Esham

American rapper

PersonAge 53humanQ1238828

Also known as Esham A. Smith · Esham Attica Smith

Born: September 20, 1973
Birthplace: Long Island
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: rapper
, record producer
, music executive
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Education: Osborn High School

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Esham Attica Smith, known mononymously as Esham, is an American rapper from Detroit, Michigan. Emerging as one of the first ever hip hop artists from Detroit, Esham released his debut studio album, Boomin' Words from Hell, in 1989 at the age of 16. Since then, he has gone on to release 21 full-length studio albums in total and is best known as a representative of the hip hop subgenre horrorcore. In 1992, he co-founded the horrorcore group Natas. He and his brother James Smith founded and ran the Detroit hip hop label Reel Life Productions.

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DDeath of an Indie Label2011 · 2011 film

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RReel Life Productions1988 · American independent record label

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Sex or gender: male
Website: acidrap.com
Family name: Smith
Genre: Midwest hip-hop
horrorcore
hardcore hip-hop
underground hip-hop
Label: Reel Life Productions
Psychopathic Records
Instrument: voice
Start of work period: 1988
Pseudonym: Esham
Discography: Esham discography
Social media followers: 10,347(February 11, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 20580436
6,909(January 6, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 20580436
6,215(April 20, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 20580436
Member of: Natas

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