Hopsin's second album, Raw, was released on November 19, 2010. In the song Hopsin pokes fun and disses other rappers such as Lil Wayne, Drake, Soulja Boy, Lupe Fiasco, Rick Ross and Tomica Wright, the owner of Ruthless Records. The video became a YouTube success and currently has over 37 million views. On October 8, 2010, Hopsin released a music video for the song "Sag My Pants", the second single off Raw on YouTube. Hopsin released "Nocturnal Rainbows" as the first single off of his upcoming second album Raw on August 1, 2010. On mixtape website DatPiff, it has been certified Gold for being downloaded over 100,000 times and it later made available for purchase for digital download via iTunes and .Ģ010–2011: Success with Funk Volume and Raw Funk Volume originally wanted to sell it for retail sale, but were unable due to Hopsin still being contracted by Ruthless Records at the time. Shortly after launching Funk Volume, both Hopsin and SwizZz released a collaborative mixtape titled Haywire in June 2009 to promote the label. SwizZz, Damien Ritter's younger brother and a former classmate of Hopsin at Monroe High, was the first artist to be signed to Funk Volume. Shortly before the departure from Ruthless Records, Hopsin founded his own independent label, Funk Volume, with Damien Ritter. Shortly after the album's release, Hopsin sought his release from Ruthless Records due to lack of financial compensation, artist support, and promotion. However his debut album, Gazing at the Moonlight was not released until October 27, 2009, with little to no promotion. The album was set to be self-produced by Hopsin and feature no collaborations with other artists. Hopsin's lead single from his debut album "Pans in the Kitchen" was released on May 27, 2008. He was originally hailed as one of the driving forces behind attempting to bring Ruthless Records back to previous glory. Hopsin had initially signed with Ruthless Records in 2007 and even began recording his debut album as early as 2004. Hopsin began recording his debut project Emurge in 2002 and was eventually released locally in 2003, copies of the project are very sparse and hard to find, a bootleg version appeared online in 2008 and had many extra songs on it, however to this day the album has never been released officially. Music career 2003–2009: Career beginnings, Ruthless Records and Funk Volume He credits Eminem as the rapper that initially got him interested in hip hop music. Upon his release, he began to pursue a career in music, purchased a microphone, and installed FL Studio (known as FruityLoops at the time) on his computer. Hopsin, who dropped out earlier that year, was sent to Los Angeles County Jail where he spent 8 days. It was supposed to be a school prank but later they were all charged and held on $20,000 bail. In 2004, Hopsin and a group of friends were arrested for vandalizing James Monroe High School property. He started rapping at sixteen years old, and took his hobby more seriously by 2003 which is the year the majority of the tracks from Hopsin's self-produced album Emurge were recorded. Hopsin has been an avid skateboarder since the age of twelve, and many of his music videos feature him skateboarding. He attended James Monroe High School, where he was placed into special education classes. Marcus Hopson was born on July 18, 1985, in Los Angeles, and was raised in the largely Hispanic Panorama City neighborhood of Los Angeles. He is well known for his use of white colored eye contacts in music videos, performances, and interviews. Hopsin has released five studio albums, Gazing at the Moonlight through Ruthless Records, Raw, Knock Madness and Pound Syndrome along with the collaborative project Haywire with SwizZz through Funk Volume and No Shame. He would then go on to found another record label, Undercover Prodigy, in 2016. In 2007, he was signed to Ruthless Records, and had founded his own record label, Funk Volume, in 2009. Time Out feat.Marcus Jamal Hopson (born July 18, 1985), known professionally as Hopsin, is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer from Los Angeles. Ubi, Wrekonize, Sammi Shyne & Emilio Rojas Featuring: Gavlyn, Nuutrino, Chris Webby, Jarren Benton, Demrick, Marlon Craft, Grieves, Vel the Wonder, Ras Kass, Reverie, Wax, Awol One, Dizzy Wright, Euroz, SwizZz, Marley B., Blimes, Gab, Ubi, Wrekonize, Sammi Shyne, Emilio Rojas, Madchild, Rittz, Hopsin
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