Peter William Nelson (born June 12, 1978), better known by his stage name Copywrite, is an underground hip hop artist from

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. He is a member of

MHz Legacy MHz Legacy, formerly known as MHz, is an American hip hop group from Columbus, Ohio. It consists of producer RJD2 and rappers Copywrite, Tage Future, and Jakki Da Motamouth. Camu Tao was also a member until his death in 2008. It was described b ...

(formerly known as MHz). He was a member of The Weathermen.

Career

In 2002, Copywrite released his debut album, ''The High Exhaulted'', on Eastern Conference. Production was handled by

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, Intalec, Mighty Mi,

Camu Tao Tero Smith (June 26, 1977 – May 25, 2008), better known by his stage name Camu Tao, was an American rapper, singer, and producer. Early life Tao was born Tero Smith in Columbus, Ohio, on June 26, 1977. Career Tao was signed to Definitive Jux ...

, and Copywrite himself. It was followed by ''Cruise Control Mixtape: Volume 1'', which featured production from

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and

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. In 2010, Copywrite released his second album, entitled ''The Life and Times of Peter Nelson''. The album featured guest appearances from

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, and Middle Distance Runner. It was produced by

, Twiz the Beat Pro, and Surock, among others. In 2012, Copywrite released his third album, ''

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'', on Man Bites Dog Records. It featured guest appearances from

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, and Torae. In 2016, Copywrite released Blood, Bath & Beyond on Public School Records. In 2019, Copywrite released Cruise control Vol.2,a mixtape released on www.bandcamp.com/Copywrite

Personal life

Copywrite is the grandson of the late singer Skip Nelson (born as Scipione Mirabella) who most notably sang and played piano/guitar for the

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Band in the 1940s.

Discography

Studio albums

*''The High Exhaulted'' (2002) *''The Life and Times of Peter Nelson'' (2010) *''

'' (2012) *''Murderland'' (2014) (with Surock) *''Blood, Bath & Beyond'' (2016) *''The High Exhaulted 2'' (2022)

Collaborative albums

*''Unfinished & Untitled'' with Planet Asia (2017)

Compilation albums

*''The Rarities'' (2010) *''Caught on Audio Cassette: To Hell and Back'' (2011)

Mixtapes

*''Cruise Control Mixtape: Volume 1'' (2004) *''The Jerk: Volume 0'' (2007) *''The Worst of the Best of Copywrite: Mixtape Vol. 1 '' (2007) *''Carbon Copy's Phony Art Pub Scam'' (2013) *''Cruise Control Vol. 2'' (2019)

EPs

*''Ultrasound: The Rebirth EP'' (2009)

Singles

*"Holier Than Thou" b/w "Tower of Babble" (2000) *"Fire It Up" (2002) *"10 Times" (2003) *"Beautiful Trainwreck" b/w "Happy Hour" (2005)

Guest appearances

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- "Anti Hero's" from ''

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'' (2001) * Jakki tha Motamouth - "Widespread" from '' Farewell Fondle 'Em'' (2001) *

- "June" from '' Deadringer'' (2002) *

- "Prima Donna" from ''Sick of Bein' Rich'' (2003) *

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- "Forbidden Scriptures" from ''

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'' (2003) *Form One - "Three Poisonous Darts" (2003) *

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- "Still Listening" from '' 8 Million Stories'' (2003) *

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- "With Us" from ''Lost Sessions'' (2005) *Cassius Henry - "It's A Gibberish Thing" (2005) *

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- "Get Busy" from ''

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'' (2007) *Rocktight - "We Run This" from ''School of Rocktight'' (2007) *

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- "Thorouhbred" from ''The Rain Check Mixtape'' (2007) *King Magnetic - "The Five Piece" from ''Everything's A Gamble Volume One'' (2007) *

Ras Kass John R. Austin II (born September 26, 1973), better known by his stage name Ras Kass, is an American rapper. He is a member of the hip hop Supergroup (music), supergroup The HRSMN, along with Canibus, Killah Priest, and Kurupt in 2014. He is als ...

- "It's Like Dat.. (Feat. The Tu, Imperial, & Q-Dog)" (2007) * Rhyme Asylum - "Attitude Problem" from '' State of Lunacy'' (2008) *

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- "Gimme Dat Mic" from ''

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'' (2008) *Jakki tha Motamouth - "Supacats" and "We Run This" from ''Psycho Circus'' (2008) *King Magnetic - "Patiently Waiting" from ''The Co-$ign'' (2008) *Tone Spliff - "Funky 2 The Bone" and "Inside Out" from ''Authentic'' (2009) *Randam Luck - "Celebrity Smackdown" from ''Graveyard Shift'' (2009) *Surock - "Suicypher (Feat.

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& Canibus)" (2009) *Fabio Musta - "Italian Roots" from ''Passport'' (2009) *Azma Instigater - "Pay Me To Spit" from ''Az Good Az New'' (2009) *DJ JS-1 - "Sum Rap Shit" from ''Ground Original 2: No Sell Out'' (2009) *Coolzey - "Retina Scan" from ''The Honey'' (2010) *Jimmy Powers - "Shits & Giggles" from ''Cali-Foreigner'' (2010) *Mini Thin - "How Many Bars (Feat. Mini Thin & Canibus) (2010) *EQ - "Battle Me" from ''Out the Ashtray of L.A.'' (2010) *

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- "Gold & Bronze Magik" from ''

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'' (2010) *Likewize - "Fucked Up With A Gun" (Feat.

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) from ''Kill Me First'' (2010) *Prolific - "Big Business" (Raiden Remix) from ''Loyalty Amongst Thieves'' (2010) *

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- "Fire Reign (Feat. Jakki Da Mota Mouth) from ''The 3 Day Theory'' (2010) *Infinit P'Tenchul - "I.P. And Odot" from ''The Pleasure's All Ours'' (2010) *NapsNdreds - "Do What I Should" from ''Blackboard Jungle'' (2010) *Canibus - "The Cypher Of Agartha (Feat. Planet Asia)" from ''Lyrical Law (Disc 1)'' (2011) *Dirtbag Dan - "Money" from ''The Dirtbag Dan Mixtape'' (2011) *

J. Rawls Jason Rawls (born February 27, 1974), better known by his stage name J. Rawls, is an American hip hop musician, producer, disc jockey (DJ), educator, and speaker born in Columbus, Ohio. He is best known for his work with Masta Ace, Mos Def ...

- "Are You Listening?" and "We're on Top" from ''The Hip-Hop Affect'' (2011) *Tone Spliff - "Think About It" from ''Work Ethics'' (2011) *Absoulut Karnage - "Greatest Of All Time" from '' The Anomaly'' (2011) *Azma Instigater - "Output", "Can't Fly" and "Move" from ''Thought You Knew'' (2011) *Amazing Maze - "Trapped In A Maze" from ''My Story Is Yours'' (2011) *Ugly Tony - "Untouchables" from ''At Nightfall'' (2011) *Revilo - "Unter Strom" from ''Unter Strom'' (2011) *Terminal 3 - "Triple Seize- (Feat.

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& Chino XL) from ''Terminal 3 Presents The Academy'' (2011) *Mr. Brown - "We Don't Quit" (2011) *Irealz - "Step 4 Step" from ''Solar Flarez'' (2012) *The White Shadow - "Desolate Fate" from ''666'' (2012) *Sound Survivors - "Cruel World, Pt.2 (Feat. Bronze Nazareth, Planet Asia, & Chino XL) (2012) * Casual and

- "Hier-O-Dot" from ''

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'' (2012) *

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& The Arcitype - "The Life I Live" from ''V.I.C.'' (2012) *Evil Intentions - "Microphone 2 Shreds" from ''Evil Intentions'' (2012) *Conspiracy Theorists - "The Way, The Truth, The Life" from ''Conspiracy Theories'' (2012) *Matt the Tax Collector - "All-Around" from ''The Son Even Shines on the Gritty'' (2013) *Zeps - "Classical Beatdown" (2013) *Playdough & Sean Patrick - "On And On" from ''Gold Tips'' (2014) *Hafrican - "Underground Madness" from ''Underground Madness'' (2014) *Cas Metah & Wonder Brown - "Drowning Man" from ''Mind the Rap Vol. 3'' (2014) *Illicit - "Sharper Edge" also featuring Stess The Emcee produced by Illmind (2014) *Nomad Hip Hop - "Al Bundy" and "The Cleanup Crew" from ''Propaganda: How to Ruin Everything'' (2016) *Tone Spliff - "Rap Time" from ''Pull No Punches'' (2016) *Taiyamo Denku - "Check 32" from ''Plant The Seed'' (2017) *Melvin Junko - "Keep It Grimey" from ''10,000 Hours'' (2017) *Big Daddy Rap Beast - "We Ain't About Shit" from ''Peep My Jawns'' (2018) *Mr. Face - "Speedy Gonzales" from ''Trappy Face'' (2018) *OthelloBT - "Buena Vista" from ''Hunger Bunger Mixtape'' (2018) *Mohammad Escrow - "How Much Pain" from Mohammad Escrow'' (2019)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Copywrite American male rappers Living people Rappers from Columbus, Ohio Underground rappers 1978 births 21st-century American rappers 21st-century American male musicians MHz Legacy members The Weathermen (hip hop group) members