Rhymefest
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Che Armond Smith (born July 6, 1977), known professionally as Rhymefest, is an American rapper and songwriter from Chicago, Illinois. He is best known for his work with fellow Chicago rapper Kanye West, having co-written West's "Jesus Walks" (which won Best Rap Song) in 2004 and "New Slaves" in 2013. He also co-wrote "Glory", for Common and John Legend in 2014, which received a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and an Academy Award for Best Original Song.
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1977-07-06
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Che Smith (born July 6, 1977 in Chicago, Illinois), better known by his stage name Rhymefest, is a Grammy Award winning American hip hop artist signed to Mark Ronson's Allido Records. In 2006 he released his debut album Blue Collar, and released his second album, titled El Che, in 2010. In 2005 he won a Grammy Award for the Best Rap Song, along with Kanye West, for his contribution in writing Jesus Walks. He gained attention because his lyrics were both witty and honest <a href="https://www.las
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Educated at
- Columbia College Chicago
- Religion
- Islam
- Genre
- hip-hop
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.rhymefest.com
- Image
- Rhymefest 2008.jpg
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- pseudonym
- Rhymefest
- date of birth
- 1977-07-06
- start of work period
- 1996-00-00
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14 sectionsContents
- Career
- Politics
- Art of Culture (formerly Donda's House)
- Personal life
- Che Guevara namesake
- Awards and nominations
- Academy Awards
- Grammy Awards
- Discography
- Albums
- Singles
- Mixtapes
- References
- External links
Che Armond Smith (born July 6, 1977), known professionally as Rhymefest, is an American rapper and songwriter from Chicago, Illinois. He is best known for his work with fellow Chicago rapper Kanye West, having co-written West's "Jesus Walks" (which won Best Rap Song) in 2004 and "New Slaves" in 2013. He also co-wrote "Glory", for Common and John Legend in 2014, which received a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and an Academy Award for Best Original Song.
As a recording artist, he signed with Mark Ronson's Allido Records, an imprint of J Records to release his debut album, Blue Collar.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rhymefest” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.