Dead Prez

Dead Prez, are a hip hop duo made up of rappers M-1 and stic.man and came together in 1996, in New York City. Their lyrics are confrontational, featuring socialist themes.

It was in 1990 when M-1, journeyed to Florida’s state capital, Tallahassee, to enrol at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, which is where he met stic.man. They became close friends and had a common interest in music and leftist political ideology. It was a couple of years after finishing university that the two hip-hop artists came together in New York where they would later be discovered by Lord Jamar and signed to Loud Records. On board this platform, they built up a fan base from their over the top performances, where they’ve been known to ignite dollar bills and toss apples into the audiences, declaring that they must eat healthily. Before the released of their debut album in 2000, they had already contributed songs to film soundtracks and featured on high profile albums. It was their very first recorded song “The Game of Life (Score)” that appeared on the 1997 soundtrack to the film Soul in the Hole.