![]() SwizZz, Damien Ritter's younger brother and a former classmate of Hopsin at Monroe High, was the first artist to be signed to Funk Volume. Shortly before the departure from Ruthless Records, Hopsin founded his own independent label, Funk Volume, with Damien Ritter. Shortly after the album's release, Hopsin sought his release from Ruthless Records due to lack of financial compensation, artist support, and promotion. However his debut album, Gazing at the Moonlight was not released until October 27, 2009, with little to no promotion. The album was set to be self-produced by Hopsin and feature no collaborations with other artists. Hopsin's debut single "Pans In the Kitchen" was released on May 27, 2008. Hopsin had initially signed with Ruthless Records in 2007 and even began recording his debut album as early as 2004, he was originally hailed as one of driving forces behind attempting to bring Ruthless Records back to previous glory. He credits Eminem as the rapper that initially got him interested into hip hop music. He stated that he used the contacts to give himself a memorable appearance and differentiate himself from other African American rappers with the cliché appearance. While starting his music career, Hopsin decided to sport colored eye contacts while performing in his music videos. He dropped out of high school during his senior year in 2004 to pursue a career in music, purchased a microphone, and installed FL Studio (known as FruityLoops at the time) on his computer. He started rapping at sixteen years old, and took his hobby more seriously by 2003 which is the year the majority of the tracks from Hopsin's self-produced album Emurge were recorded. Hopsin has been an avid skateboarder since the age of twelve, as many of his music videos feature him skateboarding. He attended James Monroe High School, where he was placed into special educational classes. Marcus Hopson was born on Jin Los Angeles, and was raised in the Panorama City neighborhood of Los Angeles. ![]() He is well known for his use of white colored eye contacts in music videos, performances, He is due to release a collaboration extended play with Travis Barker. Hopsin has released four studio albums, Gazing at the Moonlight through Ruthless Records, Raw, Knock Madness and Pound Syndrome along with the collaborative project Haywire (with SwizZz) through Funk Volume. In 2007, he was signed to Ruthless Records, and has since founded his own record label, Funk Volume, in 2009. ![]() ![]() Marcus Jamal Hopson (born July 18, 1985), better known by his stage name Hopsin, is an American rapper, record producer, director and actor from Los Angeles, California. Top 100 Greatest Hip-hop/Rap Singles Of All Time. ![]()
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