Northstar is an American
hip hop duo, composed of
rapper
Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...
s Christ Bearer and Meko The Pharaoh, signed to
Wu Tang Records by
RZA.
The group used to record with fellow Californian group
Black Knights as Black Knights Of The North Star, and indeed the two groups were initially signed by
RZA as such to
Wu-Tang Records
Starting from the emergence and prominence of Wu-Tang Clan in the mid-1990s, several of the group's members have branched out to create their labels following RZA's lead. Some of the labels have dissolved, while other labels have transitioned int ...
. The groups have since split into two separate units, and Northstar released their debut album in 2003, titled ''
Bobby Digital Presents Northstar'', which also featured a reunion with Black Knights on the closing song "Black Knights Of The North Star". In 1999, the duo appeared on the
soundtrack to the film ''
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai''. Their second album ''
West Coast Killa Beez
''West Coast Killa Beez'' is the second album that was released by Wu-Tang Clan affiliates Northstar Northstar may refer to:
* Polaris, a star
Arts and entertainment
* Northstar (band), an emo band from Alabama
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'' was released in 2005. A third album followed in 2008. They began introducing their own sub groups in 2011.
On April 16, 2014, member Christ Bearer severed his penis and jumped from a Los Angeles apartment building in an attempted suicide. During the incident he was under the influence of
PCP and was distraught about
restraining orders that would keep him from seeing his children.
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where he was in critical condition after the doctors successfully reattached his penis.
In 2016, Christ Bearer was interviewed for an episode of the Vice
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TV show Hamilton's Pharmacopeia
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about PCP.PCP is something that can alter reality... It's like knowledge. You can see something, and once you see that you can't ever go back. You can be exposed to too much truth and it can make you nutty... So that night I had some PCP. I was watching cartoons. And, to me, for some reason, life turned into a cartoon. And I had three baby mothers, and they all had restraining orders on me so I couldn't see my kids. But I figured, man, I keep on having these babies by these girls. I was thinking they're just kinda groupies. And then once they have these babies by me I'm trapped. And they'd say 'hey, I'm going to need some amount of money from you to put me in that life.' It started being like society that was just dragging me down into a vortex that I could not stop. Women say 'men think with their little head too much. They're always thinking with their little heads.' So I said 'you know what? I got something for these bitches. I'm going to cut off my little head, and I'll be forced to only think with my big head.' And that was clear as day to me, and I acted upon it.
In 2017, members Meko and Christ Bearer were featured in the BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ...
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mini documentary "The Rapper Who Chopped His Penis Off". The program catalogues the events leading up to Christ Bearers' attempted suicide.
On July 26, 2022 Meko The Pharaoh passed away.
Northstar intends to keep the legacy and memory of Meko The Pharaoh alive thru projects and albums soon to be released , with recently added members to reform the group into a collective releasing new material and music thru Northstar , Look forward to new music by Christbearer & Northstar (West Coast Killa Beez).