Paris

Quick Facts

Full Name	Paris
Occupation	Musician
Date Of Birth	Oct 29, 1967(1967-10-29)
Age	57
Country	United States
Birth City	San Francisco
Horoscope	Libra

Paris Biography

Paris is one of the most popular and richest Musician who was born on October 29, 1967 in San Francisco, United States. Oscar Jackson, Jr. (born on the 29th of October 1967) more popularly known as the stage name Paris is an American rapper born in San Francisco, California, well-known for his highly political as well as socially aware lyrics. Inspirated by the Black Panthers, he was at one time a member of the Nation of Islam.

Paris the anti-war song “What Would You Do?” (from Sonic Jihad) accuses the US government of orchestrating attacks on September 11th, 2001 attacks, stating, “Ain’t no terror threat, unless approval rating’s slumpin’. So I’ma say it for the record we the ones that planned it, ain’t no other country took a part or had they hand in it”. The track is included as a track on the Peace Not War, Vol. 2 compilation album too. In the in the same year Paris was also featured as a guest on Anybody Killa’s Hatchet Warrior album as well along with Monoxide of Twiztid in a song titled “Ghetto Neighbor.”

In 2005, Paris completed a project with Public Enemy, Rebirth of a Nation, the title both a reference to the 1915 film The Birth of a Nation, controversial for its glorification of the Ku Klux Klan and its racist portrayal of African Americans, and PE’s 1988 classic It Takes a Nation of Millions…. Although Chuck D was the primary vocal performer, Paris penned and produced the bulk of the album, which also featured N.W.A’s MC Ren, Immortal Technique, Kam, dead prez, and The Conscious Daughters.

In 2006, Paris also released Paris presents Hard Truth Soldiers, Vol. 1, the first in a Paris-produced compilation series that touched on subjects ranging from war and police brutality to black-on-black crime and domestic violence. It showcased contributions from Public Enemy, the Coup, dead prez, Paris, T-K.A.S.H., Kam, The Conscious Daughters, Mystic, MC Ren, Sun Rise Above, and the S.T.O.P. Movement (Mobb Deep, Tray Deee, Soopafly, KRS-One, Defari, Daz, J-Ro, RBX, Bad Azz, WC, Dilated Peoples, Mac Minister, The Alchemist, Mack 10, Evidence, Defari, Everlast, and B-Real), among others.

Paris signed an artist major and distribution contract together with Priority Records for himself and Scarface Records in 1993 and released his third album, Guerrilla Funk, and numerous groups that were then emerging which included The Conscious Daughters. Paris and Priority officially ended their relationship because of differences in their creative direction in 1995. In 1997 Paris made a single arrangement with now-defunct Whirling Records (distributed by Rykodisc) to promote the release of his fourth LP, Unleashed, which was released in small quantities and without much advertising. The album had some explicit, violent and racially based lyrics. While not as in the same way as his previous albums The lyrics specifically discuss racism when faced by the same. The album was launched within Europe with a distinct playlist of tracks, including songs from 1994 as well as 1996 and 1998 and some that were more in the fashion of his earlier albums. After becoming increasingly unhappy with the industry of music, Paris retired from recording and became an investment banker, thereby establishing his wealth and enabling him to finance himself on his own the next phase of his musical ventures.

Paris Net Worth

Paris is one of the richest Musician from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Paris 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Paris was recognized to the US in the year 1990 when he released his smash song The Devil Made Me Do It, and the album named The Devil Made Me Do It following his master’s in the field of economics at UC Davis. It was released initially by Tommy Boy Records, his first single was censored by MTV.

His second album, Sleeping with the Enemy was set to be released at the time of its release in 1992. Paris got a slap from the now defunct Tommy Boy Records (since rechristened Tommy Boy Entertainment in 2002) and was also removed from distributor Warner Bros. Records, which is owned by Time Warner, when the parent company was able to identify the incendiary material, which contained fantasies of revenge murders of former President Bush as well as racist police officers. Additionally, the insert to the album, which showed Paris seated behind the tree, clutching the Tec 9, as the president waved at the crowd. Paris later released the album himself through his own newly-formed Scarface Records. In 1993, Paris was a part of the industrial Consolidated’s album Play More Music with the track “Guerrillas in the Mist.”

In 2003, Paris returned with the album, Sonic Jihad. The album continued his tradition of controversial cover art, evoking images of the September 11, 2001 attacks, it depicts a plane flying toward the White House. Its content is equally radical and covers many topics, including the war on terror, the war in Iraq, police brutality, black-on-black violence, conditions in inner-city communities, the Illuminati, and state sponsored terrorism. Other politically minded hip hop artists were featured on the album, including Kam, Dead Prez, and Public Enemy. Sonic Jihad was the catalyst for the creation of Paris’ new label and web site, Guerrilla Funk Recordings, a home for projects and material of such notable acts as dead prez and Public Enemy.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Paris Dating?

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In 2010, Paris was featured in the musical documentary, Sounds Like a Revolution, and in 2011 was featured on the Insane Clown Posse’s Featuring Freshness LP. He performed at that year’s Gathering of the Juggalos, and later at the Amsterdam Hiphopfestival in Amsterdam.

Facts & Trivia

Paris Ranked on the list of most popular Musician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Paris celebrates birthday on October 29 of every year.

Paris’ third single and video, “Hard Truth Soldier (Redux)” was released in November 2015.