Paris (Rap)

Paris (Rap)

The Black Panther of Hip-Hop

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Born on October 29, 1967, Oscar Jackson, Jr., better known by his stage name Paris, is a rapper and businessman from San Francisco, California. His assumed the name “Paris” professionally as a result of wanting to “steal something associated with European identity and turn it black,” – an interesting reversal of a trend which has seen black culture all-too-often co-opted by whites.

Paris was catapulted into the national scene in 1990 with his hit single The Devil Made Me Do It and album of the same name, after earning a bachelor’s degree in economics from UCLA-Davis. He is known for his highly charged political and socially conscious lyrics.

Influenced by the Black Panthers, he was once a member of the Nation of Islam, but now is agnostic.