Prof ndi rapper waku America komanso wolemba nyimbo wochokera ku Minnesota, USA. Amadziwika kuti ndi m'modzi mwa akatswiri oimba nyimbo za rap m'boma. Chiwopsezo cha kutchuka kwa wojambulayo chinabwera mu 2007-2010 pa ma Albums ake oyambirira.
Wambiri ya woimba. Zaka Zoyambirira
Mzinda wa kwawo kwa wojambulayo ndi Minneapolis. Ubwana wa wojambula sungathe kutchedwa wophweka. Bambo ake anali ndi matenda ochititsa munthu kusinthasintha zochitika, chifukwa cha mikangano ndi mikangano nthawi zonse m'banja. Pachifukwa chomwecho, amayi a rapper anasudzula bambo ake ndipo anasamukira ndi alongo atatu a Yakobo (dzina lenileni la woimba).
Ali wachinyamata, Prof anali kale munthu wopanga. Komabe, sanayambe ndi nyimbo. Yakobo adabwera ndi (mpaka mwatsatanetsatane pang'ono) chithunzi cha munthu wina wanthabwala, chomwe chidachitika ali ndi anzake. Chifukwa chake, adakwanitsa kupanga munthu wosiyana, momwe adabadwanso kuti aseke ena.
Zochita zoyamba za Prof ndi msonkhano watsoka
Chapakati pa zaka za m'ma 2000, adachita chidwi ndi hip-hop. Ali ndi zaka 20, Jacob anali atayamba kale kusewera m'mabala akomweko. Zisudzo sakanatchedwa nyimbo kwathunthu. Nthawi zambiri, iwonso anali ongopeka manambala kuyimirira (apa Yakobo anasonyeza kale luso lake analandira mu ubwana). Komabe, pa madzulo awa, woimba wam'tsogolo akukumana ndi Mike Campbell. Patapita nthawi, munthu uyu adzakhala mtsogoleri wamkulu wa rapper.
Pambuyo podziwana bwino komanso mgwirizano wautali, Jacob ndi Mike akukhala mamenejala a Stophouse Music Group, gulu la nyimbo kumudzi kwawo. Cholembacho chinalinso ndi situdiyo yake, pomwe Prof pambuyo pake adajambula zambiri zomwe adatulutsa.
Poyamba ndi ntchito yotsatira ya wojambulayo
"Project Gampo" ndi wolemba yekha yekha mbiri, amene anakhala pafupifupi wosaoneka. Komabe, nyimbo zaumwini kuchokera pamenepo zinalola woimbayo kupeza mafani oyambirira a ntchito yake. Chimbale chachiwiri ndi "Recession Music", yolembedwa mogwirizana ndi St. Paul Slim mu 2009 adakhala wopambana. Watsopanoyo adatha kudziwonetsera yekha kwa anthu ambiri ndikupita kupyola dziko lakwawo ndi nyimbo zake.
Chimbale chachitatu "King Gampo" chidakhala chosangalatsa kwa rapper. Zojambulidwa m'njira "zoseketsa" (wojambulayo adaphatikiza mwaluso nyimbo za rap ndi nkhani zoseketsa, nthawi zina zotukwana), kutulutsidwako kudayambitsa chipwirikiti chenicheni. Ena adatcha mnyamatayo kuti ndi wanzeru - chifukwa cha mawu ake komanso luso lopangitsa omvera kuseka. Ena, m'malo mwake, adawona masitayilo oterowo ngati kukoma koyipa komanso kunyoza mtunduwo.
Mwanjira ina, wojambulayo ali wokhazikika kwambiri m'dziko lake. Mu 2012, adasankhidwa kukhala m'modzi mwa ochita bwino kwambiri m'boma. Apa m'pofunika kudziwa kuti anakhala pafupifupi yekha Minnesota rapper amene kutchuka kukhoza kupitirira chigawo. Kuonjezera apo, adatha kutchuka ndi chithandizo chochepa kapena osachiritsika kuchokera ku wayilesi yapakati - yomwe ilinso yosowa.
Mu 2013, Minnesota inachititsa "Soundset" - chikondwerero cha nyimbo choyitana nyenyezi za kukula kwake. Komabe, ola limodzi kuti ayambe zidadziwika kuti Busta Rhymes sangabweretse pulogalamu yake kuti achite. M'malo mwa Basta, Jacob adalowa siteji ndikuchita pulogalamu yonse. Izi zidapewa kusakhutira kwa mafani, chifukwa omvera akumaloko amamudziwa Prof bwino ndipo adamulandira mopanda chidwi.
Kusintha kwa zilembo ndi kulimbikira kwa woimba
Ngakhale kuti chimbale chachitatu, chotulutsidwa pa Stophouse Music Group, chinali chopambana kuposa ziwiri zapitazo, Jacob anaganiza zosiya chizindikiro chake. Anaganiza zotulutsa zatsopano ndi makampani ena. Kusankha kudagwera pa Rhymesayers Entertainment. Mgwirizanowu udasainidwa mu Disembala 2013.
Komabe, nyimbo yachinayi inalembedwa kwa zaka pafupifupi ziwiri ndipo inatulutsidwa mu 2015. Kutulutsidwa kwa "Liability" kunakhala kopambana ndipo ngakhale kugunda tchati cha Billboard, kumene kunatenga maudindo 141. Ngakhale izi, woimbayo adapumanso ndipo kwa zaka zitatu sanauze mafani ake chilichonse chokhudza kukonzekera zinthu zatsopano.
Mu 2018, solo yachisanu "Bookie Baby" idatulutsidwa ndikulengeza pang'ono. Zolembazo zidalandira ndemanga zosakanikirana kuchokera kwa otsutsa ndipo zidawoneka kukhala zosawoneka bwino kuposa zolemba ziwiri zam'mbuyomu. Komabe, kunali mpweya wabwino kwa mafani. Kutchuka kwa woimbayo sikunachuluke, koma adasungabe udindo wake ngati m'modzi mwa oimba otchuka kwambiri ku Minnesota.
Prof wakhala akutulutsa osakwatiwa kuyambira 2018, ndikuwombera mavidiyo pa ntchito iliyonse yomwe yatuluka. Njirayi idayamikiridwa ndi mafani, motero adagula mofunitsitsa zinthu zatsopano pamapulatifomu anyimbo. M'chaka chomwecho, adapanga nyimbo ya TV ya Rookie. Nyimbo "Church" anatsegula nyengo yachiwiri ya TV.
Patatha chaka chimodzi, wojambulayo adapereka nyimbo yoyamba ya "Powderhorn Suites" yomwe ikubwera. Nyimboyi idayenera kutulutsidwa m'mwezi wa Meyi, koma woyimbayo adayamba kukhala ndi zovuta pakutulutsa. Malingaliro ake, oyang'anira adasokoneza kwambiri nkhani za mawu ndi semantic za disc. Zotsatira zake ndikukana kumasula pa Rhymesayers. Jacob adabwereranso ku Stophouse Music Group yake ndikutulutsanso kugwa kwa chaka chimenecho.
Icho chinali chisankho choyenera - chimbalecho chinafika pa malo 36 pa Billboard 200. Palibe ma Albums a rapper omwe adafika pa izi. M'nyengo yozizira ya 2021, Prof adalengeza pa malo ochezera a pa Intaneti kuti ali otanganidwa kujambula mbiri yatsopano pompano. Analonjeza kuti adzaumasula pofika chilimwe.
