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Birth name
  
Keith Murray

Role
  
Rapper

Name
  
Keith Murray


Years active
  
1993 – present

Genres
  
East Coast hip hop

Nationality
  
American

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Born
  
September 13, 1974 (age 49) (
1974-09-13
)

Origin
  
Central Islip, Long Island, New York

Labels
  
E1 Music Jive/BMG Records

Associated acts
  
EPMD, Def Squad, R. Kelly, Big Daddy Kane, K-Solo, Canibus, LL Cool J, Shaquille O'Neal, Busta Rhymes, Smigg Dirtee

Music groups
  
Def Squad (Since 1996), Hit Squad

Albums
  
The Most Beautifullest Thing in T, Enigma, Rap‑Murr‑Phobia (The Fear of Real Hi, It's a Beautiful Thing, Intellectual Violence

Profiles

Keith Murray (born September 13, 1974) is an American rapper and a member of the hip hop trio Def Squad, which includes fellow rappers Redman and Erick Sermon.

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Music career

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Before Murray ever recorded an album, he traded verses with Big Daddy Kane under the name MC Do Damage. Later, he was introduced to Erick Sermon of EPMD by K-Solo. Sermon included Murray on his album No Pressure on the single "Hostile". His first album, The Most Beautifullest Thing in This World, was released in 1994 on Jive Records. The title track from this album remains Murray's biggest solo hit. This album was given 4 mics by The Source. Murray continued to enjoy a high media-profile by appearing on a Coca-Cola advertisement and guesting on remixes of Mary J. Blige’s ‘Be Happy’, Total’s ‘Can’t You See’ and LL Cool J’s ‘I Shot Ya’.

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Murray's second album Enigma was released in 1996 on Jive. It received similar ratings from critics, but it was not quite as commercially successful as the previous album. Murray also appeared on Busta Rhymes' debut album The Coming, representing the Def Squad on the track "Flipmode Squad Meets Def Squad" along with Redman and Jamal. In 1998, The Def Squad covered "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang. They would later release their own album, El Niño. Murray's third album It's a Beautiful Thing was released in 1999. Murray also appeared on the song "Home Alone" by R. Kelly.

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Def Jam released his He's Keith Murray in 2003, containing the single "Yeah, Yeah U Know It." This song has guest appearances from fellow Def Squad members Redman and Erick Sermon. Murray dedicated "Christina" to his sister. That same year, Murray was featured on the video game Def Jam Vendetta. Shortly after this, Murray was accused of choking two employees of Def Jam – although he said the confrontation was limited to words – and was subsequently dropped.

He released his fifth solo album Rap-Murr-Phobia on July 31, 2007. It debuted at number 52 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart. The lead single was "Nobody Do It Better" featuring Tyrese and Junior.

Murray's vocals/crowd hyping appears on the song "Elektrobank" by The Chemical Brothers from their album Dig Your Own Hole.

Selected discography

Solo albums
  • The Most Beautifullest Thing in This World (1994)
  • Enigma (1996)
  • It's a Beautiful Thing (1999)
  • He's Keith Murray (2003)
  • Rap-Murr-Phobia (The Fear of Real Hip-Hop) (2007)
  • with Def Squad
  • El Niño (1998)
  • References

    Keith Murray (rapper) Wikipedia