Redman (born Reggie Noble on April 17, 1970 in
Newark, New Jersey) made his rapping debut on the EPMD songs
“Hardcore” and “Brothers on my Jock”, after Erick Sermon of the
seminal group spotted him freestyling in a New York club and added
him to their crew of aspiring emcees (along with K-Solo among
others). Redman’s 1992 Def Jam debut Whut? Thee Album broke into
the US Top 50, achieved gold status in the United States, and
prominent hip-hop magazine The Source subsequently named Redman Rap
Artist of the Year for 1993.
Redman’s solo career continued throughout the remainder of the
decade, with each of his albums selling at least half a million
copies. His musical style has remained very consistent, rarely
deviating from a combination of Redman’s unique braggadocious wit
and hard, p-funk-influenced beats. In addition to releasing albums
under his own name, he is part of the group Def Squad (along with
Keith Murray and Erick Sermon) with whom he released the 1998 album
El Nino, and also has formed a close partnership with labelmate
Method Man (of the Wu-Tang Clan) with whom he released the 1999
album Blackout!.
He has also collaborated extensively, both with hip-hop artists and
with artists from other genres; the long list of artists and groups
he has worked with includes Wyclef Jean, Snoop Dogg, Scarface, The
Offspring, Christina Aguilera, Eminem, Gorillaz, D’Angelo, Me’Shell
Ndegeocello, 2Pac, Jodeci, Cypress Hill, De La Soul, KRS One and
IAM.
In 2001 Redman co-starred with Method Man in the stoner comedy film
How High, which featured the pair playing two marijuana-addled
students attempting to survive at Harvard. Method Man and Redman
also appear in the Def Jam Vendetta video game series, often as Tag
Team partners, and briefly had their own television sitcom, Method
& Red, on Fox during the 2004-2005 season.
Redman is also featured on the video game “True Crime: New York
City”, in which the central character interacts with an undercover
street cop based upon the rap star, who also provides the voice for
him.
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