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for|the Swedish band with the same name |Charizma (band)Infobox musical artist| name = Charizma| image = Peanut Butter Wolf and Charizma.jpg| caption = Charizma (right) and Peanut Butter Wolf| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Charles Hicks| alias =| birth_date = birth date|mf=y|1973|7|6| birth_place =| death_date = death date and age|mf=y|1993|12|18|1973|6|16| death_place =| origin = San José, California|San José , California , United States|U.S. | instrument =| genre = West Coast hip hop|West Coast Hip hop music|Hip Hop | occupation =| years_active = 1987–1993| label = Hollywood Basic (1990–1993) Stones Throw Records (1996–present) (posthumous)| associated_acts = Peanut Butter Wolf | website = Charles Hicks (July 6, 1973& nbsp;– December 16, 1993) a.k.a. Charizma was an Rapping|MC from San Jose, California|San Jose , California , United States . He is most known for his work with Peanut Butter Wolf ; the two of them formed a duo together, but their music was cut short when Charizma was murdered in late 1993.
Biography
Charizma was 13 when he got his first taste for hip hop music|hip hop , and he started rapping at high school talent shows. He was only 15 when he met 19-year old Chris Manak, also known as Peanut Butter Wolf, in 1990. They became best friends, recording several demos and performing live in the San Jose, California|San Jose area.
After hearing Charizma on San Jose State 's KSJS 90.5 FM, Matt Brown approached Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf, offering to become their manager. Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf agreed and began looking for a record label . After entertaining offers from some major record labels, including Columbia Records , they signed with the Disney -owned record label Hollywood Basic, now Hollywood Records .
While signed to Hollywood Basic, Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf recorded several tracks but Hollywood Basic never released an album because of creative differences between the artists and the label. Charizma stated, "The stuff we wanted to do was not what Hollywood wanted. When we first got signed they kept asking us for more and more songs. After we got signed they were turning things down left and right. They were talking about bringing outside producers—but Pete Rock & CL Smooth never had outside producers, Gang Starr never did. It's like they almost liked the image of us more." cite web |url= http://www.stonesthrow.com/news/2004/02/charizma-peanut-butter-wolf-in-elemental |title=Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf In Elemental, February 2nd, 2004
Only a promotional cassette with the single "Red Light, Green Light" and a flexi disc with the single "Jack the Mack" that was featured in an issue of the Bay area hip hop zine http://www.bombhiphop.com/magazine.html Bomb Magazine were ever released while signed to Hollywood Basic.
Even without having released an album, the duo still gained a following. They routinely performed live in the Bay area , toured Germany with label mates Raw Fusion and were featured in Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Magazine . They also opened for both Nas and The Pharcyde , but the conflicts with Hollywood Basic's executives continued and they were soon released from their contract.cite web |url= http://www.sfweekly.com/content/printVersion/316084/ |title=SF Weekly - The Beat Goes On, November 11th 2003cite web |url= http://www.musiczoned.com/charizma--pbw.html |title=MusicZoned.com Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf were still collaborating when it was cut short as Charizma was shot dead in a mugging on December 16, 1993.cite web |url= http://www.stonesthrow.com/news/2004/02/charizma-peanut-butter-wolf-in-vapors |title=Stones Throw Records (Peanut Butter Wolf Interview) |accessdate=2007-04-29 |format= |work=|quote=He died in December 1993. Basically, he was shot and killed. It was just a violent death. I personally don't know all of the details, but from what I understand, a guy basically approached him at a stoplight in East Palo Alto, which was a pretty rough neighborhood at the time. Yeah, from what I heard, he resisted and the guy shot him. Something that no one ever would have expected, obviously.
Peanut Butter Wolf retained the tracks recorded while signed to Hollywood Basic and after founding his own record label, Stones Throw Records , posthumously released an Extended play|EP called M-Town and the full length Big Shots (album)|Big Shots album in 2003, over 10 years after the tracks were originally recorded. Big Shots , even though it was a stylistic throw back to early '90s era hip hop, was well received by critics and fans alike,cite web |url= http://allhiphop.com/stories/reviews/archive/2003/12/01/18134152.aspx |title=AllHipHop.com Review, December 1st 2003cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/big-shots-r667500/review |title=Allmusic Reviewcite book |url= http://books.google.com/books? id=MeQBt9uaTRUC& pg=PA100& dq=charizma& hl=en& ei=ULk7TeHEC8nZgQfpltyxCA& sa=X& oi=book_result& ct=result& resnum=5& ved=0CDcQ6AEwBA#v=onepage& q=charizma& f=false |title=Spin Magazine, February 2004, page 100cite web |url= http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/1307 |title=Dusted Magazine, March 7th 2004cite web |url= http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2003_10_bigshots.html |title=RapReviews.com Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf :: Big Shots :: Stones Throw Records as reviewed by Steve 'Flash' Juon, October 28th 2003cite web |url= http://www.cokemachineglow.com/record_review/1414/charizmapeanutbutterwolf-bigshots-2003|title=Coke Machine Glow Record Review, January 26th 2004cite web |url= http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/02.12.04/charizma-0407.html |title=Metro Paper - Charizma Comes Alive, February 12th 2004cite web |url= http://djmgblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/charizma-and-peanut-butter-wolf-big.html |title=DJ M.G. Hip-hop Haven, December 17th 2009cite web |url= http://www.amazon.com/Shots-Charizma-Peanut-Butter-Wolf/product-reviews/B0000E69HW/ref=cm_cr_dp_all_recent? ie=UTF8& showViewpoints=1& sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending |title=Amazon.com Customer Reviews reaching number 3 on College Music Journal|CMJ Magazine's hip hop chart.cite book |url= http://books.google.com/books? id=QIWytxIrbvgC& pg=PA15& dq=charizma& hl=en& ei=ULk7TeHEC8nZgQfpltyxCA& sa=X& oi=book_result& ct=result& resnum=10& ved=0CEwQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage& q=charizma& f=false |title=CMJ New Music Report, February 2004, page 15
Discography
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Album information
M-Town EP
Recorded: 1987–1989
Released: November 18, 2003
RIAA Certification: n/a
Billboard 200 chart position: n/a
R& B/Hip-Hop chart position: n/a
Singles:
Big Shots (album)
Recorded: 1991–1993
Released: November 18, 2003
RIAA Certification: n/a
Billboard 200 chart position: n/a
R& B/Hip-Hop chart position: n/a
Singles: "My World Premiere", "Devotion", "Here's A Smirk", "Jack The Mack"
http://www.stonesthrow.com/charizma Charizma - Stones Throw Records
http://www.stonesthrow.com/jukebox/charizma-pbwolf-1992-interview.mp3 KZSU Interview with Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf, 1992
Stones Throw Records Persondata|NAME=Charizma |ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Hicks, Charles (real name) |SHORT DESCRIPTION=American MC |DATE OF BIRTH=July 6, 1973 |PLACE OF BIRTH= |DATE OF DEATH=December 16, 1993 |PLACE OF DEATH=
Category:1973 births Category:1993 deaths Category:Murdered African-American people Category:Murdered rappers Category:African American rappers Category:Stones Throw Records artists
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