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Oscar Jackson Jr. (born October 29, 1967), better known by his stage name Paris, is an American rapper and record producer from San Francisco, California, known for his highly charged political and socially conscious lyrics.
Paris was catapulted into the national scene in 1990 with his hit single The Devil Made Me Do It and album of the same name, after earning a bachelor’s degree in economics from UCLA-Davis. He is...
Militantly Muslim hardcore rapper from San Francisco who has remained one of political hip-hop's most influential figures since the early 1990s. Read Full Biography.
Oscar Jackson Jr. (born October 29, 1967), better known by his stage name Paris, is an American rapper and record producer from San Francisco, California, known for his highly charged political and socially conscious lyrics.
Oscar Jackson, Jr. (born October 29, 1967), better known by his stage name Paris, is an American rapper from San Francisco, California, known for his highly charged political and socially conscious lyrics. Influenced by the Black Panthers, he was once a member of the Nation of Islam.
Biography. One of hip-hop's most militantly Afrocentric radicals, Paris struggled for most of his career to find acceptance for his fiercely political music, which drew from the provocative intelligence of Public Enemy and the gut-level rage of early Ice Cube.
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The rapper, who hosted a show during the Tokyo Olympics, is returning for another go at the 2024 Games in Paris.
