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Biography
Infobox musical artist|name = RBX|image =|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Eric Dwayne Collins|birth_date = birthdate and age|1968|06|20www.trueknowledge.com/q/facts_about_rbx|alias = The Narrator|origin = Long Beach, California |genre = Hip hop music|Hip hop |occupation = Rapper , record producer , singer , Song writer|instrument = Vocals |years_active = 1991–present|label = Death Row Records (1992–1994) Premeditated/ Warner Bros. Records (1994–1996) Aftermath Entertainment|Aftermath / Interscope Records|Interscope / MCA Records (1996–2001) Doggystyle Records (2001–present)|website = http://thanarrator.com/ Official WebsiteMySpace|narratorrbx Eric Dwayne Collins (born June 20, 1968) better known by his stage name RBX (standing for "Reality Born Unknown"), is a former rapper and R& B singer from Long Beach, California. Contrary to popular belief, Collins is not related to funk legend Bootsy Collins , although the two are close friends.cite web |url= http://www.dubcnn.com/interviews/rbx-09-2/|title= RBX Interview|author=Jose|accessdate=17 June 2009 |work= Dubcnn Sits Down With RBX & Napsac Ent.|publisher=The Westcoast News Network. |date=June 17, 2009
Death Row Records
RBX joined Death Row Records in 1992 with his cousins Snoop Dogg and Daz Dillinger of The Dogg Pound .cite web |url= http://www.discogs.com/artist/RBX|title= RBX Discography|accessdate=21 March 2009 |work= Discogs|publisher= |date= A former college student and retail manager, Collins wisely declined to sign blank contracts like his Death Row brethren and his tenure on the label would be brief but memorable. Having made commanding cameos on The Chronic in 1992 and Doggystyle in 1993, RBX left the label in 1994 and signed with the lesser known Premeditated Records. He released The RBX Files in 1995, his debut solo album that was produced by former Chronic production team member Greg "Gregski" Royal. The album abandoned the popular West coast G-Funk style in favor of a gritty, dungeon-like sound more associated with New York. The single "A.W.O.L." was an attack on Death Row, Suge Knight, Dre and others, with X comparing the dubious business practices there to the days of Ruthless Records , Jerry Heller , and Eazy-E .
Aftermath Entertainment
In 1996 RBX visited Dr. Dre at home and apologized for his harsh words on record and in magazines, and immediately signed to Dre's new Aftermath Entertainment|Aftermath label. He was featured on the 1996 compilation Dr. Dre Presents... The Aftermath on the solo song "Blunt Time" and the group track "East Coast/West Coast Killaz" with KRS-One and Nas , with both songs produced by Dre. Lost in the infamous 1998 reshuffle of Aftermath, RBX once again went solo and released his follow up album No Mercy, No Remorse on an independent label in 1999. He did reappear with Aftermath to cameo on Eminem 's second album in 2000.
Other
He is currently unsigned having been most recently signed to Snoop Dogg 's Doggystyle Records , along with many fellow ex- Death Row Records artists such as Tha Dogg Pound , Bad Azz , Lady Of Rage , Warren G , Nate Dogg , Tray Dee , Kurupt , Daz Dillinger and Soopafly .
RBX was featured in the film http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1311713/ Rhyme and Punishment a 2011 documentary that chronicles Rap artists who have done time in jail.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1311713/ Rhyme and Punishment (2011)
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