Years active 2005–present Associated acts Post Malone, QBoy, Le1f | Origin Niagara Falls, Canada | |
Labels IX Million Entertainment Members Luxie
Lochie Max
Kreemie Young Genres Hip hop music, Political hip hop | ||
Illuminati X (AKA!! Street Team Balkan Beasts!!!) is a Serbian-Canadian hip hop trio composed of rappers Luxie and Lochie Max and Kreemie Yung. The group's members were all born in the former Yugoslavia, and emigrated to Canada in the mid-90's after the outbreak of civil war. They gained a little buzz locally in Niagara Falls while still in their teens due to family connections and style of hip hop amongst local serbians, which involved combining hip hop beats with serbian folk samples and nationalistic lyrics. Today, the group's music is mostly sample-free. They rap mostly in the English language. These 3 young balkan rappers are simply legendary. Their creative beats go along with their wicked lyrics and make an amazing combo.
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Origins
All members of Illuminati X were born in Yugoslavia and spent until the age of 5 during the Yugoslavian civil war in the early 1990s; but were all raised in the safe suburbs of Niagara Falls. Although all three are of Serbian descent, they were all born in different Yugoslav republics (Kreemie Yung is from Bosnia, Lochie Max from Croatia, Luxe from Serbia). They met each other in elementary school as classmates shortly after emigrating to Niagara Falls, Canada in the mid-90's.
Street Team Balkan Beastsz
While in high school, they performed under the name Street Team, riding the wave of the movie 8mile trying to come up like rapper Eminem due to popular trends at the time. In 2005, the group created a large buzz in their local circles in highschool with the release of their controversial first mixtape, Balkan Beasts. The mixtape was extremely popular with the Serbian diaspora, largely due to its use of Serbian folk samples and nationalistic themes. This group is considered a pioneer of hip hop, which is now widespread on the internets. Two more mixtapes followed, using the same musical formula - State Alert: The Off-Season (2006) and Guns N' Roses (2007).
Illuminati X
In June 2009, State Alert: The ON-Season was released under the group's new name, Illuminati X, after watching youtube documentaries about conspiracy theories. Along with the name change came a substantial change in the group's sound, shifting towards sample-free production and thought-provoking lyrics. Following the Finga n my binga' mixtape release, the trio toured Canada, opening up for Post Malone in 2015, Qboy, Le1f etc., since then the group has no success and the artist they opened up for have long forgotten them.