Saukrates is tagged as: hip-hop, rap, hip hop, toronto, underground hip-hop Saukrates aka Big Sox (born Amani Wailoo on December 20, 1977 in Toronto, Ontario), is a Canadian Hip-Hop artist/producer. Along with Kardinal Offishall, he is usually considered to be the most skilled rapper from Canada. He is part of Capitol Hill Music, and frontman of the five-man hip hop group Big Black Lincoln. In 1994, his first track was titled “Still Caught Up”, which earned a nomination for Best Rap Recording at the 1996 Juno Awards. He was also nominated for another Juno of the same award in 2000 for “Money Or Love”. In 2001, Saukrates produced the track “Uh-Huh” for Redman’s Malpractice album, and appeared on a track called “Enjoy Da Ride”. He also did a track called “Fine Line” for the soundtrack to Method Man and Redman’s How High movie. In 2002, Saukrates teamed up with fellow Canadian producer Agile from BrassMunk to produce the track “Heaven” for Nas’ God’s Son and it featured Jully Black. Canadian hip hop artists have had a hard time getting established south of the border, and Saukrates is no exception. In 1996, he was signed to Warner Bros. Records. Unfortunately for Saukrates, Warner dropped him in 1998, which was one year before his debut album The Undergroun... Read More About Saukrates Biography... Send Saukrates ringtones to your cell |
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