Leak Bros was an American

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Tame One Rahem Ross Brown (March 20, 1970 – November 6, 2022), better known by his stage name Tame One, was an American hip hop recording artist and graffiti artist from New Jersey. He was a member of Artifacts, Leak Bros, and the hip-hop supergroup ...

History

Tame One and Cage met through Robert "Kell's Bells" Kelly on the now-defunct

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. Their relationship grew from both being natural fans of the others' work, and a desire to collaborate. After Tame One met Cage, the two rappers eventually founded another collective, The Weathermen, along with

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, Breeze Brewin, and

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, among others. Leak Bros made their debut on Cage's Weatherproof EP and Tame One's When Rappers Attack, both released in 2003. As a whole, their songs involve the use of and effects of the drug PCP, hence their name "Leak Brothers". In 2004, the duo released the album ''Waterworld'' on Eastern Conference Records. While since then they have not released any more Leak Bros albums, Tame One has said that he and Cage have remained friends. Tame One died on November 5, 2022.

Discography

Albums

* ''

Waterworld ''WaterWorld'', also known as ''WaterWorld: A Live Sea War Spectacular'', is a stunt show attraction based on the 1995 film '' Waterworld'' found at Universal Studios Hollywood (1995), Universal Studios Japan (2001), Universal Studios Singap ...

'' (2004)

Singles

* "Got Wet" b/w "G.O.D' (2004)

References

External links

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{{Authority control American musical duos Cage (rapper) East Coast hip-hop groups Alternative hip-hop groups Underground hip-hop groups American hip-hop duos Musical groups established in 2003 Musical groups disestablished in 2005 2003 establishments in New York (state) 2005 disestablishments in New York (state)