Angel Haze
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Angel Haze performing in October 2012
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Raeen Roes Wilson |
| Born |
July 10, 1992 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Labels | |
| Website | angelhazemusic |
Raeen Roes Wilson (born July 10, 1992),Angel Haze, is an American rapper and singer. In 2012, Haze released the EP Reservation for online and later signed a record deal with Universal Republic Records before moving to Republic Records. On December 31, 2013, Haze released the debut album Dirty Gold, which features the singles "Echelon (It's My Way)" and "Battle Cry". Haze has released a number of mixtapes, including the most recent, Back to the Woods (2015).
Raykeea Roes Wilson was born on July 10, 1991, in Detroit, Michigan to a military family. Wilson is of African and Native American ancestry and a self-taught speaker of Tsalagi. Haze was raised in the Greater Apostolic Faith, but is no longer practicing. In an interview with The Guardian, Haze stated: "we all lived in the same community, within 10 minutes of each other. You weren't allowed to talk to anyone outside of that, you weren't allowed to wear jewelry, listen to music, to eat certain things, to date people...you weren't allowed to do pretty much anything." However, after a pastor threatened Wilson's mother, the family left the church and moved to Brooklyn, New York when Haze was 16 years old. Haze soon began delving into the world of secular music.
In 2012, Haze recounted the experience of being sexually assaulted as a child in "Cleaning Out My Closet", a song from the mixtape Classick, which borrows the beat from Eminem's song of the same name.
From 2009 to 2012, Haze released a series of mixtapes for free download on the Internet: New Moon, Altered Ego, King, and Voice. In July 2012, they released the free mixtape Reservation to critical acclaim, receiving an 88/100 score from Metacritic. On December 9, the BBC announced that Haze had been nominated for the Sound of 2013 poll.
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