Substantial
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Substantial performing live in 2011
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Stanley Robinson |
| Also known as | Stan Robinson, SubStan, Subtracktion |
| Born |
7 January 1979 Cheverly, Maryland |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2000 – present |
| Labels | Hydeout Productions, QN5 Music, Mello Music Group, HiPNOTT Records |
| Associated acts | Bop Alloy, CunninLynguists, Extended Famm, FANOMM, L Universe, Nujabes, Oddisee, PackFM, Tonedeff |
| Website | http://www.iamsubstantial.com/ |
Stanley Robinson (born January 7, 1979), known as Substantial, is a hip hop recording artist from Prince George's County, Maryland. He now operates out of Virginia.
His videos have appeared on MTV, BET and VH1, while his music has made it to the second round of Grammy voting in three categories. The renowned car company Bentley reached out to have Substantial’s supergroup, FANOMM (with Chew Fu & J-Cast) to create a song for them and perform in China at their car show.
Stanley Robinson was born in Cheverly, Maryland on January 7, 1979. Growing up the first concert he attended was Run DMC featuring Naughty By Nature, and Lords of the Underground.
Substantial has stated that some of his main influences are Native Tongues, Outkast, and Redman.
In May 2011 Substantial underwent a preventative surgery to remove a potentially cancerous growth from his large and small intestines. Discussing the surgery Substantial said, “The purpose of the procedure I had on May 10th was to remove the section of my large and small intestines, where the growth was located. As I mentioned before, I don’t have cancer but I have decided to do the […] surgery as a preventive measure.”
Substantial gained prominence after collaborating with Japanese Hip-Hop producer, Nujabes (Seba Jun) and signing to his record label Hyde Out Productions. Substantial's 2001 debut album, To This Union A Sun Was Born was a result of this collaboration. The album was a top-10 hit in Japan, and he continued to work with Seba until the producer's death in 2010.
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