Aesop Rock (born Ian Matthias Bavitz on June 5, 1976) is an American hip hop artist and producer. He was at the forefront of the new wave of underground and alternative hip hop acts that emerged during the late 1990s and early 2000s. He is signed to El-P's Definitive Jux label and is a current member of The Weathermen. Regarding his name, he said: "I acquired the name Aesop from a movie I had acted in with some friends. It was my character's name and it sort of stuck. The rock part came later just from throwing it in rhymes."
Biography
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- Official homepage at aesoprock.net
- Wikipedia article on Aesop Rock
- IMDb at imdb.com/name/nm1952454
- MySpace at myspace.com/aesoprockwins
- Last.fm page on Aesop Rock
- MusicBrainz entry on Aesop Rock
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BBC Reviews 
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None Shall Pass 2007
Reviewed by Louis Pattison
Incoherent but gritty offering from the San Francisco rapper/producer.
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