Rapper
Recognized in the rap world as Ras Kass, John Austin IV electrified hip hop’s underground with the release of his 1996 debut Soul on Ice. He’s known as a member of the West Coast rap group The HRSMN (alongside Killah Priest, Kurupt and Canibus) as well as one-third of the Golden State Warriors with Xzibit and Saafir. The underground rap star has also been featured in a number of films and documentaries, including Rhyme and Punishment and I Got the Hook Up.
Ras Kass
Recognized in the rap world as Ras Kass, John Austin IV electrified hip hop’s underground with the release of his 1996 debut Soul on Ice. He’s known as a member of the West Coast rap group The HRSMN (alongside Killah Priest, Kurupt and Canibus) as well as one-third of the Golden State Warriors with Xzibit and Saafir. The underground rap star has also been featured in a number of films and documentaries, including Rhyme and Punishment and I Got the Hook Up.
Cali rap vet Ras Kass named his second album after the legendary Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh, and the album artwork featured the impressionistic style he made famous.
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