Sleep (rapper)
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Sleep performing live in 2011
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| Birth name | Christopher Tafoya |
| Also known as | Sleep of Oldominion |
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June 2, 1976 Farmington, New Mexico |
| Origin | Portland, Oregon |
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| Occupation(s) | Rapper |
| Years active | 1996–present |
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| Website | www.strangefamousrecords.com |
Christopher Tafoya (born June 2, 1976), better known by his stage name Sleep or Sleep of Oldominion, is an American hip hop artist from Farmington, New Mexico, who is currently based in Portland, Oregon. He is a founding member of the Pacific Northwest hip hop collective Oldominion and hip hop duo The Chicharones alongside Josh Martinez. He is currently signed to Strange Famous Records.
Tafoya grew up in the small town community of Farmington, New Mexico. He is of Mexican descent. At the age of 5, Sleep was already rapping and b-boying with his friends and relatives in the small town, with himself naming Run DMC as an important influence when he first began.
In addition to the hip hop he heard early on, his father was a former bass player for blues musician Gatemouth Brown, and would play a wide array of music, from Mariachi, to Blues, to Rock. Sleep also grew up with seven other brothers who all played musical instruments and had a grandfather who was also a multi instrumentalist. Entering the world of rap, he felt that his talents as both an MC and a writer were overly slept on, hence the creation of his name Sleep.
Growing up in New Mexico, Sleep went to the same school as Onry Ozzborn, which led them to meet Pale Soul. Together, they formed the group Oraclez Creed, which would later become Oldominion after combining with Frontline (Destro, Nyqwil, and Snafu). After the join, the massive Pacific Northwest hip hop collective grew to over twenty members.
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