Intelligent Hoodlum

Hip hop music, Musical Artist

1971 –

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Who is Intelligent Hoodlum?

Percy Chapman IV, known by his stage name Tragedy Khadafi, and formerly known as Intelligent Hoodlum, is an American rapper and producer who hails from the Queensbridge Housing Projects in Queens, New York, who helped spawn other hip hop artists such as Nas, Cormega, Mobb Deep, Capone-N-Noreaga, and many others both through production and influence. His name is a reference to the former leader of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi. According to Amazon.com, he was responsible for coining the term "illmatic" in 1988, nearly 6 years before Illmatic, multi-platinum rapper Nas's debut album.

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Born
Aug 13, 1971
Queens
Also known as
  • Percy L. Chapman
  • Percy Chapman IV
  • Tragedy
  • Percy Chapman
  • Tragedy the Intelligent Hoodlum
  • MC Jade
  • MC Percy
  • Intelligent Hoodlum
  • Percy Tragedy
  • The Foul Mahdi
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Lived in
  • Queens

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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