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Boston-based hardcore rapper
Slaine is a solo recording artist yet is also affiliated with the groups
Special Teamz and
La Coka Nostra. He made his solo recording debut in 2006 with the EP Rich Man, Poor Man and the full-length album The White Man Is the Devil (the "white man" a drug rather than racial reference), followed by The White Man Is the Devil, Vol. 2: Citizen Caine in 2007. Comprised of
Slaine,
Edo G, and Jaysaun,
Special Teamz made their recording debut in 2007 with the full-length album Stereotypez on Duck Down Records. The other group with whom
Slaine is affiliated,
La Coka Nostra, is a fairly loose collective also featuring
Everlast,
Danny Boy, and
DJ Lethal (i.e., the trio formerly known as
House of Pain) along with
Ill Bill (formerly of Non Phixion),
Big Left, and Mister Kaves.
A World with No Skies 2.0 would follow in 2011, the “2.0” a reference to
Slaine’s re-recording of many tracks due to a problem clearing samples. ~ Jason Birchmeier