Robert Houston II, also known as Black Pegasus or simply Black-P, is an American

rapper Rapping (also rhyming, flowing, spitting, emceeing, or MCing) is an artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and ommonlystreet vernacular". It is usually performed over a backing ...

/South Western hip hop artist from

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. He is the current president and CEO of Brass Knuckle Entertainment.Stanley, J. Adrian (2006)
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Biography

Robert Houston II was born on March 24, 1980 in

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where his father was stationed with the

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, and lived in Arizona, Florida, and New Mexico before his family settled on the Southeast side of

when he was age ten.Reed, Bill (2003) "Colorado Springs hasn't heard the last of rapper Black Pegasus", ''

'', November 14, 2003Forman, Bill (2008)
Rapping on the edge: Black Pegasus mixes politics with punchlines
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'', July 28, 2007, retrieved 2010-07-19 He is from the Woodside Townhomes section in Colorado Springs. He is of mixed African-American and Mexican descent, hence the title of his fourth album, ''The Black Mexican''. He open enrolled for high school and attended Widefield and Mitchell High School, and began rapping when he was sixteen, soon performing and working in his early days under the name Yo Mamma's Pimp. He worked with the group Fusion of Syllables (F.O.S.) for two years before going solo in 2001.Navarro, Linda (2004) "Black Pegasus ready to spread his wings, fly higher", ''

'', August 27, 2004 Black-P has released five studio albums (''Black Pegasus'', ''Knuckle Up'', ''F**K YO RADIO'', ''The Black Mexican'', and ''Black By Popular Demand''), two mixtapes (''Black P The Mixtape'', and ''Shitting On the Industry Vol.1''), and one collaboration CD (''Banana Spitz'') with Liquid Assassin of the hip-hop group Grave Plott. His new album ''Brass Knuckle King'' was released in 2011, and featured guest appearances by

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, Liquid Assassin, and

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. Black P is also currently working on a collaboration album entitled "The Council", which will consist of Black P, King Tef, Hypnautic, and Johnny Rocketz. Black P's seventh studio album, "Yo Mamma's Pimp", is slated for a 2012 release as well. Black-P has competed in several battle-rapping contests,Jefferson, Elana Ashanti (2005) "THREE QUESTIONS: Myth conjures rapper's success", ''

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'', July 17, 2005 winning the Rock the Mic Battle in 2003 and taking second place in Scribble Jam in Cincinnati. He has featured on the

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'' and in the ''NBA Jam 2'' video game.

Discography

Studio albums

*''Black Pegasus'' (2003) *''Knuckle Up'' (2005) *''F**K YO RADIO'' (2006) *''The Black Mexican'' (2008) *''Black By Popular Demand'' (2010) *''Brass Knuckle King'' (2011) *''Yo Mamma's Pimp'' (2013) *''Flobama'' (2015) *''Robert Houston ll'' (2017)

Mixtapes

*''Black P The Mixtape'' (2004) *''Shitting On the Industry Vol.1'' (2009)

Collaborations

*''Black Pegasus Presents: Banana Spitz'' (2009) *''The Council'' (2012)

Music videos

References

External links

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