- Bless (rapper)
Bless (born
February 10 ,1983 , as Ben Rinehart) is ahip-hop artist fromMontreal, Canada .Early career
Bless was a
B-boy at the young age of eight showing his deep hip hop roots. He quickly started to write rhymes and by the age of 12 he was demoing tracks in studios. Bless established his name inMontreal as a young battleMC and soon after accomplishing that, he proceeded to take his name south of the border to New York. Once in New York he began to collaborate with the likes ofLimp Bizkit 'sDJ Lethal andRahiem (Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five ). After going to the 'Rocksteady Crew Anniversary' where he metGuru (of Gangstarr) and the two began working on the track 'Never Ending Saga' which is on Guru's 'Baldhead Slick & Da Click' album.Personal life
Bless is of
Black descent.Touring
At the age of eighteen this
Montreal MC had already toured North America and Europe with the likes ofLimp Bizkit andGuru ofGangStarr . At the age of nineteen, his debut 12" onGuru 'sIll Kid Records , Debuted at # 6 on severalunderground hip-hop charts in the U.S.Has also toured with Lloyd Banks of G Unit and The Beatnuts
Fight For New York
Bless is also one of the playable characters in the game
Def Jam Fight For NY (released 2004). Bless's character was affiliated with Crow (voiced bySnoop Dogg )'s crew, or neutral. He is aMartial arts fighter and fights in the 'Syn Energy Power Plant'. His special move is called 'Platinumberg'.Albums and mixtapes
Bless has released two studio albums as well as a mixtape hosted by Clinton Sparks. All three have been well received and have featured such hugely respected hip hop artists as
Tony Touch , Nature,J. R. Writer of DipSet,Rah Digga of theFlipmode Squad ,Guru ofGangstarr , Foxy Brown,Twista ,Cappadonna of theWu Tang Clan and many others. The Clinton Sparks mixtape even features a song with Tupac Shakur, rapping a previously unheard verse.
* - 2003
*The Book of Bless - 2005
*Keep Rising - 2007 upcoming albumReferences
*http://www.platinumberg.com/index2.html
*http://ps2.ign.com/articles/537/537373p1.htmlExternal links
* [http://www.myspace.com/rapperbless Bless on Myspace]
* [http://www.bookofbless.com/ Book of Bless.com]
* [http://www.platinumberg.com/ Platinumberg Website]
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