The Rukus

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The Rukus family is a diverse crew of cats from all over the country. Currently, emcees KeithElite and Rudy Rude are recording tracks, rockin shows with DJ Blenda, and reppin for our crew in Tampa, FL. Rude was born in Tampa and KeithElite was born in Yonkers, NY. Both of us have lived all over the place being in military families. We have been a crew since high school when we lived overseas in Okinawa, Japan. Much love to all the people that shared that experience with us over there... Being military kids, moving around all the time, and living overseas opened our eyes to a lot of different things that have influenced our music and our lives beyond explanation. Since leaving Japan, we linked up here in Tampa and continued that bond that was created when we were kids.

We try to create music that speaks on our lives and how we see things, unlike a lot of so called rappers these days who try to sound like the next man. Too many mainstream artists give the people false images of what life is really about. It seems like a lot of rappers these days are unoriginal and afraid to be themselves. Back to The Rukus...Rudy Rude is behind the production, the mic, and the mixing boards and KeithElite is the cat that's always down to freestyle and battle if necessary. Overall, we'd like people to listen to our music and knod their heads to what they hear. We'd also like to network with other musicians who have the same vision and focus about their music as we do. Tampa has a bunch of up and coming emcees and musicians and the scene is growing. We're glad to be a part of what is going on here. Besides rockin the stage with the Gwan Massive crew, we've also performed on bills with the likes of Surreal, Louis Logic, RADIx, LMNO of The Visionaries, !Mayday!, Hangar 18, The AB's (formerly Asamov), Blackalicious, J-Live, and the legendary De La Soul, as well as rockin the 2nd Stage of the Rock The Bells Festival in Miami, just to name a few... Be on the lookout for that official full length release in early 2008. It's coming.

Shouts to the original Rukus headz nationwide... G. Hess holding us down in NYC, J. Rimondi in ATL, M. Boucher and Danno here in Tampa, Sen-C in NC, Big Trav in Georgia, Kenny B. in Ohio, and Chris D. aka Charizma Davinci in Cali, just to name a few. After all these years, we still have each others backs.

.. People out there, feel free to get at us anytime.

E-mail - therukusmusic@hotmail.com






The latest CD "Sidetracked..." is now available for purchase through PayPal.

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Member Since:

July 24, 2005

Members:

Rude's Page


KeithElite's Page


DJ Blenda's Page

Influences:

Boot Camp Clik, Wu-Tang Clan, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Jay-Z, Nas, Em, Kanye West, Bob Marley, De La Soul, Pharoahe Monch, Common, Big Pun, Roots, Big L, B.I.G., Tribe Called Quest, Canibus, Wyclef, Outkast, DJ Premier, Oki headz, Revenu aka G. Hess, Genocide, Sen-C

Sounds Like:

The Rukus Opening For Blackalicious...




Gwan Massive Highlights from The De La Soul Show

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The Rukus and Tribal Style @ De La Soul Show - "Rhymes We Pen"

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Breakdown, The Rukus, & Tribal Style/GwanMassive - "Hold On" @ Crowbar

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De La Soul Show ("My Best" Snippet)

Summer Jam 2... ("Love Music" Feat. DJ Blenda)

Summer Jam 2... ("Life in the Re-Mix" Snippet)
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Rootstock 3 ("My Best Feat. Breakdown")

Record Label:

OkiNow Music