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Rene Francisco Sotomayor, better known by the stage name T-Bone, is a conscious/inspirational Christian rapper. His father is Nicaraguan and his mother is Salvadoran.〔(House of T-Bone )〕 His name came from being called 'Bones' as a youngster because he was very skinny. The 'T' was "added to give the name a little slang edge." ==Music career== According to published interview, he started rapping at the age of seven at parties and in ''rap battles''. He was close to getting a gangsta rap record but, after changing his life, he opened for a noted rock group at that time which led him to getting signed to his first inspirational record deal that very night. His first three albums: ''Redeemed Hoodlum'' in 1991, ''Tha Life of a Hoodlum'' in 1993 and ''Tha Hoodlum's Testimony'' in 1995 were released on the independent ''Metro One'' record label. All three albums were characterized by being gangsta rap albums, which was rare in the inspirational music scene at the time. In 1997, he released ''History of a Hoodlum'', a three-disc compilation set of the hits from his first three albums released on the Diamante record label. After a brief hiatus, T-Bone released his fourth album, and first on the Flicker Records music label, ''Tha Last Street Preacha'', in 2000, to critical acclaim. ''Tha Last Street Preacha'' was nominated for the Rock Gospel Album Grammy Award.〔("Complete list of Grammy nominations" ), ''The Seattle Times'', January 4, 2002.〕 and saw T-Bone break into the Christian Contemporary Music market. It was the first rap album to debut at No. 7 on the Christian Contemporary Music charts. 2002 saw an increased exposure of T-Bone to both Christian and mainstream markets with the release of his fifth album, titled ''Gospelalphamegafunkyboogiediscomusic''. The album was characterised by the guest appearance of hip-hop legend ''KRS-One'' on the title track - returning the favour of the controversial guest spot T-Bone had made on KRS-One's ''Spiritual Minded'' album earlier in the year. 2005 saw the release of his most controversial, and successful, album to date: ''Bone-A-Fide''. ''Bone-A-Fides album cover controversially featured T-Bone in an image evoking Che Guevara, leading to concerns that he was promoting communist ideologies—charges he denied. Adding to the controversy were collaborations with two major secular rappers: Mack 10 and Chino XL. ''Bone-A-Fide'' was his first album not to be produced by long-time collaborator Chase Dante and, perhaps deliberately, saw T-Bone move away from the previous West Coast sound of his earlier albums to a smoother, more East Coast sound. Also, in 2005, he was featured as Jairus in the rock opera ''!Hero'', along with Michael Tait of Tait and dc Talk, Rebecca St. James, and Mark Stuart of Audio Adrenaline. ''Bone-Appetit!'', a greatest hits album titled, was released on September 25, 2007.〔(Rapzilla.com - New T-Bone Release Hot Off the Grill September 25 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「T-Bone (rapper)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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