In 1992, Rampage landed his first recording deal with Dallas Austin on Rowdy / Arista Records and released the single Beware of the Rampsack. In 1994, he recorded Flava in Ya Ear (Remix) with Craig Mack, Notorious B.I.G., LL Cool J, and Busta Rhymes. In 1996, he recorded the Platinum Single "Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check" with Busta Rhymes for the platinum album The Coming.
One year later he landed his second recording deal with Elektra Records and released his Gold solo LP Scout's Honor... by Way of Blood which featured the top-40 hit "Take It to the Streets" and "Wild for the Night". In 1998 he released The Imperial with the Flipmode Squad, which gave them their first Source Award in 1999. Since then he has recorded with Busta Rhymes on numerous platinum albums and has featured on numerous projects including a remix of the multi-platinum single Fallin' by Alicia Keys.
Currently based in Phoenix, Arizona, Rampage recently signed an independent record label deal for his company DeepFreeze Entertainment with Sure Shot Records. On that label he has released for promotional use a single of a new group signed to D.F.E named Total Vision. Lady Day, a female rapper, is also on the roster.
Circa 2005, Rampage decided to relaunch his solo career and released an official mixtape called Demagraffix which was designed as a starter to his soon-to-be-released 2nd LP. The LP itself arrived in 2006 with the name Have You Seen? on Sure Shot Records. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
Rampage The Last Boy Scout went by the moniker “The 1st Lieutenant” aka “The Last Boyscout” of the FlipMode Squad and the group consisted of a collective of rappers which included Rah Digga, Spliff Star, and Baby Sham with each of the aforementioned making a cameo on Busta Rhymes first solo offering titled “The Coming”.
With the success of “The Coming”, Rampage aka 1st Lieutenant was offered his own solo deal which resulted in a RIAA “Gold” certified album titled “Scouts Honor, By Way Of Blood” from two hit singles “Wild for the Night and “Take it to the Streets”.
Since his meteoric rise with FlipMode Squad and his own solo endeavors, Rampage has been instrumental in penning numerous chart topping hits which garnered Grammy and MTV award recognition including “Woo-Hah”, “Wild For The Night”, “Flava In Your Ear Remix” and “I Know What You Want”. Rampage has worked with some of the most prolific and profound hip hop and r&b talent on the planet over the years including Alicia Keys, LL Cool J, and Notorious B.I.G. to name a few. But, flash forward to 2012…. RAMPAGE currently has a reality series titled “Ramp’s World” in pre-production.
Rampage The Last Boy Scout is on a mission to bring back true hip hop. In addition Rampage is the CEO of Deep Freeze Entertainment with a new label deal with Gracie Productions who is known for signing hip hop artists such as Royce Da 5’9, Joe Budden, Crooked I, DJ Premier, Charlie Baltimore to name a few. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.