You can be forgiven for not knowing who he is - he' never had anything close to a radio hit. A little background on him:Originally Posted by Kristiina
He go started back in the eighties with the Ultramagnetic MCs. They were pretty important in rap, but they pretty much never made it past cult status. Keith disappeared for a while, and the he came back and made the Dr. Octagon album, which was basically lots of non-sequitors piled up on top of weird horror movie-inspired tracks. But it was a pretty entertaining record, and it's sort of a cult classic.
Keith has done better since then, and he's made some pretty bad albums too. At his best I'd say he's the greatest rapper of all time. He can be a fan manipulator some of the time, with some half-assed projects he does and then pretends he's being innovative. But overall my impression of him is that he's just a guy who likes to make records with lots of weird references and non-sequitors. Whether or not he wants to be a cult figure is hard to tell. He's definitely not a "wannabee" though. If anything, he's found his niche and then gotten stuck in it.
Also, he may or may not have been treated at Bellvue for major depression...


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