Thomas Abate

Thomas Abate

Infobox musical artist
Name = Poverty
Background = Hip Hop Artist & Actor


Img_capt = Thomas "Poverty" Abate
Birth name = Thomas Joseph Abate III
Alias = Poverty
Origin = Boston, Massachusetts, United States [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2054514/ Thomas Abate IMDB page] Retrieved on 2007-03-04]
Born = birth date|1978|8|20|mf=y
Genre = Hip hop, Political hip hop, East Coast hip hop
Occupation = Rapper, actor, record producer, poet,
Years_active = 1999 – 2007
Label = ArtistDirect Records
Website = www.legendofpoverty.com

Thomas Joseph Abate III (born August 20 1978 in Lawrence, Massachusetts) also known as Poverty is a hip-hop artist and actor from the New England area.

He was living in a homeless shelter in Maine when he produced a demo that was eventually picked up by Artistdirect records, the offshoot of Interscope Records chief Ted Field. [ [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1455890/20020702/story.jhtml?headlines=true Poverty article] mtv.com, Retrieved on 2008-03-04] [ [http://www.artistdirectrecords.com/mediatoolkit/poverty/poverty_tourrelease.html Press Release] Artistdirect.com, Retrieved on 2008-03-04] . However, plans to release his album "Rise from Ruin" foundered in the wake of problems at the label. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m5072/is_15_25/ai_100508867 Lack of marketing punch has ArtistDirect on the ropes] Los Angeles Business Journal, April 14 2003, Retrieved on 2008-03-04] The album was eventually released in March, 2004, but is no longer available.

Abate has since started an acting career with a small role in the 2006 film Waist Deep.

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