Redman Biography, Age, Height, Weight, Family, Wiki & More

Redman made his name by blending reggae and funk with choppy lyrics, offbeat rhymes, and silly ghetto-comedy skits.  His first performances, cameos on songs by popular hip-hop group EPMD, fueled him to release his debut, Whut? Thee Album, in 1992 to critical success. The pro-marijuana rapper then earned platinum status for record sales of Muddy Waters, released in 1996, and Doc’s Da Name 2000, released in 1998. His songs “Tonight’s da Night” and “Da Goodness” became nightclub anthems. 

 

He played drums in church as a kid and credits a college creative-writing teacher for encouraging him to write in his own style. “He was always an individual, very different, with a very vivid imagination,” Darlene Noble, Redman’s mother, said of her son in Vibe. Redman got his start in 1991 as a protege of the legendary—and now-defunct—hip-hop group EPMD and with the group’s offshoot, Def Squad. Redman met EPMD’s Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith in a local New Jersey nightclub while deejaying for a group called One, Two Plus Three.

 

While the trend in hip-hop was toward artists known for hype and flash, Redman “built his notoriety around a lack of them,” according to Vibe. He is private and keeps a low profile. His actual name is Reggie Noble.