Necro (rapper)
Necro - Not to be confused with necrophilia.
Rapper - Not to be confused with raper.
Ron Braunstein (born June 7, 1976), better known by his stage-name Necro, is a American rapper, entrepreneur, filmmaker, and record producer from Brooklyn, New York. He is the owner of Psycho+Logical-Records founded November, 1999. He is the brother of fellow rapper Ill Bill.
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Biography
Necro was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in the Glenwood Housing Projects, where he lived for eight years from about 6 years old to age 14, when he moved to Canarsie. Born into a Jewish family, he is the son of two Israeli expatriates with ancestry from Israel and Romania. Necro's father was a Romanian born Israeli soldier and his mother an Orthodox baalat teshuva.
He began his musical career at 11, playing guitar in a death/thrash band named Injustice. But in due time, he made a transition from heavy metal to hip hop. In 1988, he started rapping after being influenced by his older brother, rapper Ill Bill. Necro derived his stage-name from the Slayer song "Necrophobic". Before that he called himself "Mad Mooney", which was a character from a Clive Barker book. He made his first demo in about 1990 and won a demo battle contest on the Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito show on WKCR-FM. In about 1993 Necro started rapping full-time and made a demo called "Do The Charles Manson". In 1995 he proceeded to rap on the Wildman Steve and DJ Riz show WBAU 90.3FM.
Sex & Music
Sex is often involved in Necro's music. Even porn icon Ron Jeremy has appeared in Necro's music video. In 2008, Brooklyn rap artist Necro featured Ron as well as Jack Napier, Rebeca Linares, and several others for the videos "Who's Ya Daddy" and "I Wanna F**k".
Necro invented the term "death rap" to describe his style of ultraviolent hip hop and to set himself apart from other genre labels created by the media. This sub-genre of rap combines death metal beats with explicit raps about violence, death, the occult, drugs, bestiality, and sex.
Necro directed and produced the porn film "Sexy Sluts: Been There, Done That" in 2003, starring Lanny Barbie and other mutts. Hosted by Jerry Butler.
Discography
Solo and Collaboration albums/mixtapes
- 1998: Cockroaches EP
- 2000: I Need Drugs
- 2001: Rare Demos and Freestyles Volume 1
- 2001: Rare Demos & Freestyles Vol. 2
- 2001: Gory Days
- 2003: Necro Presents: Brutality Pt. 1 (with Ill Bill, Mr Hyde, Goretex
- 2003: Street Villains Mix CD: Vol. 1 (with Ill BIll)
- 2003: Rare Demos & Freestyles Vol. 3
- 2004: The Pre-Fix for Death
- 2005: The Sexorcist
- 2005: The Circle of Tyrants (with Ill Bill, Mr Hyde, Goretex
- 2005: Street Villains Mix CD: Vol. 2 (with Ill BIll)
- 2007: Death Rap (Ind 43, Heat 13)
- 2010: Die (R&B 48, Heat 19)
- 2012: Metal Hip-Hop[42]
- 2012: Murder Murder Kill Kill EP
- 2013: Once Upon A Crime by The Godfathers (with Kool G Rap)
Production albums
- 1998: Necro: Cockroaches EP
- 2000: Necro: I Need Drugs
- 2001: Necro: Gory Days
- 2003: Necro: Necro Presents: Brutality Pt. 1 (with Ill Bill, Mr Hyde, Goretex
- 2004: Sabac Red: Sabacolypse: A Change Gon' Come
- 2004: Necro: The Pre-Fix for Death
- 2004: Ill BIll: What's Wrong with Bill?
- 2004: Mr Hyde: "Barn of The Naked Dead"
- 2005: Necro: The Sexorcist
- 2005: The Circle of Tyrants (with Ill Bill, Mr Hyde, Goretex
- 2007: Necro: Death Rap (Ind 43, Heat 13)
- 2010: Necro: DIE! (R&B 48, Heat 19)
- 2012: Necro: Murder Murder Kill Kill EP
- 2013: "Once Upon A Crime" by The Godfathers (with Kool G Rap)
See Also
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