , 2010)
With MHz
Table Scraps (2001, Man Bites Dog, 2009 Re-release)
Definitive Swim ( Definitive Jux / Williams Street , 2007) ("Plot for a Little")
Singles
"Hear Me Talking to You" (B.U.K.A. Entertainment, 2001)
"Hold the Floor"/"Wireless" (Definitive Jux, 2001)
"WMR" (Camu Tao & El-Producto|El-P )/"Homesickness"/"Life with Snarky Parker" (Despot) (Definitive Jux, 2004)
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External links
MySpace|camuturbo|Camu Tao
http://www.definitivejux.net/jukies/camutao/ Camu Tao Bio at Definitive Jux
Definitive Jux Records
Persondata|NAME= Tao, Camu |ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Smith, T. |SHORT DESCRIPTION= Hip hop production|Producer , Rapping|rapper , singer |DATE OF BIRTH= 1977-6-6 |PLACE OF BIRTH= Columbus, Ohio|Columbus , Ohio , United States |DATE OF DEATH= Death date and age|2008|5|25|1977|6|6|PLACE OF DEATH= Columbus, Ohio|Columbus , Ohio , United States DEFAULTSORT:Tao, Camu Category:1977 births Category:2008 deaths Category:Midwest hip hop musicians Category:Deaths from lung cancer Category:African American rappers Category:American rappers
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