Prozak (rapper)

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Prozak

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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Steven T. Shippy
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Origin = Saginaw, Michigan, United States
Instrument = rapping
Genre = Hip hop
Occupation = Rapper, Songwritter, Director
Years_active = 1999–present
Label = Virus Independent (1999-2001)
Newport Music (2001-2003)
Long Range Distribution (2002-2003)
B4 Records (2003-2005)
Strange Music (2004-present)
Deadman Productions (2007-Present)
Associated_acts = Tech N9ne Bedlam Krizz Kaliko Insane Clown Posse Twiztid Esham
URL = [http://www.hitchcockofhiphop.com www.HitchcockOfHipHop.com]

Steven T. Shippy, better known by his stage name Prozak, is an Independent Rapper and Film Director from Saginaw, Michigan and is a member of Tech N9ne's Strange Music label as well as a member of the rap groups Project Deadman, and Bedlam.

Virus Indie Era/Bedlam Beginnings

Shippy got his started with rap as a bodyguard in 1999 during Esham's Mail Dominance Tour where he met Curt-D (Madness)and Staplez to form Bedlam. Later in 1999, Prozak along with the House of Krazees 2.0 became a group known as Halfbreed and formed the label, Virus Independent. The first two albums, Halfbreed's Serial Killaz and Bedlam's Chemical Imbalancez Volume one were released and backed by Brotha Lynch Hung's label, Siccmade Muzicc. Shortly after the albums were released Shippy and Bedlam parted ways from Virus label and joined with Newport Music to release Chemical Imbalancez Volume 2 as well as four different versons of volume one.

9-11/Struggles

After Chemical Imbalancez Volume 2 Staplez left the group and Madness and Prozak were all on their own. During this time Shippy created a yearly concert, Wicked Stock which is held every year in Shippy's hometown Saginaw, MI. January of 2002 Bedlam released their third album, Shock Treatment which created a lot of controversy nationwide. The cover of the album was one of the World Trade Center Towers as it was colasping on 9-11. None the less the album sold thousands of copies. During this same time Shippy released a solo EP, Aftabirth containging production from Mike E. Clark, and Brian Jones (The R.O.C).

Bedlamitez/The PDM Project

Bedlam fans were called "Bedlamitez". With an amazing fan base spanning from Michigan and across the globe caught the attention of Long Range Distribution. On Christmas Eve 2002 Long Range Disribution offered Bedlam a record contract and released Bedlam's fourth album "Bedlamitez Rize" in 2003 containing production from Mike E Clark, Lavel, and The ROC and featured guest appearances from Lavel, Mastamind, Esham, Mike E Clark, and Kelly Obsorne. Shortly after the release Shippy announced he was working to release a solo project with Mike E. Clark. The solo project, "Self Inflicted" is the sequel "Aftabirth" a largely unknown project. In 2004, Shippy personaly gave a demo to Tech N9ne and within a week the project had a name...Project Deadman. The album, Self Inflicted was released by Project Deadman summer of 2004.

Film

Shippys first attempt with film was the Project Deadman video "Trapped". His Second video was Tech N9ne's first major music video for "Bout Ta Bubble". His current release is his solo debut video for "Good Enough". Shippy is currently editing a Ghost hunting style DVD release titled "Seekers"

Current Events

Prozak announced his first full solo LP titled "Tales From The Sick" on an episode of Rotten Radio. The album released from his new company Deadman Productions, a joint venture with Prozak and Cohesion Productions. Tales From The Sick was released by Strange Music on June 3rd 2008 and features Krizz Kaliko, Tech N9ne, Twista, Insane Clown Posse, Twiztid, Mike E. Clark, Blaze Ya Dead Homie, Kutt Calhoun, The R.O.C, Bizzare, King Gordy, and Cypress Hill. The album also has a bonus DVD documentry featuring Prozak, interviews, music videos and many special features.

Discography

olo Releases

With Bedlam

* Chemical Imbalancez Volume One (1999)
* Chemical Imbalancez Volume Two (2000)
* Chemical Anthology - Rerelease of Vol-1 and 2 (2003)
* Shock Treatment (2002)
* Bedlamitez Rize (2003)
* The Wicked Stock Show (2003)
* Hellridez-The Best Of Bedlam (2006)
* Unholy Ressurection (2009)

With Project Deadman

* Self Inflicted (2004)
* Horrific Thoughts (2009)

References

ee also

* Strange Music

External links

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* [http://www.hitchcockofhiphop.com/ Official Prozak website]
* [http://www.hellridez.com/ Official Bedlam Website]
* [http://www.projectdeadman.com/ Official Project Deadman Website]
*MySpace|therealprozak|Prozak