Ryan McMahon, better known by his

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Iame (pronounced ) (often stylized as IAME or iAMe), is an American hip hop recording artist, record producer and record executive from

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. He is a member of the hip hop groups

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and Sandpeople. In 2012, he released the album ''Lame$tream,'' which was given favorable reviews including

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, who on said "This is an MC at the very top of his game" and the albums's songs "shines a light on the MC's powerful grasp of storytelling." He has shared stages with

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, The Chicharones and

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, among many others.

Musical career

During Iame's early musical career, he released the album ''Paradise Lost'' in 2003 with the short lived group Redshield. This album caught the attention of notable Pacific Northwest hip hop artists

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and JFK aka Ninjaface, who would later invite Iame to join

in 2005. Iame is also part of the group Sandpeople, a group consisting of ten members, one of which being

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champion

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. Following ''Paradise'', he started an independent hip hop label named Heaven Noise. In 2009, he released the album I Am My Enemy. The album reached #3 on the CMJ hip hop charts, behind only

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and

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. In 2010, he released the album Lightfighter. In 2011, Iame started a Kickstarted campaign to fund his new project ''Lame''. The album features

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and

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. The next year, he released the album ''Lame$tream'' and the mixtape ''The Deaf Kid Mixtape''.

Discography

Solo

Studio albums

* ''Noise Complaints'' (2005) * ''I Am My Enemy'' (2009) * ''Lightfighter'' (2010) * ''

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'' (2011) * ''Lame$tream'' (2012)

Mixtapes

* ''The Deaf Kid Mixtape'' (2012) EPs * ''Lame$tream Bonus EP'' (2012)

Collaborative albums

* ''Paradise Lost'' (2004) (with $iMpLe and Mo-B, as Redshield) * ''Due Yesterday'' (2007) (with Goldini Bagwell, as Clockwerk)

Sandpeople

* ''Points Of View'' (2004) * ''All In Vain'' (2005) * ''The City Sleeps'' (2006) * ''Sandpeople Present...'' (2006) * ''Honest Racket'' (2007) Singles * NAME Guest appearances * Smoke - "Fog On The Shore" from ''Bleed'' (2006) * Syndel - "Drown" from ''Enchantress'' (2006) *

- "New Mob" and "Times Have Changes" from ''Police Brutality'' (2009) * Xperience - "What 2 Say" from ''William The VIII'' (2010) * Taco Neck - "The New Wrong" from ''Tutorial'' (2010) *

- "N.W.A List" from '' Hold On for Dear Life'' (2011)

References

External links

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Iame
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(List of releases)
Heaven Noise Recordings official site
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