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James the Prophet
[edit]James the Prophet is a Paris-based French, English and American rapper who raps in english. [1]
Life
[edit]James was born on November 2nd, 2000 in Bagnols-sur-Cèze, in the French department of the Gard, of an English mother and an American father.
Music Career
[edit]After posting his music on Soundcloud starting in 2015[2], James was signed by Sony-distributed label Rupture in 2018[3].
His first music-related appearance was on the french radio show Planet Rap, where he was invited to perform by french rapper Georgio[4]
He released his first mixtape, Summer Archives, on January 17th, 2020.[5]
James the Prophet opened for LA rap group The Pharcyde at Le Petit Bain.[6]
On March 9th, 2020, he appeared on french music show Taratata alongside pop/rock singer Cali.[7]
During the 2020 Covid-19-related lockdown in Paris, he released Bedroom Sessions, a mixtape compiling freestyles on beats from popular songs, from which all profits go to APHP, the parisian university hospital trust.[8]
On May 19th, 2020, he appeared on Quotidien to present his new mixtape.[9]
Albums and Mixtapes
[edit]Summer Archives:
- Intro / You Can Die
- 35 phillies
- Strange Games (prod. Ben Molinaro)
- Dead Interlude
- Meet Me Halfway
- Moderation (Momma).
- Wake Up
- Outro (Prod. Vynk & Vladimir Cauchemar)
- With You
- Glaive Freestyle
Bedroom Sessions:
1. Freestyle Popopop (Gambi)
2. Freestyle Lettre à une femme (Ninho)
3. Freestyle Perdus (Angèle)
4. Freestyle The Box (Roddy Rich)
5. Freestyle 24 (IDK)
6. Freestyle Sacrifices (Dreamville)
7. Freestyle Nikes On My Feet (Mac Miller)
8. Freestyle Distant Land (MadLib)
9. Freestyle Umi Says (Mos Def)
10. Glaive (Booba)
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- ^ "james the prophet". SoundCloud. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
- ^ "James The Prophet |". Retrieved 2020-05-29.
- ^ "freestyle skyrock". RIFFX. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
- ^ "James The Prophet, un album et une tournée qui s'annonce triomphale". GQ France (in French). Retrieved 2020-05-29.
- ^ "THE PHARCYDE + JAMES THE PROPHET – Petit Bain" (in French). Retrieved 2020-05-29.
- ^ "James The Prophet". mytaratata.com (in French). Retrieved 2020-05-29.
- ^ ""Bedroom Sessions" : une mixtape signée James The Prophet au profit de la fondation AP-HP". LExpress.fr (in French). 2020-04-23. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
- ^ Pfeiffer, Alexis (2020-05-20). "Qui est James The Prophet, passé chez Quotidien grâce à ses freestyles confinés". Interlude (in French). Retrieved 2020-05-29.