Markel Scott, better known by his stage name Bishop Nehru, is an American rapper and producer from Rockland County, NY who also directs and edits music videos. Bishop at age 13 made jazz tracks and hip hop instrumentals under the name Kelz Scott soon being changed to the name Kile Kanvas at age 14. He released his earlier works on the Odd Future forum & Other forums like, Hypebeast, Skateboard-City, Lookbook, and many more Odd Future Talk was the forum that gave a then young Nehru listens.Odd Future Talk. WorldStarHipHop named Bishop Nehru the Youth Rap Talent of the Week in July 2012 for his 8-bar freestyle over Mos Defs classic Mathematics. Nehru was featured on Hot97 as part of their Whos Next section, which showcases rappers who are next to blow up. He also had the song make its way to Power 105.1s New NY with Jovonn The Don in February 2013. as well as opening for Wu-Tang Clan on their 20th Anniversary European tour. He chose his stage name from a combination of Tupacs character in the movie Juice, noting that the character of Bishop inspires him to go out and get mine, youve got to earn respect and Nehru is taken from the former prime minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, who worked closely with legendary peacemaker Gandhi. When he was 15 years old, Bishop Nehru released his debut mixtape, Nehruvia, a 13-song project that included production from DJ Premier, J. DIlla, Madlib, MF Doom and more. He followed that up with strictlyFLOWz which was presented by New York radio personality Peter Rosenberg and the UK’s DJ Semtex. In August 2013, it was announced that Bishop Nehru and MF Doom would collaborate on a project set to be released via Lex Records and Noisy Cricket!!. After a Kendrick Lamar show in Brooklyn, Fuse News captured the Cali emcee speaking to Bishop Nehru praising and giving advice to the young artist. On May 22, 2014, it was announced that Bishop Nehru, Boldy James and Fashawn were the first signees to Nas Mass Appeal Records. On June 5, 2014, Dizzy Wright and Bishop Nehru released a free collaborative EP titled BrILLiant Youth EP. LRG said, For our Summer 14 Campaign not only did we feature Dizzy Wright and Bishop Nehru in our lookbook, we also joined them in the studio for a 3 track EP featuring production by LRG brand ambassador 9th Wonder. On July 22, 2014, Bishop Nehru announced via his Twitter page that NehruvianDOOM would be released on September 23, 2014
Posted on: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 10:03:26 +0000
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