Esham

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Esham
Esham
Background information
Birth name	Rashaam Smith
Born	September 20, 1977
Origin	Detroit, Michigan, United States
Genre(s)	Acid rap, Horrorcore
Years active	1988 – present
Label(s)	Reel Life Productions
Associated acts	NATAS

Esham (born Rashaam Smith on September 20, 1977) is a hardcore rapper from Detroit, Michigan. He calls his style of rock-influenced rap "acid rap". He released his first album, Boomin' Words from Hell, in 1990 at the age of 15 while a freshman attending Osbourne High School in Detroit.

1 Biography
2 Esham Releases
3 Natas Releases
4 External links

[edit] Biography

A gloomy, post-industrial Detroit helped Esham to formulate a career based on discussing the darker aspects of life. During adolescence Esham attended Detroit's Osborn High School during the school year, while spending his summers stealing car radios for his father in Long Island, New York, not far from the Amityville Horror house in Amityville. Proof, of d12, also attended Osborn High School.

The anti-organized religion tones in many of his albums were bold considering the overwhelming Christian community in Detroit. Esham pioneered in-depth rhymes detailing accounts of all kinds of mayhem including death, suicide, murder,racism,poverty, illicit drug use, drug dealing and mental illness among countless other topics many considered to be too horrific for a recording album. In fact, lyrics from Esham and his group Natas were linked to a 1992 teenage suicide in Tennessee. Anti-Abortionists protested his 1993 solo album, KKKill the Fetus to the point that his life was threatened.

After a brief stint with Psychopathic, Esham opted to leave in favor of resurrecting his Reel Life Productions/Gothom imprint. 2006 has been an especially productive year including the release of a new Natas album “N of tha World” distributed through Sony Red as well as the independent release of a $100 box set sold exclusively through his website. Currently, Esham can be found hosting his own radio show “The Bomb Ass Podcast” on iTunes and switchpod.com. He is also working on his 23rd solo album to be named Sacrifical Lambs slated for a 2nd Quarter 2007 release.