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

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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 Mac Lethal, Roc Marciano, and

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. 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

* Smut Peddlers - "Anti Hero's" from '' Porn Again'' (2001) * Jakki tha Motamouth - "Widespread" from '' Farewell Fondle 'Em'' (2001) *

- "June" from '' Deadringer'' (2002) * J-Zone - "Prima Donna" from ''Sick of Bein' Rich'' (2003) * Vakill - "Forbidden Scriptures" from '' The Darkest Cloud'' (2003) *Form One - "Three Poisonous Darts" (2003) * Soul Position - "Still Listening" from ''

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'' (2003) * Molemen - "With Us" from ''Lost Sessions'' (2005) *Cassius Henry - "It's A Gibberish Thing" (2005) * Marco Polo - "Get Busy" from ''

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'' (2007) *Rocktight - "We Run This" from ''School of Rocktight'' (2007) * Illmaculate - "Thorouhbred" from ''The Rain Check Mixtape'' (2007) *King Magnetic - "The Five Piece" from ''Everything's A Gamble Volume One'' (2007) * Ras Kass - "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 '' Dueces Wild'' (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. Chino XL & 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 '' Melatonin Magik'' (2010) *Likewize - "Fucked Up With A Gun" (Feat. RBX) 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 - "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) *

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and J. Rawls - "Hier-O-Dot" from '' Respect Game or Expect Flames'' (2012) * Ruste Juxx & 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