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Halifax, Canada (1993 – present)

Richard Terfry, better known as Buck 65, is a Canadian artist, MC and . However he has recently moved away from hip hop in a stylistic context, and moving closer to , , , and genres. That said, his new direction is seemingly still underpinned by an extensive background in abstract hip hop, his trademark rhyme-phrasing and lyrical aspiration evident in the altered timbre vocal delivery displayed in his more recent releases. Buck 65 has also introduced his style as , a mixture between and .

Terfry is also a host at CBC Radio 3, with hosting a program on the CBC Radio 3 website’s web radio station during weekdays. In addition, he will be the host of the weekday 3-6pm CBC Radio 2 show beginning in the fall of 2008.

Early career and influences

Terfry was born in 1972 and raised in Mount Uniacke, a rural community outside of Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was first exposed to music in the mid-19 while listening to CBC Radio’s late night show Brave New Waves, and then by listening to Halifax campus community radio station CKDU. CKDU then broadcast at only 33 watts, and he had to climb a tree in his yard to hear the station’s hip hop show on his cheap transistor radio. Fascinated by hip hop, the young Terfry taught himself how to rap, DJ, and, later, to produce records. His musical influences include MC Shan, David Lynch, Gitche Manitou, and Kool Keith.
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Bike for Three!

4 May 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/buck65

Hello patient lovers.For the last two years I've been performing a song All There Is To Say About Love and have been explaining that it comes from an album called More Heart Than Brains …

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