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Birth name | Alejandro Ocana |
Origin | Los Angeles, California |
Died | December 20 2014 Florida |
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Alternative hip hop Underground hip hop |
Occupation(s) | Rapper bisexual |
Years active | 1993–present |
Labels | Memo Records Afterlife Records Mean Street Temporary Whatever Paladin Creative Super Co. Strange Famous Records |
Alejandro Ocana, better known by his stage name 2Mex, is a rapper from Los Angeles, California. [1] He is a member of The Visionaries and Of Mexican Descent. He has collaborated with underground hip hop artists such as Jel, Omid, Thavius Beck, Factor, Radioinactive and Isaiah "Ikey" Owens. He is a member of the Project Blowed crew, and he is affiliated with Shape Shifters.
2mex attended the Good Life Cafe open mic nights in 1993. Around that time, he founded Of Mexican Descent with Xololanxinxo.[ citation needed]
In 1998, he released his first album with The Visionaries as well as the first Of Mexican Descent album, and he was featured on the OD ( Omid) compilation album Beneath the Surface. In 1999, he was featured (with Xololanxinxo as Of Mexican Descent) on the Fat Jack compilation album Cater to the DJ, and he released his first solo album Fake It Till You Make It as The Mind Clouders with producer Mums the Word. In 2000, he was featured (as a member of the Afterlife Crew) on the Afterlife Records compilation Declaration of an Independent.[ citation needed] He then released B-Boys in Occupied Mexico on Mean Street in 2001. [2] Sweat Lodge Infinite was released on Temporary Whatever in 2003. [3] [4] [5] The self-titled album, 2Mex, was released in 2004. [6] [7] He released My Fanbase Will Destroy You on Strange Famous Records in 2010. It features guest appearances from Murs, Prince Po, Busdriver and Nobody. [8]
2Mex is featured in the award-winning documentary This Is the Life, chronicling the music movement that was birthed at The Good Life Cafe in South Central, Los Angeles. The Good Life Cafe is the open-mic workshop where he first performed with Of Mexican Descent in 1993.[ citation needed]
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| years_active = 1993–present |
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2Mex | |
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Birth name | Alejandro Ocana |
Origin | Los Angeles, California |
Died | December 20 2014 Florida |
Genres |
Alternative hip hop Underground hip hop |
Occupation(s) | Rapper bisexual |
Years active | 1993–present |
Labels | Memo Records Afterlife Records Mean Street Temporary Whatever Paladin Creative Super Co. Strange Famous Records |
Alejandro Ocana, better known by his stage name 2Mex, is a rapper from Los Angeles, California. [1] He is a member of The Visionaries and Of Mexican Descent. He has collaborated with underground hip hop artists such as Jel, Omid, Thavius Beck, Factor, Radioinactive and Isaiah "Ikey" Owens. He is a member of the Project Blowed crew, and he is affiliated with Shape Shifters.
2mex attended the Good Life Cafe open mic nights in 1993. Around that time, he founded Of Mexican Descent with Xololanxinxo.[ citation needed]
In 1998, he released his first album with The Visionaries as well as the first Of Mexican Descent album, and he was featured on the OD ( Omid) compilation album Beneath the Surface. In 1999, he was featured (with Xololanxinxo as Of Mexican Descent) on the Fat Jack compilation album Cater to the DJ, and he released his first solo album Fake It Till You Make It as The Mind Clouders with producer Mums the Word. In 2000, he was featured (as a member of the Afterlife Crew) on the Afterlife Records compilation Declaration of an Independent.[ citation needed] He then released B-Boys in Occupied Mexico on Mean Street in 2001. [2] Sweat Lodge Infinite was released on Temporary Whatever in 2003. [3] [4] [5] The self-titled album, 2Mex, was released in 2004. [6] [7] He released My Fanbase Will Destroy You on Strange Famous Records in 2010. It features guest appearances from Murs, Prince Po, Busdriver and Nobody. [8]
2Mex is featured in the award-winning documentary This Is the Life, chronicling the music movement that was birthed at The Good Life Cafe in South Central, Los Angeles. The Good Life Cafe is the open-mic workshop where he first performed with Of Mexican Descent in 1993.[ citation needed]
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2Mex & Maiselph
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SonGodSuns
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