Zachary Granger Moldof (born July 22, 1981), better known by his stage name Zachg, is an American hip hop artist who is based in

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. He is a founder of the lifestyle collective Rad Reef, which released the ''New No Wave'' compilation in 2013. He is one half of the design duo Twin Beast. He has collaborated with

Main Attrakionz Main Attrakionz is an American hip hop duo from Oakland, California, composed of rappers Mondre M.A.N. (Damondre Grice) and Squadda B (Charles Glover). Career Grice and Glover met in the seventh grade when they were both kicked out of math class ...

, Jel, Silky Johnson, Black Noise, BK Beats, Left Leberra, and Dizzy D, among others.

Life and career

Zachg, who is Jewish, is originally from

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and grew up in Windmill Ranch Estates in

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, Florida. He attended

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for advertising. He examined the roots of sampling in hip hop with his master's thesis at

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. Zachg was featured on "Hyperbolic Chamber Music", a 22-minute track produced by

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, along with other rappers such as

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, and

Shady Blaze Ravalle Quinn (born November 4, 1987), better known by his stage name Shady Blaze, is an American rapper from East Oakland, Oakland, California. He is a member of the Green Ova crew. He has collaborated with Ryan Hemsworth, Main Attrakionz, Frien ...

. He was also featured on "Hyperbolic Chamber Music II", which was produced by Steel Tipped Dove. In 2012, Zachg released '' Cloudlife'', a collaborative EP with

and Jel. It was described by ''

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'' as "an unusually focused release" from Main Attrakionz. He produced "J Bar" and "Take Her Shoppin" off of the EP. In that year, he also released ''Raindancin (in the Pussy)'', as well as ''Mostly Power'' and ''Mostly Peace''.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''South Florida Mountains'' (2014) * ''Errlirl'' (2016) * ''Whole Tushie'' (2016)

Mixtapes

* ''Rara Aves'' (2011) * ''Sonter Masic'' (2012) * ''Peace Mettle'' (2012) * ''Raindancin (in the Pussy)'' (2012) * ''New World Whale'' (2012) * ''Bright Side of the Moon'' (2013)

EPs

* ''All Fucked Up Everything'' (2011) * ''Prostitutes' Yard Sale'' (2011) * ''Smuggler Songgs'' (2011) * ''PMB Ho!'' (2012) * ''Carbon Bros'' (2012) * ''Hashburry Gardens'' (2012) * '' Cloudlife'' (2012) * ''Cool Cool Summer'' (2012) * ''Adominable Flowmans'' (2012) * ''Fates' Book'' (2012) * ''Sky Pants'' (2012) * ''All Fucked Up Everything Vol. 2'' (2012) * ''Mostly Power'' (2012) * ''Mostly Peace'' (2012) * ''Mindcrate #1: Tropical Unnerpant'' (2013) * ''Swiss Zachary Robinson'' (2014)

Singles

* "Leftover Karma" (2011) * "Deep Nile" (2011) * "Ghost Pussy Money" (2012) * "Freeda Peeple's Anthem" (2013)

Guest appearances

* Mishka & Rad Reef - "Hyperbolic Chamber Music" (2012) * Droned Out Clone - "Desperate Time Shit" from ''Instrumental Institution Vol. 1'' (2012) * Sortahuman x Dizzy D - "Outerspace" from ''Animal House'' (2012) * Freshgalaxy - "Californeattle" from ''World of Summer 2'' (2012) * Western Tink - "Welcome to Cap City" (2013) *

Noah23 Noah Raymond Brickley (born February 10, 1978), better known by his stage name Noah23, is a Canadian-American hip hop artist from Guelph, Ontario. He is co-founder of the Plague Language collective and record label, and has been described as "one ...

- "Leopard Carpet" from ''Lotus Deities'' (2013) * Mishka & Rad Reef - "Hyperbolic Chamber Music II" (2013) * Noah23 - "Weight Up" from ''Street Astrology'' (2014)

Productions

* Sortahuman - "How You Really Feel" from ''Stonergang'' (2011) * Left Leberra - "Ripd Dresses" from ''Bubble Quiet Dos Mil'' (2011) * Noah23 - "Leopard Carpet" from ''Lotus Deities'' (2013) * Noah23 - "Weight Up" from ''Street Astrology'' (2014)

Compilation appearances

* "Floridian Rapper. Mountain 5." on ''New No Wave'' (2013) * "Chronoglades" on ''Mitsuda'' (2013)

References

External links

Rad Reef
on

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zachg Living people 1981 births Alternative hip-hop musicians American hip-hop record producers Jewish American musicians Jewish hip-hop record producers Jewish rappers People from Broward County, Florida 21st-century American rappers 21st-century American Jews