Tirren Staaf, otherwise known as Pegz (or MC Pegasus), is an

Australian hip hop Australian hip hop traces its origins to the early 1980s and is largely inspired by hip hop and other urban musical genres from the United States. As the form matured, Australian hip hop has become a commercially viable style of music which i ...

artist and producer hailing from

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. He was the

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Obese Records Obese Records was a record label that released music from the Australian hip hop genre. It was the largest Australian independent hip hop label, including performers Pegz, Thundamentals and Dialectrix. Obese Records also operated two retail ...

—the record label responsible for artists such as

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, and

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Biography

Tirren Staaf has said that he was named after

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, former member of the

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. Pegz has been a part of the

scene since 1992, and has released four full-length studio albums. As a teenager he was first a graffiti artist before becoming a rapper. In 2000, he got a job at

, a specialist hip-hop music store in

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. He released his first recording, an EP, ''Pegasus'', on the Obese label in 2001, followed by a studio album, ''Capricorn Cat'' in 2003 and ''

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'' in 2005. In 2005, Pegz toured nationally with

Australian Hip Hop Australian hip hop traces its origins to the early 1980s and is largely inspired by hip hop and other urban musical genres from the United States. As the form matured, Australian hip hop has become a commercially viable style of music which i ...

Milk Bar Stars (Pegz, Muph,

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and

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). Upon releasing his third solo album, ''

Burn City ''Burn City'' is an album released by Australian hip hop artist MC Pegz on 15 October 2007. This recording features appearances from Australian MCs Drapht, Funkoars, Muph, Vents and others. Californian MC Planet Asia also collaborates on the trac ...

'', in 2007, Pegz nominally retired as a solo artist to concentrate on managing Obese Records.

'This will be my last solo effort I think; I'm not in the mental space to be juggling everything right now, but we'll see what happens. I'm always writing. Always.'

In 2009 Pegz, as part of

Gully Platoon Gully Platoon are an Australian hip-hop group, composed of Pegz (Tirren Staaf) with Joe New (Joseph Newberry) and Dialectrix (Ryan Leaf). Biography Tirren Staaf, who is also the CEO of Obese Records, founded the group in 2008. He realised his am ...

, together with

Dialectrix Ryan Leaf, better known by the stage name Dialectrix, is an Australian hip hop artist from Sydney. He was a member of Down Under Beats Crew (DUB Crew) and, since 2008, has been a member of Gully Platoon. In addition to his musical career, Diale ...

(a.k.a. Ryan Leaf) and Joe New (Down Under Beats crew), released an album ''The Great Divide''. The album reached #5 on the AIR Top 20 Album charts and #18 on the ARIA Top 40 Urban Album charts. The group released their first video clip for the single "Nothing To Lose" on 15 September 2009. On 26 January 2011, Obese Records revealed that Pegz would be releasing another solo album entitled ''Drama''. It was released in April 2011.

Discography

Albums

EPs

*''Pegasus'' (2001) –

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(OBR020)

Singles

*"Celebrate Daily"/"Rogue"/"Everyshow" (2001) *"12 Apostles" (2002) – Obese (OBR021) *"Back Then" (2005) – Obese (OBR036) *"Chechen Gorilla" (2005) – Obese (OBR037) *"No Attachments" (2008) *"Burn City" (2008) *"Pegz & Silent - Equilibrium feat. Jace XL" (2018)

References

External links

Official website

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