Whenever we get to do a research on an artist in rap music, we go through the regular music search or better yet rap music search routine. We try to determine who contribute the most to the current state of rap music. The music search on this artist is somewhat different. The artist name is Afroman. When doing our rap music search, we do not only

look at contributors from a historical perspective but also one hit wonders. It is interesting when we did our music search, we found many one hit wonders that became mainstream on one song. But as Afroman realize, you have to have more in order to have longevity in the rap music game.

The song "Because I Got High" was based on Afroman's inability to clean up his room. The song lists a number of activities — cleaning his room, going to court, attending class — that get derailed because of "reefer madness."

• True
  
• False

______________ radio show boosted "Because I Got High"'s popularity by playing the song on his show.

• Steve Harvey Morning Show
  
• Hot 97
  
• Howard Stern
  
• None of the above

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These questions are fairly simple but when we were compiling our rap music search or researches, we try to incorporate many elements of easy and hard questions. To better help you with questions relating to Afroman, I have included his Bio below. Please read and reread because most of the information gathered from our music search will help you in the weekly contest.

Born Joseph Foreman, Afroman may be the first artist to achieve a worldwide hit with the assistance of the Internet. Citing his influences as Too Short , Big Daddy Kane , and 2 Live Crew , he began his rap career in the eighth grade when he started making homemade tapes of his own songs and passing them out to his classmates. He got his start as a performer at church where he played drums and eventually moved on to playing guitar. For a while, he used to work as a baggage handler at an airport while trying to make an impression with his songs.

He was still living in East Palmdale, Los Angeles, when in November 1999 Afroman released his first album, Sell Your Dope , and played parties, sidewalks, and contests. Not finding L.A. to his liking, he moved to Hattiesburg, MS, where he teamed up with drummer

Jody Stallone and keyboardist/bassist Daryl Havard . In the spring of 2000 he concocted his second LP, Because I Got High , with producer Tim Ramenofsky . He distributed it at shows and with the help of T-Bone Records in Hattiesburg. The more people he performed for, the more word of mouth spread, with not just a little help from the Internet's controversial music-file swapping service, Napster. Someone who got his hands on his music at a show posted the track "Because I Got High" to Napster and suddenly everything changed for Afroman. Then Howard Stern 's radio show boosted "Because I Got High"'s popularity by playing the song on his show. The song "Because I Got High" was based on Afroman's inability to clean up his room. The song lists a number of activities — cleaning his room, going to court, attending class — that get derailed because of "reefer madness."

Afroman eventually also gained the attention of Universal Records, who signed him to a six-album deal. His first Universal album, The Good Times , was a compilation of his first two LPs and a few new ones. "Because I Got High" was also included on the soundtrack to Kevin Smith 's film Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck . "Because I Got High" became a huge hit around the world in the last quarter of 2001. When he returned in 2004, he did so in a big way, with the double-disc Afroholic...the Even Better Times , albeit he did so independently. Free of Universal, he wrote, produced, and recorded Afroholic on his own, marketed it largely via the Internet (www.afromanmusic.com), and toured with a live band.