Born & Raised

Born & Raised

Born and Raised is Cormega's highly anticipated follow up to The True<br>Meaning which won the Source Magazine s prestigious Underground<br>album of the Year award in 2002 and his critically acclaimed 2001 debut<br>The Realness.<br>Cormega, real name Cory McKay, grew up in the Queensbridge Housing<br>Projects, forming childhood friendships with future rappers such as Nas,<br>Mobb Deep, Nature and Capone-N-Noreaga. Noted for his vivid and<br>poignant narratives about inner-city life, Mega gained notoriety in the 90s,<br>despite still being incarcerated, following a shout-out from Nas on his<br>song One Love on the classic Illmatic album.<br>After his release from prison in 1995, Cormega became determined to<br>pursue rapping. Nas featured Mega as a guest on Affirmative Action<br>from his second album It Was Written. From there Cormega started his<br>own record company, Legal Hustle Records and dropped the two<br>aforementioned releases.<br>Born and Raised features an all star cast of legendary producers including<br>DJ Premier, Large Professor, Pete Rock, LES, Buckwild, Havoc, Nottz,<br>Easy Mo Bee, Ayatollah, Fizzy Womack, and DR Period as well as<br>appearances from EMPD s Parish Smith, Brand Nubian s Grand Puba,<br>KRS-One, Big Daddy Kane, Tragedy Khadafi, Mobb Deep s Havoc and<br>Fame of MOP. This album is a must for any true Hip Hop fan.