1. Vincenzo Luviner, better known as Vinnie Paz, is an Italian-born American rapper and producer behind the Philadelphia underground hip hop group Jedi Mind Tricks.
21 Facts About Vinnie Paz
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Vinnie Paz is the frontman of the hip hop collective Army of the Pharaohs.
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Vinnie Paz released his first solo album, Season of the Assassin, in 2010.
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Vinnie Paz released his second album God of the Serengeti in October 2012.
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In 2013, Vinnie Paz confirmed that he was working with Army of the Pharaohs to release In Death Reborn, which was released in 2014.
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Vinnie Paz released his fourth solo album, The Pain Collector, in September 2018.
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Vinnie Paz was born in Sicily, Italy, where he lived for a short time before moving with his family to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Vinnie Paz originally started rapping with fellow Jedi Mind Tricks member Stoupe in his basement.
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Stoupe and Vinnie Paz recruited New Jersey rapper Jus Allah to join them on the album, and while he was never inducted into the group, it can be assumed he became JMT's third member on the release, as his contributions were not marked as "featuring Jus Allah", while other close group affiliates such as Army of the Pharaohs members Chief Kamachi, Esoteric and Virtuoso were marked as featured guests.
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In 2005, Vinnie Paz shifted his focus back on to the supergroup Army of the Pharaohs.
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Vinnie Paz got together members of Army of the Pharaohs to release their second album, Ritual of Battle.
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The album's first single was "Bloody Tears", featuring Planetary, Doap Nixon, Demoz, and Vinnie Paz, produced by DJ Kwestion.
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The album followed multiple summer releases from the Jedi Mind Tricks camp, including the group's first DVD, titled Divine Fire: The Story of Jedi Mind Tricks, and the Vinnie Paz-executive produced projects Jedi Mind Tricks presents Doap Nixon: Sour Diesel, Jedi Mind Tricks presents King Syze: The Labor Union, and Jedi Mind Tricks presents OuterSpace: God's Fury.
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Vinnie Paz tried to produce some things for this new album, but we could tell early on that his heart wasn't in making JMT records anymore.
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Vinnie Paz released his second studio album, God of the Serengeti, on October 22,2012.
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Vinnie Paz formed Jedi Mind Tricks with high school friend Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind, a producer and DJ from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1993.
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Vinnie Paz released his debut solo album Season of the Assassin on June 21,2010, which peaked at number 25 on the US Billboard rap charts.
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Vinnie Paz was working on his second solo album God of the Serengeti, which featured production from DJ Premier, Psycho Les, C-Lance, among others.
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Vinnie Paz's second extended play titled Carry On Tradition was released on October 29,2013, via his own Enemy Soil record label.
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Vinnie Paz is known for his raw and gritty lyrical delivery.
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Vinnie Paz showed support towards Ron Paul during the 2012 US presidential election, and has referred to the former congressman in his lyrics.