Rudolph Rinchere (born January 10, 1978), better known by his stage name Bang Belushi (previously Shim-E-Bango), is an American underground rapper from

Detroit Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at t ...

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. He is a current member of the Fat Killahz and also Obie Trice's

hypeman A hype man, in hip hop music and rapping, is a backup rapper and/or singer who supports the primary rappers with exclamations and interjections and who attempts to increase the audience's excitement with call-and-response chants. The hype man's in ...

. Bango studied at Oak Park High School, Oak Park, Michigan. Due to the Fat Killahz hiatus, Bango collaborated with producer Chanes to release his first solo

extended play An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record.

'' The Bridgecard EP'' in 2011 featured guest appearances by

Guilty Simpson Byron Dwayne “Guilty” Simpson is an American rapper and songwriter from Detroit, Michigan whose recording career spans more than 20 years. He is signed to Stones Throw Records, and is known for being one of the late producer J Dilla’s favo ...

, Moe Dirdee, Invy Da Truth, F.K., and Miz Korona. In 2016, he collaborated with his fellow Fat Killahz bandmate

King Gordy Waverly Walter Alford III (born August 18, 1977), known professionally by his stage name King Gordy, is an American horrorcore singer/rapper from Detroit, Michigan. He is one-fourth of underground hip hop group the Fat Killahz (with Fatt Fathe ...

under Bango's new alias Bang Belushi to release ''

Herojuana ''Herojuana'' is a collaborative extended play by American horrorcore rappers Bang Belushi and King Gordy from underground hip hop group the Fat Killahz. The entire album has been recorded in six hours and produced by fellow Detroit producer Fo ...

'' EP. In the beginning of 2017, he drops his second solo extended play ''

Help Yourself Help is a word meaning to give aid or signal distress. Help may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Help'' (2010 film), a Bollywood horror film * ''Help'' (2021 theatrical film), a British psychological thriller film * '' ...

''. It was announced via

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that Bango will release his debut full-length studio album ''The Adventures of Bang Belushi'' with producer Shane "Foul Mouth" Webb later following ''

'' in 2017. However, the album was released on December 28, 2018 via Middle Finger Music. Belushi stated Run-DMC,

2Pac Tupac Amaru Shakur ( ; born Lesane Parish Crooks, June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known as 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper. He is widely considered one of the most influential rappers of all time. Shakur is among the b ...

, Notorious B.I.G.,

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. as his influence.

Discography

Studio albums

*2005 - ''Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?'' (with

Fatt Father Shabazz Ford (born February 17, 1980), known by his stage name Fatt Father, is an American rapper from Detroit, Michigan. He is a one fourth part of the Fat Killahz (with Marv Won, Bang Belushi and King Gordy) and one half of Twin Towers (with Mar ...

, Marv Won and

, as the Fat Killahz) *2018 - ''The Adventures of Bang Belushi'' *2021 – ''Rudy''

Extended plays

*2011 - ''The E.P.'' (with

, Marv Won and

, as the Fat Killahz) *2011 - '' The Bridgecard'' *2016 - ''

'' (with

) *2017 - '' help yourself.''

Mixtapes

*2003 - ''2 Fat, 2 Furious'' (with

, Marv Won and

, as the Fat Killahz) *2004 - ''WFKR 31.3 FKM: FK Radio the Mixtape'' (with

, Marv Won and

, as the Fat Killahz)

Guest appearances

*2001 - "Everybody's Trippin'" by DJ Butter, Slickonez, Dogmatic, B-Boy R.E.G.,

from ''Shit Happens'' *2001 - "These Dayz" by Lab Animalz from ''Let the Animalz Out'' *2003 - "Power of the Underground" by SickNotes, 5ela, Promatic, Obie Trice,

, Supa Emcee,

Paradime Freddie Beauregard (born November 9, 1974), professionally known by his stage name Paradime, is an American rapper and producer from Detroit, Michigan. He is a Northwood University and Detroit Catholic Central alumni. Career His first appeara ...

from ''The Virus'' & ''Sick Note Soldiers'' *2006 - "It's About to Go Down" (prod.

Kon Artis Denaun Porter (born December 7, 1974), also known by the stage names Mr. Porter, Kon Artis, and more recently simply Denaun, is an American rapper and music producer. He was a member of Detroit hip hop group D12 until its disbandment in 2018. ...

) by Salam Wreck from ''Trouble Soon'' *2006 - "Only Wanna Smoke" & "Place Ya Bets" by Alius Pnukkl &

from ''The Unknown Filez'' *2009 - "Get Back" by Marv Won &

from '' Way of the Won'' *2010 - "Amen" by

from ''Fatherly Advice'' *2011 - "14 Emcees" by

D12 D12 (an initialism for The Dirty Dozen) was an American hip hop collective from Detroit, Michigan. Formed in 1996, the group achieved mainstream success with its lineup of ''de facto'' leader Eminem, Proof, Bizarre, Mr. Porter, Kuniva and Swift ...

, 3Six, Beez, Calicoe, Chacity,

, Kid Vishis, Mae Day, Miz Korona, Moe Dirdee, Redd Bone, Seven the General, Shakia Snow, T. Dot from ''Return of the Dozen Vol. 2'' *2015 - "The Herb" by Knox Money & Steve O from ''Going Over'' *2016 - "In the Sky" by Hundred Barz from ''Solace'' *2018 - "'93 Jerry Ball" & "Bang and the Barfly" by Aztek the Barfly from ''Line King''

References

External links

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Living people Underground rappers Rappers from Detroit American male rappers Midwest hip hop musicians 21st-century American rappers 21st-century American male musicians 1978 births {{US-hiphop-bio-stub