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Artist
Silkski
12+ albums
rappophip hopHip-Hopnew york
about
Jerome Albert Evans Jr., better known by his stage name Silkski is a Brooklyn, New York native. He is a PYN, Wutang Mgmt., Da Gutta Ent., Bungalo, Street Scholar, Universal Music Group artist, of ODB’s Brooklyn Zu, Wu-family. People may see Silkski as a wild, grimey, funny, inventive or extreme artist; who is an awareness lyricist / rapper, talented music producer, and street story teller. Silkski has a multitude of names to match his personalities; The Don of All Donz, Silk Corleone, Crook, Big Rock, Tiger Eye Red, Prince Romeo, Tha Drunken Tiger, and as a youth Gangsta Boogie. Silkski has been at the top of the hip hop world since the mid-80’s when he was breaking with the Rock Steady Crew in his hometown of New York City. Now he calls Protect-Ya-Neck Records, a subsidiary of the Wu Tang family, home. “The son of a singer and a music rep, Silkski says he has music in his blood. When your father is a R&B and doo wop singer and your mother is in public relations, you naturally grow up with a feel for the industry. But, even though Silkski’s family is so well connected in the music world, it is not what got him his start; just the opposite, really. “She (Silkski’s mom) tried to keep me in the nice area”, said Silkski, “but I went the other way.”” (Scene Magazine, 2003) Silkski enjoyed the grimey life and cringed away from the luxuries his mother provided. He adopted all of the elements of hip hop in its early stages (b-boy, d-jaying, graffiti tagging, and emceeing), rebelling
