"You dudes will NEVER catch me...so far ahead, my thoughts are 1080p" - Unknown

Just a dude from Tampa, FL with extra long dreads. I make beats and play A LOT of video games. Hit me up for exclusives and leases. My office is always open, except when it's not. 

The Rukus is Hip Hop. Two emcees on the mic, a dj on the scratch. Members of the Gwan Massive crew.

Two emcees on the mic, a DJ on the scratch... The Rukus is Hip Hop. Emcees KeithElite, Rude, and DJ Mike Blenda have been putting in work in the Tampa Bay Area for years, performing at countless shows in the area. Both Keith and Rude grew up in military families and have been a crew since high school when they lived overseas in Okinawa, Japan. Being military kids, moving around all the time, and living overseas opened their eyes to a lot of different things that have influenced their music and lives tremendously. After leaving Japan, they linked back up in Tampa with DJ Blenda, who had been consistently DJ'ing gigs all over Florida for years. The trio has created a solid foundation together in the Tampa music scene since 2005 . The Rukus is also part of Gwan Massive, a collection of emcees, DJ's, bands, and artists, all sharing a similar vision on creativity and expression. They have been featured in local papers, The Tampa Bay Times and Creative Loafing on numerous occasions over the years, gaining notoriety for their sound and energetic live performances. In April 2012, The Rukus was recognized as one of the Tampa Bay Times 2012 ten Ultimate Local Artists.

Besides rockin the stage with the Gwan Massive crew, The Rukus has performed on bills with the likes of Surreal, Louis Logic, LMNO of The Visionaries, !Mayday!, Hangar 18, The AB's (formerly Asamov), Blackalicious, J-Live, Illa J, the legendary De La Soul, and Raekwon The Chef, Slaughterhouse, as well as rockin the 2nd Stage of the Rock The Bells Festival in Miami, just to name a few.

With "The Patience Project," The Rukus brings you 16 tracks of pure Hip Hop featuring collaborations from other skilled Tampa artists, (Breakdown, Ranmecca, Jinx, E-Digga, Mike Mass, Dynasty, Mugabe Tenn, Nikki Ferraro, V-Dot, and Spon), along with some guest appearences from original Rukus members (Genocide, Sen-C, and Naimless). Rude is on the production for most of the album while DJ Blenda handles the cuts. Check it out, you will not be disappointed.

Two emcees on the mic, a DJ on the scratch... The Rukus is Hip Hop.

Shouts to the original Rukus headz nationwide... G. Hess holding us down in NYC, J. Rimondi and Sen-C in ATL, M. Boucher and Danno here in Tampa, Big Trav in Pensacola, FL, Kenny B. in Ohio, Ryan Jones in Dallas, and Chris D. aka Charizma Davinci, just to name a few. After all these years, we still have each others backs.

People out there, feel free to get at us anytime.

E-mail - therukusmusic@gmail.com

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