Emilio Rojas is an American rapper.

Biography

Early life

Emilio Rojas was born to a

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n father and an American mother in the suburbs of Rochester. At age 10, Emilio's father left his family and returned to Venezuela, leaving Emilio and his family to fend for themselves. Despite this, Rojas has credited his father for sparking his interest in music. Rojas graduated from

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in 2002.

Career

After making a name for himself as Raks One on Myspace, Rojas began taking his music much more seriously and decided to drop out of school to pursue a career in Hip Hop. In 2004 he made his first break through and began touring overseas with the group Phocus, but by 2005 it was apparent to Emilio that not enough progress was being made in his career. In 2005 Emilio took a car service to

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to focus solely on his music. Without hesitation he did and ended up in an illegally subdivided

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apartment. It was in New York where Rojas began to make a dent in the Hip Hop industry by rapping at open-mic nights in Brooklyn and elsewhere. Working with producers such as

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helped land him notoriety locally. By 2007 he began touring internationally again in places such as Venezuela and

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. Around 2008, mainstream producer DJ Green Lantern had noticed Rojas' music and began working with him on numerous projects such as 2010's Life Without Shame mixtape. Long anticipated "Breaking Point" was released on January 26, 2012, as a dual project with DJ Green Lantern. On June 11 his Mixtape ''No Shame No Regrets'' dropped. In August 2024, Rojas called out

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for his refusal to speak out about Palestinian rights amid the

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and

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, despite DJ Khaled being of Palestinian descent.

Discography

Albums

Singles and extended plays

According to

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rojas, Emilio American male rappers American people of Venezuelan descent Hispanic and Latino American rappers Living people Musicians from Rochester, New York Rappers from New York (state) 21st-century American rappers 21st-century American male musicians Quakers (band) members 1984 births