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Artist
Charizma
12+ albums
hard rockHip-HopAORStones throwrap
about
There are 4 artists that currently share the name Charizma but only one is talked about, that being American rapper Charles Hicks aka Charizma: 1. American rapper Charles Hicks aka Charizma. Active 1988-1993 His debut album "Big Shots" was released in 2003, 10 years after his death. It contained recording of his rap songs from 1991-1993. 2. Swedish rock band Charizma. Active 1981-still active 3. Russian metal band Charizma. 2004-? 4. Finnish Euro Dance project. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Charizma was 13 when he started rapping at high school talent shows. He was 16 when he met 19-year-old Chris Manak, also known as Peanut Butter Wolf, in 1990. They became best friends, recording several demos and performing live in the San Jose area. After hearing Charizma on San Jose State's KSJS 90.5 FM, Matt Brown approached Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf, offering to become their manager. Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf agreed and began looking for a record label. After entertaining offers from some major record labels, including Columbia Records, they signed with the Disney-owned record label Hollywood Basic, now Hollywood Records. While signed to Hollywood Basic, Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf recorded several tracks but Hollywood Basic did not release an album due to creative differences between the artists and the label. Charizma stated, "The stuff we wanted to do was not what Hollywood wanted. When we first g
