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Tame One
Tame One in 2019
Background information
Birth name	Rahem Ross Brown
Born	(1970-03-20)March 20, 1970 Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Died	November 6, 2022(2022-11-06) (aged 52)
Genres	Hip-Hop
Occupation	Rapper
Years active	1988–2022
Labels	Big Beat/Atlantic Records Eastern Conference Records Fat Beats FloSpot Records Amalgam Digital Parallel Thought Division East Records Empire Records

Rahem Ross Brown (March 20, 1970 – November 6, 2022), better known by his stage name Tame One, was an American hip hop recording artist and graffiti artist from New Jersey. He was a member of Artifacts, Leak Bros, and the hip-hop supergroup The Weathermen.

Musical career

As half of rap duo Artifacts (with brother El Da Sensei), they released their "graffiti-honoring debut" album Between a Rock and a Hard Place in 1994, and a follow-up album That's Them in 1997. Tame One has released two albums with the Artifacts, eight solo albums, six mixtapes, and five collaborations one with former labelmate Cage as Leak Bros (Waterworld), one with Del the Funky Homosapien (Parallel Uni-verses) and The Revolution album with Dro Pesci and Nick Jackelson. He has worked with artists such as Aesop Rock, El-P, DJ Mr. Len, Breeze Brewin, Travis McCoy, Vast Aire, Yak Ballz, Hussein Fatal, Mos Def, Dro Pesci, and etc. He joined the underground supergroup the Weathermen which was formed in 2002 by Cage and El-P, and the same year he released his first solo album and EC debut named When Rappers Attack. Tame One's second solo album O.G. Bobby Johnson appeared in 2005. Next year he issued his next album called Slow Suicide Stimulus, a cooperative project with the Dusted Dons.

In July 2009 Tame One released a music video for his single "Anxiety Attacks" directed by Derek Pike. Credited with making hip-hop's first song about "Molly" (MDMA, the active ingredient in Ecstasy) at this time, Tame met Staten Island rapper Dro Pesci. Together they recorded the yet-to-be-released album "The Revolution".

Tame One then released an EP at slangcorp.com called Hell or High Water produced by DJ Junkwaffel. He also worked on an Artifacts reunion album No Expiration Date (2022) and promoted a Boom Skwad Recordings EP (CRAZEE, Doin Me and Boom Skwad on Attack).

In 2024, production duo Parallel Thought posthumously produced Acid Tab Vocab, "'Old Jersey Bastard'", and with Xing and Fox Spazmatic. Also in 2024, Young Zee released "Burn Out" and Division East Records re-released The Grudge LP.

Personal life and death

Tame One was the first cousin of rapper Redman. He belonged to graffiti crews FC CREW (Fame City / First Class Crew), originated Boom Skwad Crew (including DJ RhinoCMZ and AKool) as well as LTD (Local Transit Destroyers). He painted pieces, murals and subway trains alongside brother Maliq Griffin (DJ Porno). Tame One died from kidney and heart failure on November 6, 2022, at the age of 52. The medical examiner cited prescribed pharmaceuticals as the likely cause of the heart failure. Rahem's mother Darlene Harris utilizes Instagram and Facebook accounts to continue Tame One's artistic legacy.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Artifacts

• Between a Rock and a Hard Place (1994)
• That's Them (1997)
• That's Them: Lost Files 1989-1992 (2018)
• Rare Collabs & Features (2019)
• Best of... (2019)
• No Expiration Date (2022) (with Buckwild)

The Weathermen

• "The Conspiracy" Mix CD Vol 1" (2003)

Leak Bros

• Waterworld (2004) (with Cage)

Slow Suicide Stimulus

• Slow Suicide Stimulus (2006) (with Dusted Dons)

Del the Funky Homosapien & Tame One

• Parallel Uni-Verses (2009)

Black Galactus & The Latino Silver Surfer

• Black Galactus & The Latino Silver Surfer (2018) (with Sol Zalez)

Young Zee x Tame One

• Burn Outz (2024, recorded in 2015)

Unreleased Albums

• Untitled Album with Camu Tao
• Toxic Twins with C-Chan
• The Revolution with Dro Pesci & Nick Jackelson
• TAMER (produced by SuperBrownBum)

References

1. TAME-ONE.COM:: Official Web Site of the Notty-Headed Terror in Ghetto Minor
2. Tame One Retrieved on 21 Feb 2018
3. Palmer, Shone (2022-11-08). "Famous Rapper Tame One Passes Away At Age 52!". San Diego Local News. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
4. East Orange/Newark Hip-Hop Artist "Tame One" from Artifacts Has Passed Away at 52
5. Blistein, Jon (November 7, 2022). "Artifacts Rapper Tame One Dead at 52". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
6. "Tame One, Artifacts & The Weathermen Rapper, Dead at 52". Billboard. November 7, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
7. "New Jersey rap veteran Tame One dies at 52". The Fader. November 7, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
8. ^ Tame One Retrieved on 21 Feb 2018

External links

• Cyril Cordor. "Biography", allmusic, undated. Link retrieved July 13, 2009.
• Tom Doggett. "Tame One:: Spazmatic:: Blazin' Records", rapreviews, March 28, 2006. Link retrieved July 13, 2009.
• Vincent Thomas. "Spazmatic", allmusic, undated. Link retrieved July 13, 2009.
• Steve 'Flash' Juon. "Tame One :: When Rappers Attack :: Eastern Conference Records", previews, March 4, 2003. Link retrieved July 13, 2009.
• Jason MacNeil. "When Rappers Attack", allmusic, undated. Link retrieved July 13, 2009.

• 1970 births
• 2022 deaths
• African-American male rappers
• American male rappers
• Rappers from Newark, New Jersey
• Underground rappers
• 21st-century American rappers
• 21st-century American male musicians
• The Weathermen (hip-hop group) members
• 21st-century African-American musicians
• 20th-century African-American musicians