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B-Real
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| B-Real | |
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 B-Real at the 2006 Bonnaroo Music Festival.
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| Birth name | Louis Freese |
| Also known as | B-Real |
| Born | June 2, 1970 |
| Origin | South Gate, California |
| Genre(s) | Latin Hip hop |
| Instrument(s) | Rapping, Conga |
| Years active | 1989 – present |
| Label(s) | Columbia / Ruffhouse |
| Associated acts |
Cypress Hill, Psycho Realm, House of Pain, Dr. Dre, Fear Factory |
Louis Freese (born June 2, 1970), known by stage name B-Real, is a Latin rapper of Mexican and Afro-Cuban heritage[1]. He is best known for being the lead rapper in hip hop group Cypress Hill, who debuted with their self-titled album Cypress Hill in 1991.
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Born to a Mexican father and an Afro-Cuban mother, B-Real moved with his sister and mother out of his father's home to South Gate before ending up in South Central Los Angeles[1] Before dropping out of Bell High School, he befriended future Cypress Hill members Sen Dog and Mellow Man Ace (who forewent staying with the group to go solo). Sen Dog, who was affiliated with the Bloods gang set known as "Neighborhood Family", would later introduce B-Real into the set[1]. B-Real became a drug dealer and gangbanger. He was shot in the lung by a .22 pistol in 1988. The shooting and subsequent hospitalization caused Sen Dog to rethink his priorities and take up a job as a department store security guard.
After being introduced to DJ Muggs by Julio G the KDAY Mixmaster, B-Real and Sen gained interest in Muggs' concept of an album based on experiences from Cypress Ave in South Gate[1]. Thus, Cypress Hill was born. The group was signed with Ruffhouse/Columbia records in 1991, and made their influential debut that year. B-Real would use his life-threatening experiences as material for the group's self-titled debut album, and subsequent releases. Although subversive as some would argue, the strong content is nevertheless an important artistic contribution as well as highly interesting from a sociological view.
Cypress Hill's trademark sound - an eccentric combination of B-Real's exaggeratedly high-pitched nasal vocals and DJ Muggs' distinctive beats - led to the trio becoming the first Latin rap group to have Platinum and Multi-Platinum albums[1]. They remain the best selling Latin rap group to date[2].
Aside from Cypress Hill, B-Real has been involved in several other musical projects. In 2002, he teamed up with Mellow Man Ace and Son Doobie for the short-lived Serial Rhyme Killas, which released one 12" single in 2002[3]. The group recorded a full-length debut album, entitled Deluxe Rapture, but it was never released. He was also previously a member of the group The Psycho Realm[4].
B-Real has released three mixtapes as a solo artist "Gunslinger", "Gunslinger Vol. II" and "Gunslinger Vol. III"[5]. He is currently working on his first solo album, entitled Smoke In Mirrors and has teamed up with Snoop Dogg in a single called Vato for Snoop Dogg's album The Blue Carpet Treatment.
B-Real has also collaborated with many other artists, including DJ Quik, KRS-One, Warren G, House of Pain, Psycho Realm, Snoop Dogg, LL Cool J, Fear Factory, Everlast, Damian Marley, Supernatural, Kottonmouth Kings, Wu-Tang Clan, Dr. Dre, Eminem, D12, Ice Cube, Guru, Outkast, Nas, Malverde, Biohazard (band), Rage Against the Machine, Deftones, and Kool G Rap[3].
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- Was previously romantically involved with Carmen Electra[6].
- Plays paintball on the professional team Stoned Assassins[3].
- B-Real appeared on the US version of game show The Weakest Link Rappers special
- 2005 - The Gunslinger Volume I (mixtape)
- 2006 - The Gunslinger Part. II: Fist Full of Dollars (mixtape)
- 2007 - The Gunslinger: III: For a Few Dollars More (mixtape)
- 2008 - Smoke And Mirrors (album)
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| NAME | Freese, Louis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | B-Real |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | American musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 2, 1970 |
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| B-Real · Sen Dog · DJ Muggs · Eric Bobo | |
| Albums | Cypress Hill · Black Sunday · III : Temples of Boom · Unreleased and Revamped · IV · Los grandes éxitos en español · Skull & Bones · Live at the Fillmore · Stoned Raiders · Stash · Till Death Do Us Part · Greatest Hits from the Bong |
| Singles | "How I Could Just Kill a Man" · "The Phuncky Feel One" · "Latin Lingo" · "Hand on the Pump" · "Insane in the Brain" · "When The Shit Goes Down" · "I Ain't Goin Out Like That" · "Lick A Shot" · "Throw Your Set in the Air" · "Illusions" · "Boom Biddy Bye Bye" · "Dr. Greenthumb" · "Tequila Sunrise" · "Rap Superstar" · "Rock Superstar" · "Highlife" · "Lowrider" · "Trouble" · "What's Your Number" · "Latin Thugs" |
| Related Articles | Discography · Homerpalooza |
| Psycho Realm |
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| Current Members: Jacken • Duke |
| Former Members: B-Real |
| Discography |
| Studio albums: The Psycho Realm • A War Story Book I • A War Story Book II |