| “ | I'm a very private person, I have very few people that I call my friends. I'm very distrustful of human beings in general; I'm very distrustful of media. I have no interest in sharing my personal life with the world. Zero. | ” |
— Ride according to a Spin article
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Him, MC Ride, Stefan Burnett.
Stefan Corbin Burnett, also known as MC Ride, is a visual artist and the frontman of the experimental hip-hop group Death Grips.
Early life[]
Stefan Corbin Burnett was allegedly born on May 10, 1978 in Sacramento, California to Naomi and Errol Burnett. His brother, Isaac Burnett, is a Sacramento based rapper who, in the past, performed under the alias "Swank Daddy" during Fyre.
Careers and Mxlplx[]
Not much is known about Ride himself, except that he used to study visual art at Hampton University. But he dropped out since he was starting an experimental hip hop group with his brother. Ride started to nickname himself Mxlplx, and he also formed a hip hop group named Fyre, along with his brother Swank Daddy and Young G. The only well-known song from Mxlplx is a song called Civic Duties, filmed by G Highway (possibly Young G) out of Sacramento, California.
The project was cancelled because his brother got married, and Stefan had started to work at a pizzeria and he pursued his career as a painter.
Death Grips[]
After working at a pizza restaurant in 2010, MC Ride and his neighbor Zach Hill formed the band Death Grips. Zach also introduced his friend Andy to Ride and they all started to work together.
Thus, Death Grips was born.
After releasing their self-titled debut EP, they released a mixtape titled Exmilitary. After getting positive reviews and attention, the group signed to Epic Records in 2012, thus making The Money Store.
In the same year, Death Grips leaked No Love Deep Web, despite Epic Records' hesitance to release the album until 2013. They also leaked an unmastered version and the instrumentals from their previous album, The Money Store. They were subsequently dropped from Epic Records. Also in 2013, they released Government Plates.
As of July 2014, they announced their disbandment, but they released Fashion Week, which was an album of instrumentals. They later released N*ggas on the Moon and then Jenny Death as a double album called The Powers That B.
On May 6th, 2016, Death Grips released their second newest, Bottomless Pit.
May 22nd, 2017 marked the release of the 22-minute song Steroids (Crouching Tiger Hidden Gabber). This, along with the song More Than the Fairy (which features Les Claypool of Primus), and the album, Year of the Snitch.
They also released Gmail and the Restraining Orders in 2019, Which was then released onto streaming platforms in 2020.
Trivia[]
- According to a Reddit post[1], Stefan apparently has a website filled with drawings and paintings he made. Check it out. It's really cool.