Everlast
b. Eric Schrody, USA. A former graffiti artist and protégé of Ice-T, Everlast was one of the few white members in the Rhyme Syndicate posse. Otherwise everything on his debut album was as it might have been expected to be: hardcore visions of violence, extensive use of expletives, and puerile, anatomical descriptions of women. There was, at least, room for an anti-PMRC rap, and samples drawn from the diverse tangents of Sly And Robbie, Sly Stone and even Bannanarama and the Knack. Hampered by his sometime description as ‘the Caucasian Sensation’, Everlast was introduced to hip hop while at summer camp, a friend there teaching him both graffiti and elementary street rap. Everlast laid down a couple of tracks with the help of his friend's DJ partner, Bahal, and Ice-T liked what he heard. He released his first single as far back as 1988. Everlast toured the UK supporting Ice-T, but seems to have abandoned his solo career since joining House Of Pain.