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Artist
Pricele$$
10+ albums
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about
Pricele$$ was born Olujimi Michael Legemah in Elmhurst,Queens,New York.His family moved all around the northern parts of Queens before moving out to Lakeview,Long Island in his teens. Picele$$ first got involved in music back in 7th grade when his music class teacher asked his class to write a song in their favorite musical genre.Pricele$$ made a song called "Midnte Magik" and also rapped under that name.By the time he reached high school, he battled a local rapper by the name of Sundown.He beat Sundown in the battle and was introduced to a grew of MC's called the Stray Bullets.After an impromtu audition,he was renamed Machete because of his lyrical ability to "Cut Through Niggas".He immediately went to work on some songs and also had a breakout verses on the posse cuts "Who is it???","The Arena", and "A 40 and A Blunt". He also dropped the underground single "Up The River".After graduation, he went to Tuskegee University on an AirFoce ROTC scholarship,but still wanted to pursue music.He DJ'd a radio show called "Tha Cypha" on campus radio station WTEC.At the Behest of DJ Kid Capri who Dj's the homecoming dance,he transferred to school back in NY to pursue his music career.He then released the underground singles "Buttaknifeniggas" and "Niggas Ain't Ready 4 Machete" .He then hooked up with his cousin R.Rachetz, who at the time went by Rambo to form the group Desert Men.The 2 quickly drew comparisons to their fellow Queens contemporaries Capone N Noreaga, Mobb Deep, Mic Geroni
