Pharoahe Monch - Rapper & Hip Hop Music Legend from Queens New York | RUNGPG.com

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For our first episode of the year, the RUN GPG Podcast welcomed Troy Jamerson, AKA Pharoahe Monch! With a distinguished career spanning more than three decades, Monch has worked with some of the biggest names in hip-hop, jazz, soul, and alternative rock.

Growing up in Queens, New York nurtured Pharoahe’s creative spirit. He attended art school and was always interested in graphic design and photography. He fell in love with hip-hop at the right time, early in its history.

“I was fortunate to fall in love with hip-hop during the time where it was becoming a cultural revolution,” Pharoahe said on the podcast.

The Grammy-winning rapper is universally known for his complex lyrics, intricate delivery, and multisyllabic wordplay.

In an interview with radio personality Sway Calloway, Eminem called Pharoah “incredible” and “ahead of his time.”

More incredible is the fact that Pharoahe became an accomplished hip-hop icon despite suffering from asthma. We talk about that and a lot more on this episode including the following:

• Growing up in Queens, New York.
• Earliest musical influences.
• Where Pharoahe’s hip-hop journey began.
• The Hip-Hop history of Queens and where it’s distinct style comes from.
• How movies like Mad Max: Fury Road and The Joker helped Pharoahe’s creative process recently.
• Pharoahe aims to create music with a longer shelf life.
• Commitment to the ever-changing paradigm that has the music industry pushing to the forefront the “low-hanging fruit of disposable artists.”
• How asthma affected and helped Pharoahe’s career.
• Pharoahe’s fascination with the number 13.
• The dystopian themes of his recent work.
• What would Pharoahe have become if he wasn’t a musician?
• Pharoahe’s dream dinner is with two great leaders and a famed musician.
• What legacy does Pharoahe want to leave behind in the music industry?
• Collaborations that stand out.

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