Isaiah Toothtaker

{{short description|American rapper, tattoo artist, and designer}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Isaiah Toothtaker

| image =

| caption =

| birth_name = Isaiah Philip Camacho

| alias =

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1981}}

| birth_place = Tucson, Arizona, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| genre = Hip hop

| occupation = {{hlist|Rapper|tattoo artist|designer}}

| years_active = 2008–present

| label = {{hlist|Machina Muerte|Mishka|Anticon}}

| website =

}}

Isaiah Philip Camacho (born 1981), known professionally as Isaiah Toothtaker, is an American rapper, tattoo artist, and designer.{{Cite web |last=Millard |first=Drew |date=August 8, 2014 |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/thank-you-based-god-there-are-now-lil-b-emojis/ |title=Thank You Based God, There Are Now Lil B Emojis |website=Vice |access-date=April 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112020152/https://www.vice.com/en/article/rqq77r/thank-you-based-god-there-are-now-lil-b-emojis |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |url-status=live}} He is the co-founder of the hip hop collective Machina Muerte.{{Cite news |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=January 10, 2011 |url=http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2011/01/bed_intruder_isaiah_toothtaker_antoine_dodson_rap.php |title=Antoine Dodson's "Bed Intruder Song" Remixed as a Bizarre Gangsta Warning to Snitches |newspaper=LA Weekly |access-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103012846/http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2011/01/bed_intruder_isaiah_toothtaker_antoine_dodson_rap.php |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |url-status=dead}}

Biography

Isaiah Toothtaker was born Isaiah Philip Camacho in 1981.{{Cite web |url=http://www.toothtaker.com/ |title=Surviving Toothtaker |website=Toothtaker |access-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307141732/http://www.toothtaker.com/ |archive-date=March 7, 2021 |url-status=dead}} He is of Mexican and Native American heritage.{{Cite web |last=Future |first=Kidd |date=September 6, 2013 |title=The Futurist: Isaiah Toothtaker Knuckles Up |url=https://theboombox.com/isaiah-toothtaker-interview/ |website=The Boombox |access-date=April 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015091330/http://theboombox.com/isaiah-toothtaker-interview |archive-date=October 15, 2013 |url-status=dead}} He grew up in Tucson, Arizona.{{Cite web |last=Muyskens |first=Luke |date=March 10, 2011 |url=http://ugsmag.com/2011/03/isaiah-toothtaker/ |title=Isaiah Toothtaker |website=UGSMAG |access-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130315040928/http://ugsmag.com/2011/03/isaiah-toothtaker/ |archive-date=March 15, 2013 |url-status=dead}} At the age of 11, he was kicked out of home. At age 15, he started rapping.{{Cite web |author=Zio |date=February 23, 2014 |url=https://thehundreds.com/blogs/content/isaiah-toothtaker-interview |title=Isaiah Toothtaker :: Deux Ex Machina Muerte |website=The Hundreds |access-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930195430/https://thehundreds.com/blogs/content/isaiah-toothtaker-interview |archive-date=September 30, 2020 |url-status=dead}} He learned tattooing from the then-president of the local Hells Angels.{{Cite web |last=Roos |first=Brandon E. |date=April 5, 2011 |url=https://hiphopdx.com/interviews/id.1685/title.rap-ink-hip-hops-first-national-emcee-with-a-tattoo-parlor |title=Rap, Ink: Hip Hop's First National Emcee With A Tattoo Parlor |website=HipHopDX |access-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170514032709/http://hiphopdx.com/interviews/id.1685/title.rap-ink-hip-hops-first-national-emcee-with-a-tattoo-parlor |archive-date=May 14, 2017 |url-status=dead}}

In 2011, he released a solo album, Illuminati Thug Mafia.{{Cite web |date=February 2, 2011 |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/best-music-of-january-2011 |title=The best music of January 2011 |website=Impose |access-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151201155001/http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/best-music-of-january-2011 |archive-date=December 1, 2015 |url-status=dead}} In 2012, he released the Hood Internet-produced collaborative EP with Max B, titled Toothy Wavy,{{Cite web |last=Woodbury |first=Jason P. |date=December 24, 2012 |url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/10-best-things-i-heard-in-2012-6625785 |title=10 Best Things I Heard in 2012 |website=Phoenix New Times |access-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130125341/https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/10-best-things-i-heard-in-2012-6625785 |archive-date=November 30, 2018 |url-status=dead}} a Harry Fraud-produced collaborative EP with Rapewolf, titled Rob Zombie,{{Cite web |last=Future |first=Kidd |date=June 5, 2012 |url=https://thesource.com/2012/06/05/freeepisaiahtoothtakerrapewolf-robzombieprodbyharryfraud/ |title=Free EP: Isaiah Toothtaker & Rapewolf – Rob Zombie (Prod. By Harry Fraud) |website=The Source |access-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817040609/http://thesource.com/2012/06/05/freeepisaiahtoothtakerrapewolf-robzombieprodbyharryfraud/ |archive-date=August 17, 2018 |url-status=dead}} and a Sixtoo-produced solo EP, titled Sea Punk Funk.{{Cite web |last=Ollman |first=Jonah |date=July 27, 2012 |url=https://cmj.com/news/isaiah-toothtaker-ep-released-for-free/ |title=Isaiah Toothtaker EP Released For Free |website=CMJ |access-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804043303/https://cmj.com/news/isaiah-toothtaker-ep-released-for-free/ |archive-date=August 4, 2012 |url-status=dead}} In 2013, he released a solo album, Illmatic 2.{{Cite web |last1=Bottai |first1=Sean |last2=Levine |first2=Joshua |last3=Swedlund |first3=Eric |date=January 2, 2014 |url=https://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/top-releases-in-13/Content?oid=3937854 |title=Top Releases in '13 |website=Tucson Weekly |access-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416025927/http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/top-releases-in-13/Content?oid=3937854 |archive-date=April 16, 2014 |url-status=dead}}

In 2014, he published a book of emoji art, titled That's Not Relevant.{{Cite web |last=Messina |first=Irene |date=August 7, 2014 |url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/thats-not-relevant/Content?oid=4798341 |title=That's Not Relevant |website=Tucson Weekly |access-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907022252/http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/thats-not-relevant/Content?oid=4798341 |archive-date=September 7, 2015 |url-status=dead}}

In 2020, Tucson Weekly took down their 2013 interview with him in response to behavioral allegations.{{Cite web |last=Nintzel |first=Jim |date=July 3, 2020 |title=Tucson Weekly Removes Isaiah Toothtaker Profile from Website |url=https://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2020/07/03/tucson-weekly-removes-isaiah-toothtaker-profile-from-website |website=Tucson Weekly |access-date=July 4, 2020}} The New York Times investigated the charges and claims of sexual assault against him in a 2022 article.{{Cite news |last=Watkins |first=Ali |date=May 4, 2022 |title='A Monster in Our Midst': How a Tattoo Industry #MeToo Case Collapsed |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/04/nyregion/toothtaker-isaiah-camacho-sexual-assault.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=May 19, 2022}}

Discography

=Studio albums=

Wroten (2003) {{small|(with Perversion 2.0)}}
Yiggy (2010)
Illuminati Thug Mafia (2011)
Sea Punk Funk (2012)
Illmatic 2 (2013)
Nothing (2013)
Your Majesty (2014)

=EPs=

Toothy Wavy (2012) {{small|(with Max B)}}
Rob Zombie (2012) {{small|(with Rapewolf)}}
Everybody's Enemy (2015) {{small|(with Mestizo)}}

=Guest appearances=

Astronautalis - "I'm Never Right" from You and Yer Good Ideas (2005)
Mestizo - "Lead the Way" from Elecholo (2010)
Awkward - "Rare Form" from Grand Prize (2010)
Rapewolf - "Deathborg" from Rape Wolf in Compton (2011)
Factor Chandelier - "Tried So Hard" from Club Soda Series 1 (2011)
Sole and the Skyrider Band - "Vaya Con El Diablo" from Hello Cruel World (2011)
Astronautalis - "This Is Our Science" from This Is Our Science (2011)
Ryan Hemsworth - "Hyperbolic Chamber Music" (2012)
Cadalack Ron + Briefcase - "Dead Horse" "Wasted" from Times Is Hard (2012)
Mestizo - "In My Car" from De'Nir (2012)
Demon Queen - "Despise the Lie" from Exorcise Tape (2013)