Video to Watch: Afro Man/Reefer Madness Music Video “Let’s Get High Tonight”

June 27, 2009 by Oxford Wright

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Born Joseph Foreman, he became Afroman after being teased by a girl during his aspiring artist days. Joseph may be the first artist to achieve a worldwide hit with the assistance of the Internet .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. Joseph got his start as a performer at church where he played drums and eventually moved on to playing guitar On November, 1999, Joseph released his first album, Sell Your Dope, and played parties, sidewalks, and contests . He later moved to Hattiesburg, Mississippi, which he still calls home. There he teamed up with drummer Jody Stallone and keyboardist/bassist Daryl Havard. In the spring of 2000 he made 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. He got considerable help from from the Internet’s controversial music file swapping service, Napster Someone who got their hands on his music at a show posted the track “Because I Got High” to Napster and suddenly everything changed for Joseph. Then Howard Stern’s radio show boosted “Because I Got High’s popularity by playing the song on his show.Joseph 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 month of 2001 and was nominated for a Grammy Award .

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