Phashara

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Phashara (born Corry Banks – January 9, 1974) is an Afican American rapper from the west-side of Chicago, Illinois. He is a founding member and one fourth of Chicago rap group the Beatmonstas which consists of himself and fellow rappers Noble Dru, Therapy & Diamond Back. He is also a member of rap group Sac.Fly. He was born and raised on Chicago’s west-side. He went on to attend Columbia College in Downtown Chicago where he began frequenting Chicago’s underground hip-hop scene. The name Phashara is a mash-up of three names that he used during his formative younger emcee years. At a time when rap music was afro centric Phashara sported “Pharaoh” as his stage name. Shortly thereafter, he and a group of friends began to study Islam at which time Phashara toyed with the idea of legally changing his name to Shaquell Rashid. Eventually settling on an amalgamation of the three names by using the first few letters each, Phashara was born. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.