Tha Realest is an American rapper who is best known for his solo studio album titled Witness Tha Realest (July 2009). He has also released the mixtapes Tha Realest Presents: Me and My Mufuka’z (2005), Witness Tha Realest Mixtape (2006), From East 2 West (2007), Tha Death Row Dayz Vol. 1 (2007), Tha Death Row Dayz Vol. 2 (2007), and Mob Muzik (2008). He is also well recognized for his work as a member of The Regime, an American hip-hop collective that was formed in 1997.
Born Name
Jevon Jones
Nick Name
Tha Realest, Tenkamenin The Vigilante
Tha Realest as seen in an Instagram Post in September 2016 (Tha Realest / Instagram)
Sun Sign
Libra
Born Place
Dallas, Texas, United States
Residence
United States
Nationality
Occupation
Rapper
Tha Realest as seen in an Instagram Post in May 2015 (Tha Realest / Instagram)
Family
Father – His father worked as a preacher.
Genre
Hip Hop, Rap, Gangsta Rap
Instruments
Vocals
Labels
Death Row Records
Omerta Entertainment / Tommy Boy Entertainment
Tru ‘Dat’ Entertainment
Team Dime Entertainment / RBC Records
MNRK Music Group
Mob Life Records
For The People Entertainment
Puppy Dog Unlimited Records
Build
Athletic
Height
5 ft 11 in or 180.5 cm
Weight
78 kg or 172 lbs
Tha Realest as seen in an Instagram Post in October 2015 (Tha Realest / Instagram)
Race / Ethnicity
Black
He is of African-American descent.
Hair Color
Bald
Eye Color
Dark Brown
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Distinctive Features
Toned physique
Sports a trimmed beard
Has his entire chest and both hands covered in tattoos
Tha Realest as seen in an Instagram Post in July 2013 (Tha Realest / Instagram)
Tha Realest Facts
He had started rapping in the early 1980s when he was still in his teens. He often used to compete in rap battles on the local circuit. In the early 1990s, he had co-founded a record label called Puppy Dog Unlimited Records.
The stage name, Tenkamenin The Vigilante, that he had used early in his career was taken from the name of Tenkamenin, an 11th-century African emperor of the Ghana Empire.
His association with the record label Death Row Records had started in March 1996 when he had auditioned for the legendary rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas. After Tupac’s death in September 1996, Tha Realest had been offered a contract with the label. In years to come, he would also be known, albeit often in a negative light, for his strikingly similar voice to Tupac.
In October 1999, he had been shot at in a drive-by shooting just after he was leaving the studio after finishing the recording of a song with the hip hop duo Tha Dogg Pound. He had sustained severe injuries to his foot in the incident while a security officer working in the area had lost his life.
He had left Death Row Records in late 2001 to pursue a deal through which he could release his debut solo studio album, a dream project for which he had recorded approximately 150 songs. However, he had found it difficult to obtain a solid deal with any record label as most of them were reluctant to associate themselves with a former artist of Death Row Records because of the notoriety that the label had accumulated over the years. So, in 2002, Tha Realest had formed his own record label, 2 Real Entertainment (later known as Omerta Entertainment).
In 2006, he had been signed up by Tru ‘Dat’ Entertainment. However, the following year, the company’s owners had been accused of embezzling millions of dollars worth of taxpayers’ money via fraudulent transfers. The label was subsequently forced to discontinue.
