Jeru The Damaja (born Jeru Davis) aka D. Original Dirty Rotten Scoundrel hails from Brooklyn, New York where he was born and raised. Having hooked up with DJ Premiere and Guru, shortly after they moved to New York in the late 1980’s, Jeru first introduced his unique “hardcore conscious” style to hip hop audiences on 'I’m the Man' a track on Gangstarr’s 1992 Daily Operations album. His debut album ‘The Sun Rises in the East’ was one of the Golden Era’s most unanimously praised albums and when Jeru followed this with 'The Wrath of the Math', he sealed his place in hip hop’s history. 'Ya Playin’ Yaself' and 'Me or the Papes' are still massive club cuts spun to this day. Ducking the major labels, Jeru released Heroz 4 Hire completely autonomously in 2001, producing the album himself and pressing it up on his own KnowSavage Records. Two albums for Ashenafi Records have been released since and Jeru is still heavily in demand as a live performer right across the globe. Listen to Da Damaja!
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