R.O.C. (rapper)
| The R.O.C. | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Sol46 |
| Born | October 31, 1973 |
| Origin | Detroit, Michigan, United States |
| Genres | Midwest hip hop, horrorcore, hardcore hip hop, underground hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Recording artist, beat maker, music producer |
| Years active | 1992–2009; 2012–present |
| Labels |
Strength Productions (1992) Latnem Intertainement (1993–1997) Virus Independent (2001) Independent (2002–2007) Hatchet House (2008–2009) Psychopathic (not official) (2012) Majik Ninja (2014–present) |
| Associated acts | House of Krazees, The Howse, HalfBreed, Level Jumpers, Mr. Y.U.G., Big Father Hightop (Evol of Detroit, MI), Blaze Ya Dead Homie, Tech N9ne, Zodiac MPrint, Twiztid, DJ Clay, King Gordy, Samhein Witch Killaz, Insane Clown Posse, Prozak, Skrapz, Rann, Killjoy, Chosen Blessed, Armageddon, The Beast, Black Widow, Mr. Vitology, Dial81, 2winn Gunnz, 1-I-Bandit |
| Website | www |
Bryan Jones (born October 31, 1973), better known by his stage name The R.O.C. (Raps On Contact), is an American rapper and producer from Detroit, Michigan. He is a founding member of the group House of Krazees, which was active from 1993 until 1997, when Hektic (Monoxide) and Mr. Bones (Jamie Madrox) left to form Twiztid, who were subsequently signed to Psychopathic Records.
After performing as the hype man for Blaze Ya Dead Homie, R.O.C. signed to Hatchet House in 2008. After briefly retiring beginning in 2009, The R.O.C. came out of retirement.
The R.O.C. also has a younger brother names Mr. Y.U.G. (Formerly known as RAGZ), who is a known Detroit artist, and has also been featured on many of his tracks, as well as Cousin Evol of Detroit. He also has other younger brothers that made music, but were not as involved. Rann, Killjoy (who is in lockdown), and Chosen Blessed who was killed in a shooting. The R.O.C. is also cousin of Bamm & Esham (The Boogieman a.k.a. The Unholy) through marriage.
The R.O.C.'s first album was released with his cousin Big Father Hightop (Evol of Detroit) & produced by Esham under Strength Productions, titled "Rollin' With Strength" R.O.C., Paul Methric and Jamie Spaniolo formed House of Krazees in 1993. The R.O.C. was first originally the producer of the group and was asked to perform on a couple tracks and it was then decided by Jamie and Paul that he would be the third member, after asked he accepted. House of Krazees' catalog was only released on Compact Cassette until the group signed to Latnem Intertainment. Problems between House of Krazees and Latnem led the group to leave the label following its 1996 album, Head Trauma. House of Krazees officially disbanded in 1997, due to conflicts with their manager, Walter Stepanenko (Latnem Int. CEO). The R.O.C changed his rap name to SOL46. Madrox and Monoxide left to join Psychopathic Records in 1998 as Twiztid. Skrapz joined him and they finished HOK's last album 'The Night They Kame Home' and disbanded. After the last House of Krazees album, The R.O.C. formed a group with local Detroit acts known as "The Howse" and released one album, titled Esohpromatem which is Metamorphose backwards. It consisted of three official members and a fourth as a feature. They were The R.O.C. (which he went by for the album), Armageddon, The Beast, and Black Widow (Miz Korona) as the feature. Mr. Vitology of Vitology Music Group produced the album and Beast later joined Detroits IT5 Tribe a.k.a. The Indigenous Tribe as Morpheus. The album was also released under HOK's label Latnem Int. After the Howse disbanded and The R.O.C. ended his relationship with Latnem Int., The R.O.C. a.k.a. SOL released another solo album and his only under his second stage name, titled Wormholes. After HOK and The Howse disbanded, SOL and Skrapz formed Halfbreed on their own record label, Virus Independent with label mates Mr. F.Reeze (later Dial81) and brother Mr. Y.U.G. and his group 2winn Gunnz with friend 1-I-Bandit, for five albums. They were Serial Killaz, Killaz of the World (unreleased, later formed half of "The End"), KontamiNATION, Rage of the Plague, and The End. Then later disbanded to pursue different genre's styles. Also signed to the group was supergroup of The R.O.C., YUG, F.R.eeze, and Skrapz was Level Jumpers which also disbanded when Halfbreed ended. YUG left to form record label Welfare Int. & TLG Productions with manager Ed Smash.
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