![]() Hey, rap and rock were already mingling by the late '90s, so why not try the same thing with the blues? It has a similar origin story (music of poor black communities co-opted by a lot of white guys), and it had been so long since Everlast's first album, perhaps the public would buy him as a road-weary troubadour of the down-trodden. That only lasted a half-decade though, so Everlast went back to the solo scene, taking on a new persona of 'Whitey Ford', and put some learned guitar skills to use. Schrody soon found himself teaming up with Danny Boy and DJ Lethal, creating a little group by the name of House Of Pain - you've definitely heard of them. Fortunately, he also realized label management was forcing him into a mould he didn't fit, so Mr. Not that I blame the initial apathy, his 1989 debut Forever Everlasting one corny-ass example of rap, even with an Ice-T bump (that video for The Rhythm!). ![]() ![]() Yet one name always slips from this discussion, despite being one of hip-hop's most successful artists throughout the '90s, one Erik Schrody. The bottom line is there's always someone out there called upon to be the torch-bearer of Caucasian representation in rap. I won't get into the nitty-gritty of this tale here, as I only have a mere, and it's a topic that could cover a couple volumes worth of perspectives. Throughout hip-hop's history, there's been the ongoing side-story of The Next Great White Hope.
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