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Heems

March 17th, 2015

Genre:
Hip-Hop/Rap

Years Active:
'00s, '10s




Heems

Biography

A rapper, visual artist, record label owner, Punjabi-American, and native New Yorker, Himanshu "Heems" Suri launched his solo career while still a member of his old crew, Das Racist. Heems formed the alternative hip-hop group with some friends in 2008, the same year that he created the Greedhead Music label to release their music. Their defining moment came toward the end of the year as the single "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell" went from quirky indie number to major hit in no time. The single also hung like an albatross around Das Racist's neck, and after multiple mixtapes and the official 2011 album Relax, the assumption that they were a "novelty" act became just one of the reasons for their 2013 breakup. Heems had already dabbled with a solo career and released his debut mixtape, Nehru Jackets, through Greedhead in early 2012. A second mixtape, Wild Water Kingdom, landed in late 2012. After Das Racist split, Heems headed to Bombay and began work on his official debut solo effort. The album was released in in 2015 and coincided with an exhibition of the rapper's artwork at the Aicon Gallery in New York City. Both the LP and the exhibition shared the same title, Eat Pray Thug. . A rapper, visual artist, record label owner, Punjabi-American, and native New Yorker, Himanshu "Heems" Suri launched his solo career while still a member of his old crew, Das Racist. Heems formed the alternative hip-hop group with some friends in 2008, the same year that he created the Greedhead Music label to release their music. Their defining moment came toward the end of the year as the single "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell" went from quirky indie number to major hit in no time. The single also hung like an albatross around Das Racist's neck, and after multiple mixtapes and the official 2011 album Relax, the assumption that they were a "novelty" act became just one of the reasons for their 2013 breakup. Heems had already dabbled with a solo career and released his debut mixtape, Nehru Jackets, through Greedhead in early 2012. A second mixtape, Wild Water Kingdom, landed in late 2012. After Das Racist split, Heems headed to Bombay and began work on his official debut solo effort. The album was released in in 2015 and coincided with an exhibition of the rapper's artwork at the Aicon Gallery in New York City. Both the LP and the exhibition shared the same title, Eat Pray Thug.

Top Albums


1. Eat Pray Thu..
Hale-Bopp Was the Bedouins (feat. Heems) - Single, Lushlife
2. Hale-Bopp Wa..

Top Songs

NameAlbumTimePrice
1.
SometimesEat Pray Thug4:01$1.29
2.
Home Feat. Dev HynesEat Pray Thug3:57$1.29
3.
Pop Song (Games)Eat Pray Thug4:19$1.29
4.
Jawn Cage Feat. Rafiq BhatiqEat Pray Thug3:02$1.29
5.
Damn, GirlEat Pray Thug3:38$1.29
6.
So NYEat Pray Thug3:40$1.29
7.
Hubba HubbaEat Pray Thug2:46$1.29
8.
Patriot ActEat Pray Thug3:50$1.29
9.
Suicide by CopEat Pray Thug3:12$1.29
10.
Al Q8aEat Pray Thug3:27$1.29
11.
Flag ShoppingEat Pray Thug3:56$1.29
12.
Hale-Bopp Was the Bedouins (Shabazz ..Hale-Bopp Was the Bedouins ..5:19$0.99
13.
Hale-Bopp Was the Bedouins (feat. He..Hale-Bopp Was the Bedouins ..3:50$0.99

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