I’m shocked nobody said Fred Durst
I just found out he is a Mayne man and was raised in Gastonia, NC, outside of Charlotte.
__________________
en.m.wikipedia.org
Early life
edit
Durst was born Frederick Allen Mayne III in
Jacksonville, Florida, but soon moved to
Orlando and then a farm in
Cherryville, North Carolina, at one year old. His mother Anita had him rechristened as William Frederick Durst after remarrying Bill Durst, a local police officer. Shortly after, Durst's parents had another child, his half-brother Cory Durst. In the fifth grade, he moved to
Gastonia, North Carolina, where he graduated from
Hunter Huss High School.
[2][3][4][5][6] As a child, Durst was bullied, which he incorporated into his music. At the age of 12, Durst took an interest in
breakdancing,
hip hop,
punk rock, and
heavy metal. He began to
rap,
skate,
beatbox, and DJ. Leaving the Navy after two years (1988–1990), Durst moved back to Jacksonville with his father where he worked as a landscaper and a tattoo artist while developing an idea for a band that combined elements of rock and hip-hop.
[7][8]
________________________
So does this mean ..... *gulp* ...... that it's an argument that Fred Durst is the first mainstream "rapper" out of NC and not Petey Pablo

.....
I hate when I have to revisionist history my damn self, but I just seek Truth .... I'm flummoxed

like a motherfuucker, b/se Petey from my area of NC.