Slug (rapper)

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Slug
Birth name Sean Daley
Also known as Sept Sev Seven Two, Sep Seven
Born September 7, 1972 (1972-09-07) (age 35)
Origin Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Genre(s) Hip Hop
Occupation(s) Rapper
Years active 1996 – Present
Label(s) Rhymesayers Entertainment
Warner Music Group (2007-present)
Epitaph
Fat Beats
Women Records
Associated acts Atmosphere, Felt, The Dynospectrum, Deep Puddle Dynamics
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Sean Daley, (born on September 7, 1972) better known by his stage name Slug, is a rapper from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has rapped since he was young. The name "Slug" is derived from Sean's childhood nickname "Little Sluggo", which came from his father's nickname "Sluggo". The backronym "Sean Likes Ugly Girls" was formed from his name as the title of an unofficial 5CD set. He also goes by the name Seven (from another alias Sep Seven, primarily found on his early cassette tape releases the "Headshots" collection, which comes from his birthday September 7th which he has tattooed (as Se7en) on his forearm. He also has a son named Jacob with his on-again off-again girlfriend, Rita. Jacob Miles, however, doesn't share his last name.

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[edit] Ethnicity

Daley's ethnicity has been the subject of many questions. He is one half white, one quarter black, and one quarter Native American. However, he identifies somewhat as being black, as a result of his grandfather being black and his father being half black, growing up with a largely black group of friends, and being immersed in hip hop culture from a young age.

[edit] Music and business

Slug is best known as one half of the hip hop group Atmosphere, which he founded with Derek Turner (Spawn). He is also one of the founders of the Minnesota Hip Hop record label Rhymesayers Entertainment.

Another notable project of Slug's is Felt, a collaboration with his friend, another underground rapper, MURS. Other projects he has been a part of include The Dynospectrum, in which he was known as "Sept Sev Seven Two", and Deep Puddle Dynamics. He is a member of a loose collective known as The Orphanage, along with Aesop Rock, Eyedea, Blueprint, and Illogic.

In 2005, Slug and MURS started up Women Records, a record label through which they would release the albums of rock bands that they were friends with. The label was set up as an imprint through Rhymesayers Entertainment.

[edit] Lyrical themes

The most prominently recurring theme in Slug's music is a woman who he refers to as Lucy. He named an EP Lucy Ford after her and mentions her on almost every Atmosphere album, a notable song being Fuck You Lucy. Slug has stated that whilst Lucy was originally used to write about his on-off girlfriend and mother to his son, Lucy has evolved past this to be a device to write about women in general and even disguise political statements.[3]

[edit] In popular culture

  • Rapper Pigeon John, in the song "Freaks! Freaks!" on his 2006 album Pigeon John and the Summertime Pool Party, says, "underground hip hop equals no women, except for a Slug show, so you know where-the-where-the Pigeon go."

His favorite website is Philaflava, which is home of the infamous message board in which he shouted out during his Jimmy Kimmel appearance back in 2006 and most recently on Conan O'Brien (5/21/08).

[edit] Discography

Atmosphere (for more information see Atmosphere Discography)

Felt

With Deep Puddle Dynamics

With The Dynospectrum

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