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1 Early life
2 Music career
3 Arrest
4 Discography
5 References
6 External links
Early life
Foreman originally started rapping in the eighth grade, when he began recording homemade raps and selling them to his classmates.[1] "The first tape I made was about my eighth-grade teacher," he once recalled. "She got me kicked out of school forsagging my pants, which was a big deal back then. So I wrote this song about her and it sold about 400 copies: it was selling to teachers, students, just about everybody. And I realized that, even though I wasn't at school, my song was at school, so in a way I was still there. All these people would come by my house just to give me comments about how cool they thought the song was."[2]Foreman also performed in his church at a young age, playing both the drums and guitar.[1]
Music career
In 1998, Afroman released his first album, My Fro-losophy; and later relocated to Hattiesburg, Mississippi,[1] where he met drummerJody Stallone, keyboardist/bassist Darrell Havard, and producer Tim Ramenofsky (aka "Headfridge").
Ramenofsky produced and released Afroman's second album Because I Got High in 2000 on T-Bones Records; it was distributed primarily through concerts and the file-sharing service Napster before its title track was played on The Howard Stern Show. Afroman was inspired to write the song's lyrical content by his unwillingness to clean his room, and he ran with the idea of everyday tasks being derailed by drug use.[1] In late 2001, the song became a worldwide hit and was featured in the films Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, The Perfect Score, and Disturbia later in the 2000s. "Because I Got High" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance in 2002.[3]
After the single's success, Afroman joined the lineup of Cypress Hill's fall festival "Smoke Out" with the Deftones, Method Man, and others.[4] After this, Universal Records signed Afroman to a six-album deal, and Universal released The Good Times in 2001. The Good Times was a compilation of Afroman's first two albums and some new tracks.[1]
Afroman started releasing his music independently and mostly through the Internet in 2004,[1] and that year, he recorded Jobe Bells, which satirized traditional Christmas songs.[5]
Afroman was part of the 2010 Gathering of the Juggalos lineup.[6]
In October 2014, Afroman released a positive remix of his own song 'Because I Got High', to highlight the usefulness of marijuana in the fight to legalize the sale of marijuana in many states across the United States.
Arrest
In February 2015, Foreman was arrested in Biloxi, Mississippi for simple assault. When a fan walked onto stage, Foreman slapped the side of the woman's head with her back to him. He later paid $330 USD to bond out of jail.[7]
Discography
Main article: Afroman discography
1996: Fro Ever
1998: My Fro-losophy
2000: Because I Got High
2000: Sell Your Dope
2001: The Good Times
2004: Afroholic... The Even Better Times
2004: Jobe Bells
2004: 4R0:20
2004: The Hungry Hustlerz: Starvation Is Motivation
2006: Drunk 'n' High
2006: A Colt 45 Christmas
2008: Waiting to Inhale
2008: Greatest Hitz Live
2009: Frobama: Head of State
2011: Save a Cadillac, Ride a Homeboy
2011: Fro Jams
2011: The Prodigal Son
2012: Marijuana Music
2012: Afro-D-Z-Acc
2012: Dope Dealer Ditties
2012: Fuck Everybody
2012: Marijuana Music
2012: Pot Head Pimp
2012: The Fro Rider
2012: Worlds Greatest Wino
2013: L.A
2013: Palmdale Love
2013: Don't Sell Your Dope
2014: Because I Got High - Positive Remix
References
^ Jump up to:a b c d e f Nimmervoll, Ed (2008). "Afroman Biography". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
Jump up^ Afroman | Gratis muziek, tourneedata, foto's, video's. Myspace.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-30.
Jump up^ Evans, Rob (January 4, 2002). "Grammy nominees led by U2, India.Arie, Alicia Keys". LiveDaily. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
Jump up^ Schumacher-Rasmussen, Eric (September 28, 2001). "Cypress Hill's Oakland Smoke Out Bumped By A's". MTV News. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
Jump up^ "For The Record: Quick News On Jessica Simpson, Ashlee Simpson, Snoop, Good Charlotte, Afroman, Chingy & More". MTV News. October 28, 2004. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
Jump up^ GOTJ 2011:::Buy Tickets Now!. Juggalogathering.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-30.
Jump up^ Afroman punches woman during performance at a Biloxi nightclub WLOX News. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
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