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Name Invincible Invincible Role Rapper · emergencemedia.org Albums ShapeShifters, Some Sunshine, Blacklite Sessions Volume 1 Similar People Waajeed, Buff1, Tiombe Lockhart, Tame One, Wordsworth Profiles | ||
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Ill Weaver, also known by the stage name Invincible, is a rapper born in Champaign, Illinois.
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At the age of 1, they moved to Israel, returning to the United States at the age of 7 - first living in Ann Arbor, Michigan, then moving to Detroit, Michigan. Invincible joined the Anomalies crew in 1997 and has collaborated with Finale, Suheir Hammad, and Waajeed of the Platinum Pied Pipers.
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Early life and career
Invincible learned English by listening to hip-hop albums; they have stated that they would write down the rhymes and use the dictionary to decipher the words. After two years, they started making their own songs in English and stopped speaking Hebrew by age ten. At age of 15, they started performing at open mic nights and getting into Detroit's battle scene in its late-1990’s heyday. Invincible's passion for activism was sparked when members of the Ku Klux Klan gathered and spoke at Ann Arbor's City Hall, which was down the street from their high school. They were disgusted with what they heard, but felt they couldn't do anything about it.
Their music reflects their deeply held belief in social justice, but does so through narrative, powerful imagery, and a commitment to finding the perfect rhyme. They split their time between youth organizing with Detroit Summer's Live Arts Media Project, the US-Palestine Youth Solidarity Network, and constant touring, she blur the line between art and activism.
Ilana Weaver released their debut album, ShapeShifters, in 2008 on Emergence, a record label they co-founded.
In 2010, they performed at the Can A Sista Rock a Mic? festival in Washington, D.C.. That same year, they received attention after the music video for "Ropes" was banned on mtvU, MTV's college-targeted channel, after it was deemed "too problematic" because of its suicidal nature. The ban was later lifted.
Invincible has been compared to rapper Eminem. They have been positively reviewed by Washington Post, Spin, being described as "a compelling and fiercely political artist"
Ilana Weaver identifies as gay and gender-nonconforming and is Jewish.