Along Came The Chosen



Corey Isiah Christie, better known by his stage name Reks is a Boston rapper. His albums Along Came The Chosen (2001, Landspeed Records), Rekless (2003), Grey Hairs (2008, Showoff Records), and More Grey Hairs (2009, Showoff Records) were released to general acclaim in the hip hop community. His debut featured hip hop musicians including Young Zee, Ed OG, J-Live and 7L while his third album featured DJ Premier, Large Professor, Skyzoo, Big Shug, Termanology, Krumbsnatcha and was mostly produced by Statik Selektah. His 2008 song, Say Goodnight was #3 on about.com's list of the top 100 rap songs of 2008. His 5th album is R.E.K.S., which stands for Rhythmatic Eternal King Supreme, and was released to critical acclaim on March 12, 2011. In 2012 Reks appeared on UK Hip Hop artist Ricta's debut album Snacks & Deception. Like most 2000s Boston rappers, he was inspired by late rapper Scientifik that died in 1998, he is the founder of Massachusetts hip hop since 1990 Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.