Nate Dirrty

Hello world, meet Illicit, aka The Friend That Raps. This talented rapper/friend is a respected member of the Boston hip-hop community and is sure to be on your list of top 5 rappers with just one listen to any of his tracks.

Illicit was born and raised in Cambridge MA, a neighboring city to Boston. Since childhood, he listened to and learned from some of hip-hops greats, including the late Notorious B.I.G., Eminem, Jay-Z and Nas. And from a childhood interest in listening to hip-hop grew a young stars passion for writing and performing his own rhymes.

When Illicit entered high school, he picked up the pen and pad. Writing verses to radio hits and recording these remixes with a $20 mic, Illicit brought these songs to school to let his friends listen in the back of class.

Though his classmates were convinced that the emcee on the tracks was talented, they doubted it was actually their friend. So in order to prove them wrong, Illicit made the song Psychology (named after the class full of doubters) in which he dropped bar after bar of one liner jabs about each person in the class, proving once and for all that he wasIllicit, The Friend That Raps.