Camu Tao

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Camu Tao

Background information
Birth name Tero Smith
Born June 6, 1977(1977-06-06)
Origin Columbus, Ohio, United States
Died May 25, 2008 (aged 30)
Genre(s) Hip hop
Occupation(s) Producer, rapper, singer
Years active 2000-2008
Label(s) Definitive Jux
Associated acts S.A. Smash
The Weathermen
Central Services
Nighthawks
MHz
Website Definitive Jux - Bio

Camu Tao (Tero Smith, June 6, 1977 – May 25, 2008[1]) was an American rapper and producer who was signed to the Definitive Jux label. He was a part of the music collective Cardboard City, a group featuring Cage, XO Skeletons, Head Automatica and EL-P among others, the duo S.A. Smash with fellow rapper Metro, a part of the rap group Weathermen, and part of the Central Services production team with El-P.

He was also part of Columbus, Ohio's MHz crew with Copywrite, RJD2, Jakki Tha MotaMouth & Tage Proto, and with Cage, half of The Nighthawks,[2] who made one album during a single three-day creative session.[3]

Smith died on May 25, 2008, after a two-year battle with lung cancer.[1]

Contents

[edit] Discography

  • Camu Tao Presents - Blair Cosby's Cereal Carpens (2001)
  • Camu Tao Presents - Blair Cosby II the Wali Era (2004)
  • Going for De Gold (2004)

[edit] With The Nighthawks

  • Nighthawks (Eastern Conference, 2002)

[edit] With S.A. Smash

[edit] Singles

  • "Hear Me Talking to You" (B.U.K.A. Entertainment, 2001)
  • "Hold the Floor"/"Wireless" (Definitive Jux, 2001)
  • "WMR" (Camu Tao & El-P)/"Homesickness"/"Life with Snarky Parker" (Despot) (Definitive Jux, 2004)

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Paine, Jake. "Rapper Camu Tao Dies From Cancer", HipHopDX.com, 2008-05-26. Retrieved on 2008-05-26. 
  2. ^ Perlich, Tim (March 2-8, 2006). Deffest Jux: Underdog Camu Tao readies the Next Shit. NOW Magazine. Retrieved on 2007-03-30.
  3. ^ Morris, David (February 3, 2006). To Hell and Back: An Interview with Cage. PopMatters. Retrieved on 2007-03-30.
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NAME Tao, Camu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Smith, T.
SHORT DESCRIPTION Producer, rapper, singer
DATE OF BIRTH 1977-6-6
PLACE OF BIRTH Columbus, Ohio, United States
DATE OF DEATH May 25, 2008 (aged 30)
PLACE OF DEATH Columbus, Ohio, United States
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