Scarub
{{short description|American rapper}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
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| birth_name = Armon Collins
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| origin = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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| genre = Hip hop
| occupation = {{hlist|Rapper|record producer}}
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| years_active = 1997–present
| label = {{hlist|Heavenbound|Legendary Music|Mary Joy Recordings}}
| associated_acts = {{hlist|3 Melancholy Gypsys|Afro Classics|Living Legends|Log Cabin|The Righteous Brothers}}
| website = {{URL|www.facebook.com/scarub}}
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Armon Collins, better known by his stage name Scarub, is an American rapper and record producer from Los Angeles, California.{{cite web|url=http://missoulanews.bigskypress.com/missoula/little-things-matter/Content?oid=1137979|title=Little things matter|work=Missoula Independent|first=Ira|last=Sather-Olson|date=April 19, 2007|access-date=September 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208053806/http://missoulanews.bigskypress.com/missoula/little-things-matter/Content?oid=1137979|archive-date=December 8, 2014|url-status=live}} He is a member of the collective Living Legends.{{cite web|url=http://www.metroactive.com/papers/cruz/08.07.02/livinglegends-0232.html|title=Voltron Force|work=Metroactive|first=Mike|last=Connor|date=August 7, 2002|access-date=September 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113164753/http://www.metroactive.com/papers/cruz/08.07.02/livinglegends-0232.html|archive-date=January 13, 2010|url-status=live}} He has also been a member of Log Cabin,{{cite web|url=http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/04/11/log-cabin-crew-the-day-i-put-on-my-uniform|title=Log Cabin Crew - "The Day I Put on My Uniform"|work=The Stranger|first=Dave|last=Segal|date=April 11, 2012|access-date=September 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504181947/http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/04/11/log-cabin-crew-the-day-i-put-on-my-uniform|archive-date=May 4, 2012|url-status=live}} 3 Melancholy Gypsys,{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/18/lacma-hip-hop-concerts-mu_n_1526438.html|title=LACMA Hip Hop Concerts: Murs Of 3MG Kicks Off Summer Series|work=The Huffington Post|first=Anna|last=Almendrala|date=May 18, 2012|access-date=September 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522015932/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/18/lacma-hip-hop-concerts-mu_n_1526438.html|archive-date=May 22, 2012|url-status=live}} and Afro Classics.{{cite web|url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/scarub-of-afro-classics|title=Scarub of Afro Classics|work=Impose|first=Sjimon|last=Gompers|date=November 2, 2009|access-date=September 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100513024035/http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/scarub-of-afro-classics|archive-date=May 13, 2010|url-status=live}}
Biography
Scarub was born Armon Collins.{{cite web|url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/veteran-mc-scarub-looks-back-on-a-life-of-rhythm-and-rhyme-6595523|title=Veteran MC Scarub Looks Back on a Life of Rhythm and Rhyme|work=Phoenix New Times|first=Reyan|last=Ali|date=January 14, 2015|access-date=September 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150820194526/http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/veteran-mc-scarub-looks-back-on-a-life-of-rhythm-and-rhyme-6595523|archive-date=August 20, 2015|url-status=live}} He grew up in Los Angeles, California.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/scarub-mn0000311281/biography|title=Scarub - Biography|work=AllMusic|first=Fred|last=Thomas|date=|access-date=September 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913131016/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/scarub-mn0000311281/biography|archive-date=September 13, 2020|url-status=live}} He attended Alexander Hamilton High School.{{cite web|url=https://www.laweekly.com/the-whos-who-of-l-a-s-living-legends-crew/|title=The Who's Who of L.A.'s Living Legends Crew|work=LA Weekly|first=Jonah|last=Flicker|date=June 4, 2008|access-date=September 13, 2020}}
Scarub's first solo studio album, The Answer 2wo the Meaning, was released in 1997. He released A Fact of the Matter in 1999, Heavenbound in 2000, A New Perspective in 2004, and One for the Road: Volume One in 2006. In 2011, he released The California EP.{{cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.16171/title.living-legends-scarub-releases-free-ep-california|title=Living Legends' Scarub Releases Free EP "California"|work=HipHopDX|first=Steven J.|last=Horowitz|date=July 28, 2011|access-date=September 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129005120/http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.16171/title.living-legends-scarub-releases-free-ep-california|archive-date=November 29, 2016|url-status=live}} In 2014, he released Want for Nothing, which featured guest appearances from Mimi Fresh, Emily Afton Moldy, and Anderson .Paak, among others.
Discography
{{See also|Living Legends (group)#Discography|l1=Living Legends discography|3 Melancholy Gypsys#Discography|l2=3 Melancholy Gypsys discography}}
=Studio albums=
- The Answer 2wo the Meaning (1997)
- Project (1999) {{small|(with Basik, Eligh, and Murs, as The Righteous Brothers)}}
- A Fact of the Matter (1999)
- Heavenbound (2000)
- Afro Classics? (2002) {{small|(with Very, as Afro Classics)}}
- A New Perspective (2004)
- One for the Road: Volume One (2006)
- Classic Rock (2009) {{small|(with Very, as Afro Classics)}}
- Want for Nothing (2014)
- Girls Girls Girls (2019)
=EPs=
- The Classic EP (2009) {{small|(with Very, as Afro Classics)}}
- The California EP (2011)
=Singles=
- "Savvy Traveler" (1999)
- "Good Times" (2001)
- "Don't Worry" (2002) {{small|(with Very)}}
- "Gangsta Wit It" (2005)
- "Keep On Stepping" (2006)
=Guest appearances=
- Eligh - "8Tred" from A Story of 2 Worlds (1997)
- Eligh - "Lifesize Puzzle" from Gas Dream (1999)
- Sunspot Jonz - "Unstoppable" from Don't Let 'Em Stop You (2003)
- The Grouch & Eligh - "Atlantis" from No More Greener Grasses (2003)
- Crown City Rockers - "Balance" from Earthtones (2004)
- Sunspot Jonz - "The Conductor" from No Guts No Glory (2005)
- The Grouch - "Hot Air Balloons" from Show You the World (2008)
- Acid Reign - "Comfort Zone" from Time & Change (2008)
- Felt - "Protagonists (Full Clip Remix)" (2009)
- Toki Wright - "Rise" from A Different Mirror (2009)
- Mystik Journeymen - "There Will Be Blood" from Return 2 the Love (2010)
- Eligh - "Beneath the Sea" from Grey Crow (2010)
- Inspired Flight - "It's the Chemicals" from We All Want to Fly (2010)
- Himself - "Do What You Feel" from Feel Like a Star (2011)
- Luckyiam - "Prolly Get Slapped" from Time to Get Lucky (2012)
- Souls of Mischief - "Stone Cold" from There Is Only Now (2014)
- Ghostface Killah and Adrian Younge - "Rise Up" and "Death's Invitation" from Twelve Reasons to Die II (2015)
- The Funk Junkie - "Touch the Ground" from Moondirt (2017)
- The Grouch - "The Drummer" from Unlock the Box (2018)
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
- {{SoundCloud|Scarub|Scarub}}
- {{Discogs artist|Scarub|Scarub}}
{{Living Legends}}
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