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Guru (born Keith Elam, July 17, 1966 in the Boston Guru
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neighborhood of Roxbury) [note 1] is an American rapper
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and member of the hip-hop duo Gang Starr. He is known
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for delivering complex lyrics in a unique monotone style.
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Members of the hip-hop community[specify] consider him to
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be one of the pioneers of hiphop/jazz crossover. The name
Guru is a backronym that stands for "Gifted Unlimited
toolbox Rhymes Universal" and the less often used "God is
What links here Universal, he is the Ruler Universal".
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On February 28, 2010 Guru suffered a heart attack and
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went into a coma, and died March 1, 2010
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Cite this page 1 Background
2 Discography
languages 2.1 Jazzmatazz Albums
Dansk 2.2 Label Compilation (Various Artists)
Deutsch 2.3 Baldhead Slick All Star Album
Español 2.4 Solo Albums Background information
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3 Filmography Born July 17, 1966 (age 43)
Italiano Origin Roxbury, Massachusetts
4 Notes
Kiswahili
5 References Genres Hip Hop, Jazz
Polski
6 External links Occupations Rapper, Producer
Years active 1987–3/1/2010
In 2007 Guru was ranked at 45 for the Top 50 MCs of our time: 1987-2007[2]
On February 28th 2010, Guru suffered a severe heart attack and is currently in a coma. Guru will
undergo surgery on March the 1st in LA. [3]
More on this topic is to be found in the main article for Gang Starr.
Discography
Gang Starr albums are listed in the group's main article.
Jazzmatazz Albums
Album information
Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1
Released: May 18, 1993
Billboard 200 chart position: #94
UK chart position: #58
R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: #15
Singles: "Trust Me", "Loungin'", "No Time To Play" & "Le Bien, Le Mal"
Album information
Guru Presents Ill Kid Records
Released: 1995
Billboard 200 chart position: -
R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: -
Singles: -
Album information
Baldhead Slick & Da Click
Released: September 25, 2001
Billboard 200 chart position: #122
R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: #22
Singles: "Where's Our Money?!/In Here" & "Cry/Pimp Shit"
Solo Albums
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Version 7.0: The Street Scriptures
Released: May 10, 2005
Billboard 200 chart position: -
R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: #54
Singles: "Cave In", "Step In The Arena 2" & "Hood Dreamin"
Singles: "Divine Rule", "Fastlane", "Ride", "After Time & "No Gimmick Sh*t"
Slightly Stoopid did a collaboration with Guru on their 2006 album Chronchitis. The song is called The
Otherside.
Filmography
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories 2005 as 8-Ball
Kung Faux 2003 as Voice Over/Various
Urban Massacre 2002 as Cereal Killah
Grand Theft Auto III 2001 as 8-Ball
3 A.M. 2001 as Hook-Off
Train Ride 2000 as Jay
The Substitute 2: School's Out 1998 as Little B.
Who's the Man? 1993 as Martin Lorenzo
Notes
1. ^ Several seemingly reliable sources state that he was born in 1966, e.g. Birchmeier, Jason "Gang Starr
Biography ", Allmusic, Macrovision Corporation, and "Afternoon Fix: Celebrity Birthdays ", MTV, retrieved 23
September 2008
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1. ^ http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.8028/title.guru-and-dj-solar-slated-to-release-album-in-
09
2. ^ http://rap.about.com/od/toppicks/ss/Top50Emcees_2.htm
3. ^ http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.10731/title.gang-starrs-guru-goes-into-cardiac-arrest-
in-a-coma
External links
Guru (rapper) at MySpace
Guru & Solar interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' June 2009
Guru Waxpoetics Interview
guru7grand.net 7 Grand Records website
Official Guru's Jazzmatazz site
Guru at the Internet Movie Database
Guru Jazzmatazz interview
Guru and Solar Interview with ArtOfRhyme.com
Guru Interview with Britishhiphop.co.uk
Rappers Afu-Ra • Bahamadia • Big Shug • DJ Premier • Guru • Freddie Foxxx • Jeru the Damaja
No More Mr. Nice Guy • Step in the Arena • Daily Operation • Hard to Earn •
Gang Starr albums
Moment of Truth • The Ownerz
Categories: 1966 births | Living people | East Coast rappers | African American rappers | East Coast
hip hop musicians | Musicians from Massachusetts | Members of the Nation of Gods and Earths |
People from Boston, Massachusetts