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THE PSYCHO REALM
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The Psycho Realm is a Latin supergroup started in 1989 by brothers Sick Jacken (Jack Gonzalez) and Big Duke (Gustavo Gonzalez) from the Downtown, Pico-Union area of Los Angeles. In 1994, B-Real of the rap group Cypress Hill saw Psycho Realm performing at Olvera Street for an End Barrio Warfare concert. Their performance inspired B-Real to the point that he wanted to join the group.
In 1997 Sony released the first Psycho Realm album, labeled as an addition to the Cypress Hill Family by the sticker placed on the CD case. Due to conflicts with the record label the Gonzalez brothers were dropped from Sony as Jacken explains, "the machine was just trying to censor me / Didn't do it for Sony so they ended up releasing me / Independent, no longer locked down for an infinity / So my vicinity stays true to my identity." The brothers then went on to form Sick Symphonies, their own record label, and released 2 more albums: A War Story Book 1 in 2000 and A War Story Book 2 in 2003. Tragedy struck the group in 1999 when Big Duke was shot in the neck, leaving him paralyzed from the neck down.
Sick Jacken went on to start a successful career as a solo artist, doing many features on songs from other successful rap artists along the way. Big Duke has established himself as a producer, working on projects soon to be released.
Be on the lookout for new music from the Sick Symphonies label...
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