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Artist Biography For Everlast

Erik Schrody Born August 18 1969 In Valley Stream New York Better Known By His Stage Name Everlast Is A Grammy-Award Winning Irish-American Rapper And Singer-Songwriter Known For His Solo Hit "What It's Like" And As Being The Front-Man For Rap Group House Of Pain. He Was Also A Part Of The Hip-Hop Supergroup La Coka Nostra Which Consists Of His Former House Of Pain Mates Danny Boy And DJ Lethal Along With Underground Rap Veteran Ill Bill And Irish-American Rapper Slaine. On July 14 2009 They Released Their Debut Album 'A Brand You Can Trust' Through Uncle Howie Records And Suburban Noize Records. Everlast Was Born In Valley Stream New York Of Irish Descent. His Grandfather Was Of German Descent. Emerging As A Member Of The Rhyme Syndicate Everlast's First Solo Album Forever Everlasting 1990 Largely Made Possible By MC Ice T Was A Disappointment Both Critically And Commercially. Following The Album's Failure Everlast Teamed Up With DJ Lethal And High School Friend Danny Boy To Form House Of Pain. The Group Was Signed To Tommy Boy Records And Their Eponymous Debut Album House Of Pain 1992 Went Multi-Platinum Spawning The Successful DJ Muggs Produced Single Jump Around. This Song Was Also Remixed Twice By Pete Rock One Version Featuring A Verse From Him And One Without. The Album Also Featured Cypress Hill Member B-Real On The Song Put Your Head Out. Fashioning Themselves As Rowdy Irish American Hooligans Lethal Is Actually Of Latvian Heritage They Toured With Various Rap And Alternative-Rock Bands After Their Breakthrough. They Participated Together With Helmet Along With Several Other Rap Acts On The Influential 1993 Rock-Rap Collaborative Judgment Night Movie Soundtrack. The Group Eventually Disbanded In 1996 With Everlast Pursuing A Solo Career. Everlast's Second Solo Album Whitey Ford Sings The Blues 1998 -- Which Was Released A Full Eight Years After His Solo Debut And After He Had A Major Heart Attack – Was Both A Commercial And Critical Success Selling More Than 3 Million Copies . Whitey Ford Sings The Blues Was Hailed For Its Blend Of Rap With Acoustic And Electric Guitars Developed By Everlast Together With Producers Dante Ross And John Gamble. The Album's Lead Single What It's Like Proved To Be His Most Popular And Successful Song Although The Follow Up Single Ends Also Reached The Rock Top 10. Everlast Followed-Up This Success By Collaborating With Santana On The Track Put Your Lights On On Santana's 1999 Album Supernatural. It Charted At #118 On The Pop Chart But Did Considerably Better With Rock Radio Airplay Peaking At #8 On The Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart. "Put Your Lights On" Won Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal At The 2000 Grammy Awards. Despite The Success Of Whitey Ford Sings The Blues And His Success With Santana Everlast's Follow-Up Album Eat At Whitey's 2000 Stumbled Commercially At First In The United States. However It Was Eventually Certified Gold. The Album Was Also Embraced Critically Especially By Rolling Stone Magazine Which Reviewed The Album Between "good" And "great" And Focused On It As That Month's Most Important Release. Shortly After Both Artists Contributed Tracks To The End Of Days Soundtrack A Feud Erupted Between Everlast And Eminem. Eminem And Everlast Crossed Paths Before A Concert In Early 1999. Eminem Says He Didn't Greet Everlast Because He Didn't Recognize Him Right Away And Said Everlast Didn't Acknowledge Him. Everlast's Version Is That He Tried To Congratulate Eminem On His Success And Eminem Blew Him Off. Either Way Everlast's Verse From The Dilated Peoples All Star Track Ear Drums Pop Remix Contained A Thinly Veiled Reference To Eminem "I Buck A .380 On Ones That Act Shady" And Went On To Warn "You Might Catch A Beatdown Now Where I Come From" In His Recounting Of The Incident. Eminem In Turn Ripped Everlast Several Times In Public And With The Song I Remember Dedication To Whitey Ford Released As The B-Side To His Group D12's 12" Vinyl Single Shit On You. In It Eminem Talks About How He Remembered Everlast's Music However "Kid Rock And Limp Bizkit Came Along Now / Don't Nobody Wanna Hear Your Old Ass Sing No More." Everlast Responded With The Track Whitey's Revenge Released Only On His Official Website. Whereas The Song Contained References To Eminem's Strained Relationships With His Wife And Mother It Was "Better Run And Check Your Kid For Your DNA" Again Referring To Eminem's Daughter Hailie Jade Mathers That Set Eminem Off. Eminem & D12 Responded With Quitter The First Half Uses The Backing Of Eminem's Own Song Marshall Mathers The Second Half Of Which Is A Take Off On 2Pac's Hit Em Up A Diss Song Aimed At The Notorious B.I.G. . In It He Warns Everlast "If You Talk About My Little Girl In A Song Again I’ma Kill You." The Track Ends With The Spoken Words "Fuck Him That’s It I’m Done I Promise I’m Done That’s It " And Again Warning "Mention My Daughter’s Name In A Song Again You Fucking Punk." Everlast Echoed Similar Sentiment On The Status Of This Feud Stating In Various Interviews That He Felt Everything Had Been Said And He Would Now Refrain From Further Responses. After The Sale Of The Tommy Boy Records' Catalog Of Master Tapes To Warner Bros. Records And Its Metamorphosis To A Dance Music Label In 2002 Everlast Was Without A Label But In 2003 He Signed With Island Def Jam. His Fourth Solo Album White Trash Beautiful 2004 Was Subsequently Released After Almost A Four-Year Hiatus. The Album Which Had An Almost Country-Rap Feel Received Mixed Reviews And Was A Commercial Failure. Eventually Everlast Was Released From His Contract. In Early 2006 Everlast Teamed Up With His Former House Of Pain Mates DJ Lethal And Danny Boy To Join The Hip-Hop Group La Coka Nostra.The Group First Came To Be Due To The Former House Of Pain Hype Man Danny Boy Starting The Group As A Collective With Rappers Slaine And Big Left Who Has Since Left The Group . Soon After The Group Started Ill Bill Of A Now Disbanded Non Phixion And Everlast Joined The Group. Their First Known Song Was Fuck Tony Montana Which Features Cypress Hill's MC B Real And Sick Jacken. Due To The Popularity Of The Song Online The Group Released Several More Online For Free. The Group's Debut Album A Brand You Can Trust Was Released On July 14. The Album Features Guests Like Snoop Dogg B Real Bun B Immortal Technique Sick Jacken And Q-Unique. La Coka Nostra Recently Joined The Likes Of Nas And Ill Bill's Brother Necro On Rock The Bells. In 2007 Everlast Was Chosen To Do The Theme Song For The TV Show Saving Grace. The Song Saving Grace Plays During The Show's Main Title Sequence And Was Originally Released To Digital Outlets Only However It Was Also Included On Everlast's Fifth Solo Album Love War And The Ghost Of Whitey Ford. The Album Was Released On September 23 2008 On Everlast's Own Record Label Martyr Inc With Distribution By Hickory Records/Sony/ATV Music Publishing It Was Revealed Through Diditleak.Co.Uk That The Album Leaked Out Early On Friday August 29 . A Second Single And Video Letters Home From The Garden Of Stone Was Released For Free Download From Martyr-Inc.Com In December 2007. The Third Single A Cover Of Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison Blues Was Released To Download On August 19. The Video For Stone In My Hand Debuted On The Martyr-Inc Website On October 28 2008 Making It The Fourth Video For The Album. Discography Forever Everlasting * Released March 27 1990 * Label Warner Bros. Records * Singles "Never Missin' A Beat" "The Rhythm" "I Got The Knack" Whitey Ford Sings The Blues * Released September 8 1998 2× Multi-Platinum * Label Tommy Boy Records * Singles "What It's Like" "Ends" "Painkillers" Today EP * Released 1999 * Label Tommy Boy Records * Singles - Eat At Whitey's * Released October 17 2000 Gold * Label Tommy Boy Records * Singles "Black Jesus" "Deadly Assassins" "I Can't Move" White Trash Beautiful * Released May 25 2004 * Label Island Def Jam * Singles "White Trash Beautiful" "Sleepin' Alone" "Blinded By The Sun" "Sad Girl" "Lonely Road" Love War And The Ghost Of Whitey Ford * Release Date September 23 2008 * Label Martyr Inc. * U.S. Sales 6 500 In Its First Week. * Singles "Letters Home From The Garden Of Stone" "Folsom Prison Blues" "Stone In My Hand" Selected Guest Appearances * Ice-T - What Ya Wanna Do? The Iceberg 1989 * Bronx Style Bob - Ode II Junior Grandma's Ghost 1992 * The Whooliganz - Hit The Deck Put Your Handz Up Single 1993 * Madonna/artist - Waiting Remix Rain Maxi-Single 1993 * Nice & Smooth - Save The Children Jewel Of The Nile 1993 * Lordz Of Brooklyn - Gravesend Lake Of Fire Gravesend Soundtrack 1997 * Carlos Santana - Put Your Lights On Supernatural 1999 * Swollen Members - Bottle Rocket Balance 1999 * SX-10 - Rhyme In The Chamber Mad Dog American 2000 * Dilated Peoples - Ear Drums Pop Remix The Platform 2000 * DJ Muggs - Razor To Your Throat Soul Assassins II 2000 * Run DMC - Take The Money And Run Crown Royal 2001 * Kurupt - Kuruption! Space Boogie Smoke Oddessey 2001 * Limp Bizkit - Faith/Fame Remix New Old Songs 2001 * Hesher - Whose Generation Hesher 2001 * X-Ecutioners - B-Boy Punk Rock 2001 Built From Scratch 2002 * DJ Muggs - Gone For Good Dust 2003 * Danny Diablo - Rise Above Street CD Vol 2 2005 * The Lordz - "The Brooklyn Way" The Brooklyn Way 2006 * Swollen Members - Put Me On Black Magic 2006 * Snoop Dogg - My Medicine Ego Trippin' 2008 * Ill Bill - Only Time Will Tell "Pain Gang" The Hour Of Reprisal 2008 * Swollen Members - Dumb Armed To The Teeth 2009 Soundtracks * Judgment Night 1993 -- "Just Another Victim" Helmet & House Of Pain * Gravesend 1997 -- "Gravesend Lake Of Fire " W/ Lordz Of Brooklyn "Some Nights Are Better Than Others " * End Of Days 1999 -- "So Long" * Big Daddy 1999 -- "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" * Black & White 2000 -- "Life's A Bitch" * King Of The Jungle 2000 --"Love For Real Remix " Feat. N'Dea Davenport * Ali 2001 -- "The Greatest" * Saving Grace TV Series 2007 -- Saving Grace Birth Name Erik Schrody Also Known As Whitey Ford Mr. White Whitey Farad Born August 18 1969 1969-08-18 Age 40 Origins Valley Stream New York Genres Blues Hip Hop Rock Alternative Country-Rap Instruments Vocals Emceeing Guitar Years Active 1988–Present Labels Martyr Inc. Records. Warner Bros. Records Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. Records Island/ IDJMG/ Universal Records PIAS Recordings Associated Acts House Of Pain La Coka Nostra Soul Assassins Cypress Hill Rhyme Syndicate B-Real Carlos Santana

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