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Aesop Rock

Rap music

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Alternative hip hop

Rapper and producer Aesop Rock – born Ian Bavitz in Syosset, New York on June 5, 1976 – is best known as a pioneer in the underground and alternative hip hop scenes. Inspired by hip hop artists such as Public Enemy, Run DMC, KMD, and Boogie Down Productions and alternative rock, he began rapping and issued the self-released Music for Earthworms mixtape in 1998 to critical acclaim. After the release of his equally successful Appleseed EP in 1999, he signed to the independent Mush Records label and released the album Float in 2000. Aesop Rock then moved over to the Definitive Jux (...