1. John Reuben was born on John Reuben Zappin; January 14,1979 and is an American Christian hip hop artist signed to Gotee Records until late 2010.
10 Facts About John Reuben
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John Reuben continues to tour, and has played and recorded music with many popular Christian music artists such as Five Iron Frenzy, Relient K, The OC.
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John Reuben is of Jewish heritage and according to his MySpace, his mother is the owner of a Christian Death Metal record label.
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John Reuben later released Monuments, an independent EP, which caught the attention of Gotee Records.
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Reportedly, when the time came for him to submit his work for the album, John Reuben turned in enough tracks for two albums, one light hearted, the other more serious.
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On this album most of John Reuben's songs used more "traditional" musical instruments, typically the guitar, though he experimented with many different instruments and musical styles.
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John Reuben released his fifth album, Word of Mouth, on February 6,2007 which took on more experimental characteristics, with the aid of Beck producer Joe Baldridge.
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In 2010 a best of collection entitled Zappin was released, before John Reuben entered an unannounced musical hiatus that would span until fall of 2016.
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On May 19,2017 John Reuben independently released his seventh studio album Reubonic.
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The album stirred minor controversy for the inclusion of several curse words within the lyrics; John Reuben quickly responded on Instagram and was unapologetic.