X-Raided
| X-Raided | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Anarae Brown |
| Born | July 30, 1974 |
| Genres | Hip hop, gangsta rap |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Labels | Black Market Records, Priority Records, Madman Records, Gangway Inc., Bloc Star Entertainment |
| Associated acts | Brotha Lynch Hung |
Anarae Brown (born July 30, 1974), better known by his stage name X-Raided, is an American rapper and a former 24th Street Garden Blocc Crip gang member.
Born July 30, 1974, Brown was raised by his mother, Shirley James 'Jaz' Brown, a clerk at the Sacramento County Courthouse.
The first X-Raided album, Psycho Active, was recorded in June 1990 with Sacramento rapper Brotha Lynch Hung, and released in 1992. Brown claims that the recording was made during a deadly conflict between the 24th Street Garden Blocc Crips and the Meadowview Bloods, contributing to lyrics full of violence. In March 1992, gang members raided the home of Patricia Harris and she was fatally shot. Brown and four other gang members were arrested for the murder.
From 1993 to 1995, X-Raided recorded songs over the telephone while in jail awaiting trial. These recordings were released on the 1995 album Xorcist. A track on the album begins with a recording of a collect call from X-Raided which identifies him as "an inmate in Sacramento County Jail".
This second album garnered even more attention and it was covered in various mainstream media outlets including Playboy (September 1996). Months after the release of Xorcist, X-Raided was convicted of first degree murder with a special circumstance of gang-related homicide and he was sentenced to 31 years to life in prison.
X-Raided's next album Unforgiven came in 1998, with X-Raided's vocals recorded on a DAT machine. Beats were added later by producer DJ VerbalTek. A prison official said he was puzzled about how the recording was made, because "inmates are not allowed to have tape recorders."
In 2000, X-Raided released an album under the pseudonym "Nefarious" titled Speak of the Devil in order to continue to release music despite the state of California targeting his previous release trying to claim that it fell under the Son of Sam law. X-Raided chose the moniker because the prosecutor in his trial referred to him as nefarious in attempts to paint him in a negative light to the jury.
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