Litefoot

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Litefoot (born Gary Paul Davis on August 5, 1972 in Upland, California; he also goes by the name G. Paul Davis) is a Native American rapper and the founder of the Red Vinyl record label. He was raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma and is an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, although of Chichimeca (northern Mexican indigenous) ancestry. He has lived in Seattle, Washington since 1997.

Litefoot was the first Native American to perform rap music, calling his style of hip hop "tribalistic funk." As rap music has spread in popularity to even the most remote of American Indian reservations, so has Litefoot. He has become one of today's most well respected and known Native American entertainers and leaders. He has won six Native American Music Awards, his most recent for Artist of The Year.

Litefoot has grown from his musical beginnings to become a well known film and TV actor, starring in such roles as The Indian in the Cupboard (1995), Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997), Kull the Conqueror (1997), and Adaptation (2002), starring alongside Nicholas Cage and Meryl Streep. Litefoot has also starred in a several independent films, including 29 Palms with Chris O'Donnell, Rachel Leigh Cook, and Bill Pullman (2002); The Song Of Hiawatha, featuring Adam Beach and David Strathairn (1997); and The Pearl, with Lukas Haas and the late Richard Harris (2000). He has also appeared on the television programs: C.S.I.: Miami, Family Law, and Any Day Now. In 1995, Paramount Pictures had Litefoot make several major promo stops for The Indian in the Cupboard - one of which was an appearance on Live with Regis and Kathie Lee.

Litefoot produces and hosts his own nationally distributed hip hop and R&B radio show called Reach The Rez Radio, which debuted in 2005. The program can be found at www.reachtherezradio.com and is aired weekly through Native Voice One Satellite Network.

Litefoot has several very successful clothing lines which he produces. The most known being the brand, "Native Style®." Plans are underway to make Native Style® the first ever Native American clothing brand to cross over in America.

But no matter the amount of attention Litefoot's ever growing career has received, he has stayed true to his dream to represent for his Native American people and annually spends months of his time working on various reservations across the United States and Canada, empowering and uplifting persons of all ages through his music and words.

His most recent music and speaking tour was the "Reach The Rez Tour." This annual project lasted one year and traveled over 54,000 miles (over twice the circumference of the earth) and to 211 events across the United States. The Reach The Rez Tour will begin again in the Spring of 2007.

Litefoot has released ten albums in the past twelve years and Litefoot has moved tens of thousands of these CDs on the streets to date. Right now the best way to purchase Litefoot's music is to download it through his website at http://www.litefoot.com/index.php?page=music Litefoot's newest CD, Relentless Pursuit, is scheduled to be released in late 2007 and will be his first to enjoy nationwide distribution.

[edit] Discography

  • 1992 - "The Money" E.P.
  • 1994 - Seein' Red
  • 1996 - Good Day to Die
  • 1998 - The Clown Kutz
  • 1998 - The Life & Times
  • 1999 - Rez Affiliated
  • 1999 - The Lite Years 1989-1999 - The Best of Mr. Foot
  • 2001 - Tribal Boogie
  • 2002 - The Messenger
  • 2003 - Native American Me
  • 2004 - Redvolution
  • 2007 - Relentless Pursuit

[edit] External links

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