Example (rapper)
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| Example | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Elliot Gleave | |
| Born | June 20, 1982 (age 24) | |
| Origin |  Hammersmith, London, England |
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| Genre(s) | Hip Hop, Rap | |
| Label(s) | The Beats | |
| Website | Oficial Website, Myspace | |
Example (b. June 20, 1982 as Elliot Gleave) is an English rapper signed to The Beats record label. His pseudonym arose from the fact that his initials "E.G." form the common abbreviation for "example".
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[edit] Biographical Information
Born 20th June 1982 at West London hospital in Hammersmith, Example attended All Saints Primary School in Fulham High Street. He later went on to attend ADT College, Wandsworth. Aged 15, Example entered a rap battle at a house party in Shepherds Bush and in his own words "completely destroyed a useless wanker and a fight broke out so [he] sprinted home".[1]
In 2000, Example attended Royal Holloway University, London to study film directing. Whilst at university, Example started garage MCing to make some money. It was during this period that Example met Rusher, the producer with whom he would later go on to work with. Example and Rusher made a concept album in the audio booth of the university film department.
After graduating in 2001, Example emigrated to Australia for a year where he "did lots of landscape gardening and work on scaffolding, met a loada idiots with mullets, learnt a lot about [him]self and BBQs, grew [his] hair and learnt to surf on [his] last day in the country".[2]
[edit] Music
After moving back to London, Example decided to pursue a career as a professional rapper. After releasing 663 singles through his own label "All The Chats", including January 2006's "I Dont Want To", Example received attention from Pete Tong and others at Radio 1. Example also caught the attention of people at 5 major record labels - perhaps most significantly Mike Skinner (of The Streets), owner of The Beats label.
After signing a deal in April '06 with The Beats, Example put out the bootleg answerback to Lily Allen's 'Smile' entitled 'Vile' and received Radio 1 airplay from Zane Lowe, Jo Whiley and Chris Moyles.
His first proper release on The Beats was 'What We Made' in November 2006, the video for which was filmed in Chernobyl, Ukraine (see next section).
Example's next single entitled "You Can't Rap" will be released in March 5th 2007 with an album following in June.
When touring with the below acts, he has had a 13 track mixtape available, entitled We Didn't Invent The Remix. It features 11 tracks sampling a variety of notable artists, including Britney Spears, The Rolling Stones, and the aformetioned Lily Allen skit. There are also two bonus tracks which are original compositions by Example and Rusher.
He has performed live all over the UK supporting various artists from different styles and genres including The Fratellis, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly., Plan B, Just Jack, Arrested Development, Killa Kela, Bromheads Jacket, Metronomy, Akala, The Automatic, De La Soul and The Rifles.
[edit] Chernobyl
Whilst filming a promo video for his track What We Made in the abandoned city in northern Ukraine, Example also filmed an 18-minute documentary in the ghost towns he visited and their deserted schools, hotels and funfairs, many of which still remain exactly as they were when they were abandoned after the infamous disaster 20 years ago. "I don't think anyone who's been here can be for nuclear power," he said, looking around at empty cots and babies' gas masks in a disintegrating schoolroom near Chernobyl. "I've read stuff recently about how we're only ever going to survive if we make nuclear power available, but you just think: why would you want it to happen after seeing this?"[3]
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://www.exampleonline.co.uk
- ^ http://www.exampleonline.co.uk
- ^ http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/contentlookup.cfm?ucidparam=20060926160527
