Stephen Redhead

Stephen Redhead is an emcee from Northwest Washington, D.C., raised in Capitol Heights, Maryland by parents from Grenada & Jamaica. When Redhead was born, he was unable to speak a word until he was almost two years old. Despite this fact and quite possibly because of it, his parents and teachers recognized that he had an above-average intellect, and an unorthodox learning style. He skipped a grade, could spell words that were way beyond those which peers of his age could understand – early on everyone knew there was something special about him.


He gorged himself on the music of A Tribe Called Quest, Wu-Tang Clan, Cash Money Clique, DMX, Outkast, and many others, learning about melody, cadence, wordplay and the art of storytelling. Since that point, Redhead has pursued his passion for Hip-Hop relentlessly. He has appeared on BET’s “Campus Invasion Tour,” as well as performed at his alma mater Howard University. Redhead has opened for acts such as the legendary Masta Ace, Wordsworth, Freestyle (of the Arsonists), Capone-N-Noreaga, Tiffany Evans, Sevyn Streeter, Gillie Da Kid, and Jaden & Willow Smith. He has branched out into acting, appearing in the webisodes of the CBS series Jericho as Past Richard Hawkins, and as an extra in the motion picture Notorious. The Maryland-rapper’s music has been also featured on the URB Magazine, Ebony Magazine and Washington City Paper websites, and in the acclaimed webseries The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl.