Biography:

Rahem Ross Brown (March 20, 1970 – November 6, 2022),^[1] better known by his stage name Tame One, was an American hip hop recording artist and graffiti artist from New Jersey. He was a member of Artifacts, Leak Bros, and the hip-hop supergroup The Weathermen.

Musical career

Tame One together with El Da Sensei released their “graffiti-honoring debut” album Between a Rock and a Hard Place in 1994, and a follow-up album That’s Them in 1997. Tame One has released two albums with the Artifacts, six solo albums, three mixtapes, and three collaborations one with former labelmate Cage as Leak Bros (Waterworld), one with Del The Funky Homosapien (Parallel Uni-verses) and The Revolution album with Dro Pesci and Nick Jackelson. He has worked with artists such as Aesop Rock, El-P, DJ Mr. Len, Breeze Brewin, Travis McCoy, Vast Aire, Yak Ballz, Hussein Fatal, Mos Def, Dro Pesci, The Mighty Rhino, Big Daddy Rap Beast, and KRS-One.^[2] He joined the underground supergroup the Weathermen which was formed in 2002 by Cage and El-P, and the same year he released his first solo album and EC debut named When Rappers Attack. His second solo album O.G. Bobby Johnson appeared in 2005. Next year he issued his next album called Slow Suicide Stimulus, a cooperative project with the Dusted Dons.^[3]

In July 2009 Tame One released a music video for his single “Anxiety Attacks”, the video was directed by Derek Pike. Credited with making HipHop’s first song about “Molly” (MDMA, the active ingredient in Ecstasy), at this time, Tame met Staten Island rapper Dro Pesci and producer Nick Jackelson. Together they recorded the yet-to-be-released album “The Revolution”.

Brown also released a new EP for free download at slangcorp.com called “Hell or High Water”, produced entirely by DJ Junkwaffel. He also worked on a reunion Artifacts album with El Da Sensei and DJKaos 1200 (2014) as well as promoting a Boom Skwad Recordings solo mix cd entitled “Skwadzilla”.

Personal life and death

Tame One was the first cousin of rapper Redman. He died from heart failure on November 6, 2022, at the age of 52.^[4][5]

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