{"id":90408,"date":"2015-06-11T19:45:21","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T17:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=90408"},"modified":"2015-06-11T19:45:21","modified_gmt":"2015-06-11T17:45:21","slug":"pumpkinhead-r-i-p-1975-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/pumpkinhead-r-i-p-1975-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Pumpkinhead R.I.P. (1975.-2015.)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Pumpkinhead\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Robert Alan Diaz<\/strong> (September 17, 1975 \u2013 June 9, 2015) known by his stage name Pumpkinhead<\/strong> or P.H.<\/strong>, was an American rapper and hip hop artist. He grew up in the Park Slope area of Brooklyn, New York. He started as a boy at age 10 and began writing rap lyrics during his 6th grade language arts class after hearing the song Nightmares <\/em> by Dana Dane<\/strong>. He also stated he was influenced by Redman<\/strong> and the Leaders of the New School<\/strong>, as well as Doug E. Fresh<\/strong>. He also cites his experience of meeting 2pac<\/strong> and witnessing his ability to write and record songs on the spot as a motivating factor in his emceeing.<\/p>\n

Pumpkinhead<\/strong> got a break in New York City hip hop when a friend of his gave a demo tape to Bobbito Garcia<\/strong> of the Stretch & Bobbito Show<\/strong> on WKCR. His breakthrough single was 1997’s Dynamic<\/em> which became a staple of mixtapes in the late 1990s. <\/p>\n

Pumpkinhead<\/strong> has been a guest on several hip hop albums by other artists. He appears on Immortal Technique’s<\/strong> Revolutionary Vol. 1<\/em> (2001) and Revolutionary Vol. 2<\/em> (2003). He guest starred on Jean Grae’s<\/strong> 2003 EP The Bootleg of the Bootleg<\/em>, appearing on the track Code Red<\/em> with his brother Block McCloud<\/strong>. In 2009, he started going by PH<\/strong> and released My Era<\/em> (No Skinny Jeans Allowed<\/em>), a mixtape remixing several 90’s classics. Currently the cause of death has not been disclosed.<\/p>\n

Condolences to his family from the whole Blackout crew.<\/p>\n

Rest in peace<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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