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Born and bred in Oakland, CA, Bay Area rapper
Knobody jump-started his career after affiliating with the long-running underground hip-hop collective
Hieroglyphics and their label, Hiero Imperium.
Knobody first began putting out music when he was 16 years old. He sold his self-pressed material, mainly six- to eight-song EPs, in Oakland at very cheap prices in order to get exposure far and wide. In 2006,
Hieroglyphics member and label A&R man
Casual went to see
Knobody in action at a local show after he was persuaded by a mutual contact. The following year,
Casual signed
Knobody to a new
Hieroglyphics project/label called Triple i League, which was set up to promote established talent in their Oakland hometown. As the label's first signee,
Knobody delivered his first proper album,
Tha Clean Up, later in 2007. ~ Cyril Cordor