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Artist
Rite Hook
12+ albums
rapHip-Hopeast coast rapUSAhardcore rap
about
Rite Hook stands as a Hip Hop icon in a world where no sunshine exists. Hallow and ominous, his choruses seduce listeners, tempting them to fall prey to his melodies like the sweet addictions he raps about. Like the biblical serpent tattooed on his left hand, Hook is asking you to bite the forbidden apple in every song. He raps with the same kind of darkness that obsession is born out of and the temptation to pick the scab until it bleeds. "I started writing lyrics at 11 or 12 years old - not even signing them that much, just writing," Hook said, "There was a lot of darkness there." Channeled into sound, the effect is devastating. At times as soothing as a horse tranquilizer to the dome, his voice rasping a bleak lullaby - at times as frantic as a fiend desperate for his next fix. Boston Phoenix hip hop writer Chris Faraone described Hook's style: "Every word that Rite Hook rips rings with utter disgust; he doesn't speak words so much as fire them into an imaginary spittoon. "Hook turned heads early in his career when he caught the attention of Boston's largest hip hop promotion and production company, Leedz Edutainment, CEO Ned Wellbery. "It was his hooks, they got stuck in my head," Wellbery said. "The songs were mixed together like crap but I could tell there was raw talent there." Raw talent that Hook began cultivating at a young age, not only in his music, but in other art forms as well. Drawing and painting at the age of four, Hook said he abstracts from reality, con
top songs
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Lose Control (C-Lance Remix) [feat. Action Bronson]
4,8152The Lesson
1,9003It Ain't Easy (Feat. Vinnie Paz & Slaine)
1,8804Cross the Line
1,7095Lion's Den (feat. Reef the Lost Cauze & Jaysaun)
1,0146Golden Goose
6157I've Died Before (feat. Madchild)
51681000 Yards
5039Behind the Blinds
29510Raise 'Em from the Dead
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