Cage (rapper)
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Cage performing a live show at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis, MN in 2009
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Chris Palko |
| Also known as | Alex, Alex the Worm King, Cage Kennylz, Keige, Sam Hill, Sherm Penn |
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May 4, 1973 Würzburg, Germany |
| Origin | Middletown, Orange County, New York, United States |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, record producer, actor |
| Years active | 1986–present |
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| Website | cagewm |
Christian Palko (born May 4, 1973), better known by his stage name Cage, is an American hip hop recording artist and actor from Middletown, Orange County, New York. Cage is perhaps best known for his work under the labels Definitive Jux and Eastern Conference, as well as his 2002 debut studio album Movies for the Blind. Since his debut, Cage has released four albums, with the latest being 2013's Kill the Architect. He has also released two compilation albums and two extended plays.
Aside from his solo career, Cage is one of the founders of the underground hip hop supergroup The Weathermen, which was formed in 1999. He also established a group called Smut Peddlers, with hip hop duo The High & Mighty, publishing an album titled Porn Again, in 2001. He is also known for his collaborations with New Jersey rapper Tame One; the two are collectively known as Leak Bros. Cage was also one-half of the duo The Nighthawks, which paired him alongside fellow American rapper Camu Tao, until Tao's death, which occurred in 2008.
Chris Palko was born in Würzburg, Germany, to American parents. His father was stationed on a West German military base as a member of the military police. Palko lived there until the age of four when his father was dishonorably discharged for selling and using heroin, and the family was sent back to the United States where they lived in Middletown, New York. His father would often force Palko to pull homemade tourniquets around his arm as he injected heroin. At the age of eight, Palko's father was arrested during a standoff with state troopers after threatening his family with a shotgun. By the time Palko was expelled from high school, his mother had remarried twice, and he was beaten by his stepfather Frank. Palko began using PCP, cocaine, LSD, cannabis and alcohol, and was sent to live with his uncle on a German military base, where he was beaten and sent home after a year.
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