MF Grimm appeared on the show from age 5 to around age 9.
27 Facts About MF Grimm
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MF Grimm's mother supported this dream and bought him turntables and a microphone.
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MF Grimm's career began in the late 1980s where he performed in New York City.
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Into the 1990s MF Grimm continued to perform at freestyle competitions and performed alongside rappers Lord Finesse, GZA and Large Professor, amongst others.
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In 1993, MF Grimm placed third at the World Supremacy Battle, already known as an experienced battle rapper.
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MF Grimm collaborated with hip-hop legends like Kool G Rap, Kurious and KMD, appearing on albums and singles by them.
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In 1993, MF Grimm had recorded an album's worth of material that was to serve as his debut album.
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In 2001, MF Grimm recorded his debut album, The Downfall of Ibliys: A Ghetto Opera while on bail after his prison sentencing.
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The album's lyrics as well as drum beats were all created while in prison using a portable drum machine that MF Grimm managed to hide from the prison guards.
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In 2006, MF Grimm released a 60-track, triple-CD album, American Hunger, the first ever in hip hop on his Day By Day Entertainment label.
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Grimm's life story was retold in a graphic novel autobiography illustrated by Ronald Wimberly, Sentences: The Life of MF Grimm, which was released by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint in September 2007.
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Two months later, MF Grimm appeared on National Public Radio to relate his life story and future plans.
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That year MF Grimm released the concept album The Hunt for the Gingerbread Man, with a mixtape The Order of the Baker Mixtape released as a prequel.
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MF Grimm was nominated for, and won, two Glyph Awards for Best Cover and Story of the Year.
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In 2009, MF Grimm released a short mixtape on the Day By Day Entertainment website entitled Story: Substance, Style, Structure and the Principles of Hip Hop as a promotional release preceding his work in the new decade.
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In 2010, MF Grimm released his seventh studio album You Only Live Twice: The Audio Graphic Novel which was accompanied by a 13-page comic book based on the album by Jim Mahfood.
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On February 4,2015, MF Grimm announced the release of a compilation of his love songs for release on February 14,2015, titled MF Love Songs.
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On March 15,2021, MF Grimm released The Hunt For The Gingerbread Man 2: Get The Dough produced by Darko the Super, premiering an animated music video for the track Candy Rain directed by NutzenTV.
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MF Grimm has used a number of aliases over the years.
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MF Grimm was given the name "Build and Destroy" by King Sun as a teen, but switched to the name "The Grimm Reaper" by the end of the 1980s.
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In 1994, MF Grimm survived an attempted murder where he was shot seven times by rival drug dealers, following a previous three shots in an earlier murder attempt in 1986.
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MF Grimm recovered full vision, hearing, and speech ability, but still uses a wheelchair.
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MF Grimm founded label Day By Day Entertainment in the late-1990s.
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However, to pay for the extensive medical bills from his hospitalization, MF Grimm turned back to drug dealing.
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MF Grimm funded the release of KMD's second album Black Bastards, serving as an executive producer.
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In 2000, DOOM and MF Grimm released the collaborative MF EP, featuring both artists splitting the record's material, and including the instrumental versions.
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In 2004, the duo released a collaborative album of MF Grimm rapping over Doom's Special Herbs beats called Special Herbs + Spices Volume 1.