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Name | MC Ren |
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Background | solo_singer |
Birth name | Lorenzo Jerald Patterson |
Alias | The Ruthless Villain, MC Ren |
Born | June 14, 1969 |
Place of birth | Compton, California, |
Origin | Compton, California |
Instrument | Vocals |
Genre | Gangsta rap |
Occupation | Rapper, songwriter |
Years active | 1986— |
Label | Ruthless, Island Def Jam, Interscope, Universal Motown, Villain Entertainment |
Associated acts | N.W.A, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre Above the Law, Paris, Public Enemy, The D.O.C. |
MC Ren subsequently released his debut album Kizz My Black Azz in 1992. It reached platinum. MC Ren's next album, Life Sentence, was scrapped while he converted to the Nation of Islam (which he has since left and converted to orthodox Islam) with guidance from DJ Train. Shock of the Hour in 1993 was released the next year. It also features the single "Mayday on the Front Line" which appeared in the film CB4. MC Ren soon fell on hard times when DJ Train died in a burning house before the release of The Villain in Black (1996). The album sold relatively well for a brief period. Before leaving Ruthless Records, Ren released Ruthless for Life (1998) which proved a small comeback, selling moderately well. He appeared on the posse cut "Some L.A. Niggaz" from Dr. Dre's 2001 album. In 2000, he appeared on the song "Hello" which featured Dr. Dre and Ice Cube on Ice Cube's War & Peace Vol. 2 (The Peace Disc) album. He joined the Up In Smoke Tour that same year just to rap this verse on this track.
MC Ren released the straight-to-DVD movie Lost in the Game in 2004. His most recent work has appeared on some more politically-oriented projects such as with Public Enemy, specifically Paris' album Hard Truth Soldiers Vol. 1 as well as on Public Enemy's album Rebirth of a Nation. Paris stated in an interview with Rapstation.com that "MC Ren is retired and won't be doing a full-length album as far as I know. I get at him for verses, that's about it."
MC Ren appeared on the VH1 Hip Hop Honors talking about Eazy-E in the tribute to him. As of late 2007, Ren was supposed to be in work with Long Beach-based rapper RBX alongside Big Rocc on the group Concrete Criminals and although a debut album was promised, nothing came out of it. In 2009, MC Ren finished his fifth studio album entitled Renincarnated which was released under his own record label Villain Entertainment on October 31, 2009. Renincarnated was only released in the US.
;With N.W.A
;With Eazy-E
;With The D.O.C.
Category:1969 births Category:Living people Category:African American rappers Category:African American Muslims Category:Former Nation of Islam members Category:N.W.A members Category:People from Compton, California Category:Ruthless Records artists Category:Rappers from Los Angeles, California Category:Priority Records artists Category:African American converts to Islam
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