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Everlast

American musician and songwriter

PersonAge 57humanQ453048

Also known as Whitey Ford

Born: August 18, 1969
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1.Stated in IMDbRetrieved 2015-10-13
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Birthplace: Valley Stream
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: rapper
, singer
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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, songwriter
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Education: William Howard Taft Charter High School
Spouse: Cassia Riley(since 2009)
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Languages spoken, written or signed: English
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1.Stated in CONOR.SI
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Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · Read full article · Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Erik Francis Schrody, known by his stage names Everlast and Whitey Ford, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter who was the frontman for hip-hop group House of Pain. His breakthrough as a solo artist came in 1998 with his album Whitey Ford Sings the Blues, which blended rock and hip-hop and garnered him his first Grammy Award nomination for the song "What It's Like". The album peaked at number 9 on the Billboard 200 album chart, while the single peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. As of 2023, they remain his highest mainstream chart positions for an album and single respectively.

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Composed

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SSaving Grace2007 · American television series

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107 statements · 34% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Website: martyr-inc.com
Given name: Erik
Francis
Religion or worldview: Islam
Birth name: Erik Francis Schrody
Instrument: guitar
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1.Stated in Montreux Jazz Festival DatabaseRetrieved 2020-09-24
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voice
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acoustic guitar
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Label: Warner Bros. Records
Island Records
Warner Records
Genre: alternative hip-hop
blues
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folk rock
rap rock
blues rock
country rap
alternative rock
hardcore hip-hop
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hip-hop
Sex or gender: male
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Start of work period: 1989
Voice type: baritone
Pseudonym: Whitey Ford script: Latin script
Everlast script: Latin script
Discography: Everlast discography
Different from: Everlast criterion used: nickname, stage name or pseudonym not unique
Whitey Ford criterion used: nickname, stage name or pseudonym not unique
Member of: La Coka Nostra
House of Pain
Family name: Schrody
Social media followers: 44,839(February 4, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 168401326
45,462(January 8, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 168401326
47,185(January 6, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 168401326
48,969(May 10, 2018) x (twitter) numeric user id: 168401326
Name in native language: Everlast

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