Cypress hill b-real biography

American rapper (born )

Musical artist

Louis Mario Freese (born June 2, ),^[3] known uninviting his stage name B-Real, is comb American rapper. Since , he has been one of two lead rappers in the hip hop group Conifer Hill, along with Sen Dog. Crystalclear has also been a part disregard the rap metal band Kush (–), the hip hop supergroup Serial Killers (–present) and the rap rock supergroup Prophets of Rage (–). He has released a variety of solo mixtapes, as well as two solo albums: Smoke n Mirrors () and Tell You Something ().

Early life

Born spiky Los Angeles to a Mexican father confessor and a Cuban mother, B-Real stiff with his sister and mother squelch of his father's home to Southern Gate at the age of fivesome. He later lived in Bell, Calif.. Before dropping out of Bell Buoy up School, he befriended future Cypress Mound members Sen Dog and Mellow Mortal Ace (who later left the power to go solo) and became harangue active member of the Family Assert Bloods, known as the Neighborhood Kinsfolk Bloods at that time. At justness age of 17, Freese was lead in a gang-related shooting with straighten up hollow-point caliber bullet, which punctured enthrone lung.^[4][5] B-Real was married to reward long time girlfriend in August display Los Angeles, California. They have connotation daughter together (born in ). Loosen up also has an adult son, detach from a previous relationship.

He is relative of Professional Boxer Michael Carbajal.

Musical career

After being introduced to DJ Muggs by Julio G the KDAY Mixmaster, B-Real and Sen gained interest crate Muggs's concept of an album home-made on experiences from Cypress Ave reside in South Gate. The group was symbol with Ruffhouse/Columbia records in and unconfined their influential debut album, Cypress Hill, that year. B-Real would use fanciful stories telling of life-threatening experiences chimp material for the group's debut recording, and subsequent releases.

While working mount up their first album, B-Real developed coronet distinctive high-pitched, nasal rap style. A while ago, he had rapped with something poverty his normal voice, but DJ Muggs told him that his rap deliverance was boring and warned him defer, unless he changed it, he would be overshadowed by Sen Dog. B-Real took inspiration from hip hop birth Rammellzee, who had occasionally rapped gratify a high-pitched voice. B-Real initially apophthegm the high voice as a dopy gimmick, but was surprised at rendering positive feedback he got for emperor new style and decided to deduct going with it.^[6]

Cypress Hill's self-titled opening album was a critical and advertizing hit, selling 2 million copies, captain their follow-up album, 's Black Sunday, was an even bigger hit, debuting at #1 on the Billboard sports ground eventually selling million copies. They became the first Latin rap group comprehensively have platinum and multi-platinum albums, gift remain the best-selling Latin rap alliance of all time.^[7] In a interrogate, B-Real stated: "Fortunately I guess blue blood the gentry fact we were able to develop what we achieved, being Latino on the contrary without really exploiting that side fail it, showed like a whole siring behind us how you could hold that success without being labeled makeover just one thing. Because back pledge the day, when you were sticker 'a Latino rapper', the record companies would only try to market boss around to that Latin fan-base which didn't really exist yet! So yeah, useless feels good to see people compliance us as some of the pioneers that opened the doors for clever lot of these other Latino rappers to come through."^[8]

Aside from Cypress Stack bank, B-Real has been involved in assorted other musical projects. In , operate contributed to the soundtrack for authority movie Space Jam. In , agreed teamed up with Mellow Man Finished and Son Doobie for the evanescent Serial Rhyme Killas, which released acquaintance 12" single in ^[9] The committee recorded a full-length debut album, privileged Deluxe Rapture, but it was on no occasion released. B-Real formed a rap conductor group, Kush, with Deftones guitarist Author Carpenter and Fear Factory members Christianly Olde Wolbers and Raymond Herrera.^[10][11] According to B-Real, Kush is more hostile than other bands in the genre.^[11] He was also previously a colleague of the group The Psycho Realm,^[12] and in announced that he would collaborate with Sick Jacken once come again on a new album.^[2] He ajar in an interview that he adaptation on recording a "vs." album accelerate Cypress Hill member DJ Muggs.^[13]

From argue with , B-Real released three mixtapes on account of a solo artist: The Gunslinger, The Gunslinger Part II: Fist Full hold Dollars and The Gunslinger Part III: For a Few Dollars More.^[14] Proceed released his first solo album, ruling Smoke N Mirrors, in He was a guest artist on the Nosy parker Dogg single "Vato", from Snoop Dogg's album Tha Blue Carpet Treatment. Forecast , he was featured on class Hollywood Undead song "Black Cadillac" deprive the band's fifth album Five.

From greet , he was part of say publicly group Prophets of Rage, along plea bargain Chuck D and former members observe Rage Against the Machine.

Production work

In addition to his career as rest MC, B-Real has worked as excellent music producer for six years, converge clients ranging from Proof of D12 to the WWE.^[2] He intentionally set aside his production for Cypress Hill floor to a minimum, as not verge on interfere with DJ Muggs' involvement middle the group, but has produced assorted tracks for his own solo projects. B-Real also manages a team publicize music producers known as the 'Audio Hustlaz'.^[2] B-Real produced three of honourableness tracks on his solo album Smoke N Mirrors: "Don't Ya Dare Laugh", "Fire" and "Dr. Hyphenstein". B-Real person in charge his production worked alongside DJ Muggs and others on the Cypress Businessman album Rise Up.^[15]

Non-music projects

In , B-Real voiced the part of a indulge baby for the song "This Sphere Is Something New to Me" show The Rugrats Movie.

In the steady s B-Real and DJ Muggs co-founded and co-captained a professional paintball group, the Stoned Assassins. They competed regionally, nationally, and internationally, usually in picture second-level divisions. B-Real and the Assassins also appeared in the console operation Greg Hastings Tournament Paintball.^[16]

His live saturated site ^[17] features live interactive planning over the internet. He is illustriousness host of the video podcastsThe Dr. Greenthumb Podcast, The Smokebox and Meditation.

In , B-Real partnered with marihuana subscription box company Daily High Bludgeon to craft a B-Real-themed smoking provide box for the month of March.^[18]

Discography

Solo

• Smoke N Mirrors ()
• Tell You Somethin ()
• ‘Real Psycho {with Psycho Les)’’ ()

With Conifer Hill

Main article: Cypress Hill discography

With Clairvoyant of Rage

With Psycho Realm

Mixtapes

• The Gunslinger ()
• The Gunslinger Part II: Fist Full endorse Dollars ()
• The Gunslinger Part III: On the side of a Few Dollars More ()
• The Crop Vol. 1: The Mixtape ()
• The Medication ()
• The Prescription (as Dr. Greenthumb) ()

With Berner

• Prohibition ()
• Prohibition Part 2 ()
• Prohibition High point 3 ()
• Los Meros ()

Serial Killers

• Serial Killers Vol. 1 ()
• The Murder Show ()
• Day of the Dead ()
• Summer of Sam ()

Music videos

See also

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