Asher Roth

Asher Paul Roth is an American rapper. He was signed to a joint venture between Scooter Braun's Schoolboy Music and Steve Rifkind?s SRC Records. His first professional release was on June 13, 2008 when the DJ Drama and Don Cannon-helmed The GreenHouse Effect Mixtape was released for free via Roth?s website. Roth was featured on the cover of XXL magazine?s annual Top 10 Freshmen: Hip-Hop?s Class ?09 issue. Roth's debut album, Asleep in the Bread Aisle, was released on April 20, 2009.


Asher Roth was born and raised in Morrisville, a small town about 20 miles northeast of Philadelphia. His mother, Elizabeth, is a yoga instructor, and his father, David Roth, is the executive director of a design firm. He attended Pennsbury High School. Growing up, Roth was exposed to little hip-hop in his family, with his parents preferring "The Temptations, Earth, Wind & Fire . Bruce Springsteen and Dire Straits." According to Roth:


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Upon graduation, Roth entered West Chester University and became an Elementary Education major, while continuing to record verses over other peoples? beats. During sophomore year, Roth posted some of his verses on his MySpace page and sent a Friend Request to Scooter Braun, an Atlanta-based promoter and former VP of Marketing for Jermaine Dupri's So So Def. One week after speaking to Braun, Roth flew down to Atlanta and was immediately signed by Braun, who subsequently became his manager. Roth would eventually sign a joint venture between Braun's Schoolboy Music and Steve Rifkind, chairman of SRC/Universal Records. On June 13, 2008, Roth put out his first professional release, the Don Cannon and DJ Drama-helmed The Greenhouse Effect, via the Internet. This resulted in Roth being the second white rapper to be featured on Drama and Cannon?s influential Gangsta Grillz series. He released his first studio album, titled Asleep in the Bread Aisle, on 20 April, 2009. Asher Roth joined Blink-182 in the second half of their reunion tour in September 2009.

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