Joseph Foreman

Joseph Foreman

Afroman (* 28. Juli 1974 in South Central, Kalifornien; eigentlich Joseph Foreman) ist ein US-amerikanischer Rapper. 2001 landete er mit der Single Because I Got High einen internationalen Nummer-Eins-Hit.

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Biografie

Joseph Foreman betätigte sich bereits zu seinen Schulzeiten als Musiker und Rapper. Er verteilte seine zu Hause aufgenommenen Kassetten an seine Mitschüler.

1999 erschien Afromans erstes Album, My Fro-losophy. Kurze Zeit später zog er von Palmdale, Kalifornien nach Hattiesburg, Mississippi. 2000 erschien das zweite Album, Because I got High. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt verkaufte der Rapper seine Tonträger noch immer fast ausschließlich auf seinen Konzerten.

Einer seiner Fans machte Afroman im Jahr 2001 allerdings über Nacht berühmt: er stellte den Song Because I Got high in der Online-Musikbörse Napster zum Download zur Verfügung. Der Titel fand großen Anklang und verbreitete sich rasend schnell. Schließlich wurde der Radio-DJ Howard Stern darauf aufmerksam. Er spielte den Song in seiner Show, was wiederum Universal Music dazu veranlasste, Joseph Foreman alias Afroman unter Vertrag zu nehmen. In dem Video zum Song Because I got High spielen auch Jay und Silent Bob mit. Afroman ist/war ein Mitglied der Palmdale Crips.

Diskografie

Alben

  • 1999: My Fro-losophy
  • 2000: Because I Got High
  • 2000: Sell Your Dope
  • 2001: The Good Times (Greatest hits)
  • 2004: Afroholic… The Even Better Times
  • 2004: Jobe Bells
  • 2005: 4R0:20
  • 2005: The Hungry Hustlerz: Starvation Is Motivation
  • 2006: A Colt 45 Christmas
  • 2007: Still Drunk & High
  • 2008: Waiting to Inhale

Singles

  • 2001: Because I got high
  • 2002: Crazy Rap

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