Space Ghost Purp
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| Birth name | Markese Rolle |
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April 1, 1991 Miami, Florida, United States |
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| Years active | 2008–present |
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Markese Rolle (born April 1, 1991), better known by his stage name SpaceGhostPurrp, is an American rapper and record producer from Miami, Florida. He is the founder of the American hip hop group Raider Klan. Rolle gathered a following in the underground hip hop scene through mixtapes, producing, and his work with other underground artists. He has produced tracks for Wiz Khalifa, Robb Banks, ASAP Rocky, Lil Uzi Vert, Juicy J, and Project Pat. On June 12, 2012, his debut studio album Mysterious Phonk: Chronicles of SpaceGhostPurrp was released.
SpaceGhostPurrp was born Markese Rolle on April 1, 1991, in Carol City, Florida, in Uptown Miami. He began rapping at age 7 and producing at age 13, attended Silver Trail Middle School in Pembroke Pines and Everglades High School in Miramar.
In high school, began skateboarding frequently and later on decided that he wanted to pursue a career in music and worked to graduate from high school early. His early music releases on YouTube were stylized under the moniker "Muney Jordan", and "MJ23" (in reference to Michael Jordan and his jersey number). SpaceGhostPurrp formed hip hop collective Raider Klan in 2008 along with fellow members Dough Dough Da Don, Kadafi, Muney Junior and Jitt. After Jitt's death in 2010, Purrp began to further pursue his career in music, later dropping Blackland Radio 66.6 in 2011. Raider Klan eventually gathered various prominent rap artists nationwide such as Denzel Curry, Yung Simmie, Nell, Chris Travis, Xavier Wulf, Eddy Baker, Amber London, and Key Nyata, among many others.
In early 2012 SpaceGhostPurrp signed a one-off record deal with British indie label 4AD and began remixing tracks from his earlier mix tapes for his debut album. Most of his early songs feature samples from sources such as train whistles, female porn stars, and drops from the soundtrack of the Mortal Kombat video game, as well as other video game series. In addition to his own songs, he also produces beats for other artists (mostly those in the Raider Klan), but has made beats for other people as well. He produced one track titled T.A.P. for Taylor Allderdice, a mixtape by Wiz Khalifa as well as "Keep it G" & "Pretty Flacko" for ASAP Rocky.
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