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R.A. the Rugged Man
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R.A. the Rugged Man, real name R.A. Thorburn, is a rapper from Stony Brook, Long Island. He began his music career at age 12. At 18, he signed to Jive Records. R.A.’s legend, perpetuated by the P.R. biographies at his various labels, say he was dropped due to violent and disgusting behavior, but in interviews he disputes many of the more extreme stories told about him, adding that Jive just didn’t know how to break new artists at the time. Since then, he has worked with Mobb Deep, Smut Peddlers and Notorious B.I.G, as well as producers Erick Sermon, Trackmasters, DJ Quik, Alchemist, J-Zone, RZA, and Ayatollah (Lamont Dorrell). He was featured on all three of Rawkus’s Soundbombing albums, as well as the platinum-selling WWF Aggression album. In 2004 R.A. released his long awaited debut album “Die, Rugged Man, Die” which received good reviews but was met with little commercial success.
Coming from a broken Long Island home, R.A.’s father was a gun toting Vietnam veteran/mental patient affected by Agent Orange. His family was forever changed by the potent chemical — his brother Maxx was born handicapped and blind, eventually dying at the age of 10, while his sister Dee Ann couldn’t walk or speak.
In addition to his hip-hop notoriety, R.A. writes a monthly movie column for Mass Appeal magazine, is a contributor to The Ego Trip Book of Rap Lists (St. Martin’s Press) and Ego Trip’s Big Book of Racism (Harper Collins), and has written numerous articles for other magazines including Vibe, King, and Source.
Coming from a broken Long Island home, R.A.’s father was a gun toting Vietnam veteran/mental patient affected by Agent Orange. His family was forever changed by the potent chemical — his brother Maxx was born handicapped and blind, eventually dying at the age of 10, while his sister Dee Ann couldn’t walk or speak.
In addition to his hip-hop notoriety, R.A. writes a monthly movie column for Mass Appeal magazine, is a contributor to The Ego Trip Book of Rap Lists (St. Martin’s Press) and Ego Trip’s Big Book of Racism (Harper Collins), and has written numerous articles for other magazines including Vibe, King, and Source.
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coffeeandpigs wrote:
High Times
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Tehryan wrote:
R.A is better than boobs
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Boooobies wrote:
all this talent in such an angry guy, gotta wish his circumstances was different man
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KEIHARD wrote:
one of the best rappers ever
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Mdeezy wrote:
horribly slept on. this is someone that all those em heads need to hear.
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pex wrote:
one of the best rapper has only 334.453 plays...
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socceralex10 wrote:
kill shit
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kahbee wrote:
Well crafted but all the lyrics seem to deal with his own persona, gets a bit old, no?
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NigelE8992 wrote:
THERE'S ONLY 50,000 HEADS THAT ARE TRUE TO THIS. when's the next RA album comin?
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Falling_Eagle wrote:
ahahaha word
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hasafienda wrote:
Don't compare R.A. to that washed up bum Eminem
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Marcus_Sweetser wrote:
Hiphop's Underground Radio: http://www.last.fm/group/HipHop%27s+Underground+Radio
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el_delga wrote:
chains !!!!! un temazo lo teng de ringtone XD !!!!!
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Jaffa_Cake wrote:
"I don't want fans that don't know who g rap is" Word. Even if the band I was in was a lo fi indie band
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NigelE8992 wrote:
American Low Life mixtape is hot
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gawt wrote:
This dude only done 1 album?
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Falling_Eagle wrote:
http://www.last.fm/music/R.A.+the+Rugged+Man/+images/2512546
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http://www.last.fm/music/R.A.+the+Rugged+Man/+images/2512546
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quikkkk wrote:
The best white rapper.
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teflon_hearted wrote:
Better then Em
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