Fazer (rapper)
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| Birth name | Richard Rawson |
| Also known as | Richard Rawson |
| Born | 5 February 1987 Camden, Greater London, England |
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| Years active | 2000—present |
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| Associated acts | N-Dubz Tom Parker |
| Website | IAmFazer.com |
Richard Rawson, better known by his stage name Fazer, is an English rapper, producer, DJ and songwriter. He is popularly known as the member of hip hop trio N-Dubz releasing three studio albums and winning numerous MOBO awards with the group. Rawson has said that whilst growing up his biggest influences were Tupac Shakur, Biggie, Rakim, T.I., and Jay-Z.
Fazer was brought up in Camden Town, London. Fazer first met Dappy when they started attending the same karate class, becoming best friends at school. They attended , with third member Tulisa Contostavlos (Dappy's cousin) attending the school for a while as well. It was at school that the trio became close friends and formed N-Dubz.
Fazer was a member of hip hop trio N-Dubz, from the age of 11. They released three platinum selling studio albums and won 5 MOBO awards. N-Dubz released their first album, Uncle B in 2008 followed by Against All Odds in 2009 and Love.Live.Life in 2010. N-Dubz are known as one of the first breakthrough acts for UK Urban Music. In 2011 the band announced a hiatus to focus on solo projects, after a hugely successful UK Arena Tour and a compilation album 'N-Dubz - Greatest Hits'. The group have said on many occasions that they will reunite.
On 3 March 2012, Fazer was featured on BBC1's show Urban Classics where he performed his version of Englishman in New York originally by Sting and he also performed a tribute to Whitney Houston with Skepta. About two weeks later, Fazer remixed Somebody That I Used to Know by Gotye Fazer shot a video for his debut single "Killer" on 29 May 2012, released on 26 August 2012.
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