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Artist
Katchphraze
12+ albums
rapsoulunderground hip hophip hopboom bap
about
Hailing from Ontario Katchphraze is a refreshing blend of knowledge, truth, and exceptional wit. Inspired by every genre of music imaginable and driven by a love for the culture, his distinctive style is laced with spitfire delivery and relentless wordplay. Never one to succumb to superficial materialism or the image-based industry, Katchphraze’s lyrical content varies from introspective reflections to story telling to ruthless and no-holds-barred battle raps. Emceeing since the early ’90s, Katchphraze says that being respected by his high school peers back then, in a time before hip hop was “popularized” and established with commercial exposure, added fuel to his fire and further reaffirmed what he already knew – he had the skill. In the summer of 2001, Katchphraze recorded an EP entitled “Ones N Toos,” that was distributed to every DJ, promoter, and radio station he came across. It quickly got frequent radio play on stations such as 89.5 CIUT, and Vancouver’s 96.1 Planet AAJ. Suddenly, people were coming out of the woodworks, eagerly asking where they could hear more. Hip hop heads worldwide were responsive, even sending fan mail thanking him for putting out what they felt “had been missing in hip hop for the last number of years." Later on in the year, Katchphraze relocated across the country to Vancouver Island, where he began building a solid underground fan base and began performing with the likes of fellow Canadian talent Sweatshop Union, Moka Only, and Swollen Membe
