Ron Raphael Braunstein (born June 7, 1976), better known by his
stage-name Necro, is an American rapper from Brooklyn.He is the owner
of Psycho+Logical-Records founded November 1999. He is the younger
brother of rapper Ill Bill.Necro was born in Brooklyn, New York and
grew up in the Glenwood Houses, where he lived for eight years from
about 6 years old to age 14, when he moved to Canarsie. Born into a
Jewish family, he is the son of Israeli expatriates, with ancestry
from Israel and Romania. Necro's father was a Romanian-born Israeli
soldier and his mother an Orthodox baal teshuva.He began his musical
career at 11, playing in a death metal band named Injustice. He made a
transition from heavy metal to hip hop. In 1988, he started rapping
after being influenced by his older brother, rapper Ill Bill. Necro
derived his stage-name from the Slayer song "Necrophiliac". Before
that he called himself "Mad Mooney", which was a character from a
Clive Barker book. He made his first demo in about 1990 and won a demo
battle contest on the Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito show on WKCR-FM.
In about 1993 Necro started rapping full-time and made a demo called
"Do The Charles Manson". In 1995 he proceeded to rap on the Wildman
Steve and DJ Riz show WBAU 90.3FM.
stage-name Necro, is an American rapper from Brooklyn.He is the owner
of Psycho+Logical-Records founded November 1999. He is the younger
brother of rapper Ill Bill.Necro was born in Brooklyn, New York and
grew up in the Glenwood Houses, where he lived for eight years from
about 6 years old to age 14, when he moved to Canarsie. Born into a
Jewish family, he is the son of Israeli expatriates, with ancestry
from Israel and Romania. Necro's father was a Romanian-born Israeli
soldier and his mother an Orthodox baal teshuva.He began his musical
career at 11, playing in a death metal band named Injustice. He made a
transition from heavy metal to hip hop. In 1988, he started rapping
after being influenced by his older brother, rapper Ill Bill. Necro
derived his stage-name from the Slayer song "Necrophiliac". Before
that he called himself "Mad Mooney", which was a character from a
Clive Barker book. He made his first demo in about 1990 and won a demo
battle contest on the Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito show on WKCR-FM.
In about 1993 Necro started rapping full-time and made a demo called
"Do The Charles Manson". In 1995 he proceeded to rap on the Wildman
Steve and DJ Riz show WBAU 90.3FM.
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