The White Rapper Encyclopedia
By Complex Mag | Dec 8, 2009 | 3:42 pm | Permalink
Cage
If having a tortured past makes for great art, Cage had a leg up on everyone when he came into the rap game: His father was arrested for threatening the family with a shotgun, he was beaten by his stepfathers and uncle, got hooked on an array of drugs, was arrested numerous times, and got sent away to a mental institution—all before he turned 18. So when he hit the rap scene sounding like a drug-addled psycho who escaped from his padded room…well, that's because that's exactly what he was. He's worked through most of it and gone in a distinctly glum direction with his boys Aesop Rock and El-P, but he can still rip shit when he wants to.
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Restless Native December 8th, 2009 at 02:08 PM
Hey now, Pete Nice wasn't a Jew, he was Catholic. Recognize.
J dude December 8th, 2009 at 09:42 PM
exile is super dope!
jay December 9th, 2009 at 03:20 AM
He the best rapper in europe!
Jackson February 22nd, 2011 at 08:06 AM
He's from pittsburgh. Not europe lol
danielle williams December 9th, 2009 at 08:54 AM
I don't know what you mean by "One Hit Wonder". Asher's entire album was HOT!!!! I am a black woman who in the past has only given props to Eminem & Everlast, but Asher had the best producers and released an album that was off the chain!
DJ D.W.W. December 9th, 2009 at 09:09 AM
Eyedea Edan Sage Francis and i wouldn't call em emo, they just speak real shit about darker things. everybody gets depressed man and when i get like that i don't wanna here shit about sluggin fuckin forties.
DJ D.W.W. December 9th, 2009 at 09:10 AM
G&E is where its at.
DJ D.W.W. December 9th, 2009 at 09:17 AM
Eyedeas the sickest on the list. the little sister line was ill and the other dude fucking blew.
DJ D.W.W. December 9th, 2009 at 09:55 AM
sage kills dumbasses cant understand
80's Rap Fan December 9th, 2009 at 10:09 AM
Steppin' to the AM is a classic.
noah December 9th, 2009 at 10:12 AM
Asher's not jewish. His dad is, his mom aint.