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RJ Payne, formerly known as Reign Man, is a Brooklyn bred, Philly groomed battle rap legend.
Career
RJ’s career took off while performing under the name Reign Man. He was selected as a finalist for MTV’s Making The Band 2 by P Diddy, and six months later won the MTV MC Battle, landing him a deal with Def Jam Records. Due to unexpected events involving the firing of then Def Jam President, Kevin Liles, Reign Man’s music was unfortunately shelved. He then signed with Jimmy Henchman, one of the most feared in the music industry, until Jimmy’s legal troubles began.
Back in Philly, Reign Man linked with Reed Dollaz and joined Top Klass, the city’s largest independent label. He was an integral part of the battle rap DVD era and had a cult following on the internet. His last battle was in 2015 where he won against URLS Ty Law.
Reign Man decided to drop the stage name and start recording music under his real name – RJ Payne. He released seven albums in 2017 under Educated Ignorance Music Group. Four albums were tributes to the late rappers, Big L, Big Pun, Prodigy of Mobb Deep, and Sean Price with all of the beats completely reproduced by PA Dre and his team The Pronoun. “The Art of Payne” and “Max Payne” were original full length releases, and “Murder in Less Than 60 Seconds” is a mixtape of his Instagram freestyles.
In 2018, RJ’s music and popularity began attracting national attention from both fans and celebrities. He released “Murder In Less Than 60 Seconds Vol 2” mixtape, “Goodbye” single and video ft the legendary DJ Doowop, “Dear Amerikkka” single ft Lord Jamar of Brand Nubian, “Death of Mumble Rap” single ft Reed Dollaz, and “Death of Mumble Rap Remix” ft DJ Doowop, Mysonne, Lady Luck, and PA Dre, “777”, an album inspired by Jay Z, with reproduced beats by PA Dre, "Kill The King Take The Throne" EP, "If Cocaine Could Talk" album ft Apathy, and "The Best of RJ Payne".
Discography
Albums
- The Art of Soul (2015)
- The Art of Payne (2017)
- Max Payne (2017)
- The Ghost of Big L (2017)
- The Ghost of Big Pun (2017)
- The Ghost of Prodigy (2017)
- The Ghost of Sean Price (2017)
- Murder In Less Than 60 Seconds Vol 1 (2017)
- Murder In Less Than 60 Seconds Vol 2 (2018)
- 777 (2018)
- Kill The King Take The Throne (2018)
- If Cocaine Could Talk (2018)
- The Best of RJ Payne (2018)
Singles
- "Goodbye" ft DJ Doowop
- "Death of Mumble Rap" ft Reed Dollaz
- "Death of Mumble Rap Remix" ft Mysonne, Lady Luck, DJ Doowop, and PA Dre
External links
- http://www.iamrjpayne.com
- http://www.youtube.com/iamrjpayne
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