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'{{Infobox musical artist |Name = Asher Roth |Img = Asher7.jpg |Background = solo_singer |Birth_name = Asher Paul Roth |Born = August 11, 1985 (age 23) [[Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Morrisville]], [[Pennsylvania]] |Occupation = [[Rapping|rapper]] |Years_active = |Genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]] |Label = Schoolboy/[[SRC Records|SRC]]/[[Universal Music Group|Universal Records]] |URL = [http://www.thedailykush.com/ thedailykush.com] }} '''Asher Paul Roth''' (born August 11, 1985) is an [[United States|American]] [[rapper]]. He is currently 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 [http://www.thedailykush.com Thedailykush.com]. Roth was featured on the cover of [[XXL (magazine)|XXL magazine]]’s annual Top 10 Freshmen: Hip-Hop’s Class ’09 issue. Roth's debut album, ''[[Asleep in the Bread Aisle]]'', was released April 20, 2009.<ref name=Billboard/> ==Early life== Roth was born and raised in Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Morrisville]], a small town about 20 miles northeast of [[Philadelphia]].<ref name=Billboard>{{cite web|last=Crosley|first=Hillary|title=MC Asher Roth Readying Major-Label Debut|publisher=Billboard (magazine)|date=2009-02-05|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/mc-asher-roth-readying-major-label-debut-1003938761.story|accessdate=2009-03-05}}</ref><ref name="Philadelphia Weekly">{{cite web|title=Asher Roth is on his way to hip hop stardom|publisher=Philadelphia Weekly (newspaper)|date=2009-04-15|url=http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/news-and-opinion/cover-story/Asher-Roth-42983072.html|accessdate=2009-04-14}}</ref> Roth's father is [[Jew]]ish and his mother a [[Presbyterian]] of [[Scottish people|Scottish]] ancestry; he was named after his maternal grandfather, Joseph Asher McConnell.<ref name="hhlive">{{cite news|last=St. James|first=|coauthors=|title=The HHNLive.com Interview: Asher Roth|pages=|publisher=HHNLive.com|date=[[2008-06-02]]|url=http://hhnlive.com/features/more/455|accessdate=2009-06-19}}</ref><ref name="forward">{{cite news|last=Sacks|first=Adam|coauthors=|title=Asher Roth Raps Suburbia, Campus Life|pages=|publisher=The Jewish Daily Forward|date=[[2009-04-01]]|url=http://www.forward.com/articles/104454/|accessdate=2009-06-18}}</ref> 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]]."<ref name=XXL>{{cite web|title=Feature Highlights '08: Asher Roth:So Far, So Good|publisher=XXL (magazine)|date=2008-12-30|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/online/?p=23318|accessdate=2009-03-05}}</ref> According to Roth: <blockquote> The first CD I ever bought was [[Dave Matthews Band]]'s '[[Crash (Dave Matthews Band album)|Crash]]'...That is how suburban I am...I finally got into hip hop in '98 when I heard the [[Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)|Annie sample]] with [[Jay-Z]]....When I wrote my '[[A Milli]]' [[freestyle (music)|freestyle]], that was me listening to 10 years of hip hop and not relating to it at all. Like, Damn I don’t sell [[cocaine|coke]]. Damn, I don’t have cars or 25-inch [[Rim (wheel)|rims]]. I don't have guns. I finally got to a point where I had the confidence to do this thing myself, and I was making music for me. And it turns out, a lot of people feel the same way I do.<ref name=Vibe>{{cite web|last=Fennessey|first=Sean|title=Asher Roth|publisher=Vibe (magazine)|date=2008-10-30|url=http://www.vibe.com/music/next/2008/10/asher_roth/|accessdate=2009-03-05}}</ref> </blockquote> Roth has also stated that: <blockquote> "I was always from the outside looking in," says Roth. "Hip-hop has always been very influential in the ‘burbs, [but] it’s just a matter of where we could relate to it. You find a lot of kids that are really confused. You look at them and they’re dressed out of character. They don’t look right. I figured out, I don’t have to dress this way, but I can still love hip-hop."<ref name=Sixshot>{{cite web|last=Michael|first=Jon|title=Asher Roth - Not Your Average|publisher=Sixshot.com|date=2008-06-18|url=http://www.sixshot.com/articles/11518/|accessdate=2009-03-05}}</ref> </blockquote> During downtime in high school, Roth and his suburban friends would rhyme and battle each other for fun, referring to their group as "the hip-hop workshop."<ref name=Sixshot/> In 10th grade, Roth began rapping as a hobby, writing and recording tracks in a friend’s basement and selling copies in high school. After selling 250 copies in two days, Roth felt that a career in hip-hop was a possibility.<ref name=YRB>{{cite web|last=Newman|first=Jason|title=Asher Roth|publisher=YRB Magazine|url=http://www.yrbmagazine.com/radar1.html|accessdate=2009-03-05}}</ref> Upon graduation, Roth entered [[West Chester University of Pennsylvania|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, Georgia|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.<ref name=XXL/> ==Career== {{Fancruft|date=June 2009}} Roth was discovered by Braun on MySpace."<ref name="Philadelphia Weekly"/><ref name="Technically Philly">{{cite web|last=Wink|first=Christopher|title=How social media took Asher Roth from Philly suburbs to hip hop stardom|publisher=Technically Philly (blog)|date=2009-04-15|url=http://technicallyphilly.com/features/how-social-media-took-asher-roth-from-philly-suburbs-to-hip-hop-stardom|accessdate=2009-04-15}}</ref> In fall 2006, Roth sent a friend request to Braun over the social networking site. Braun didn't like Roth's music but did think his lyrics had promise. Later that month, Roth was signed.<ref name="Philadelphia Weekly"/> After linking up with Braun, Roth moved to Atlanta to pursue a hip-hop career full-time. As industry buzz grew, Roth was courted by a number of labels, including [[SRC Records|SRC]], [[Def Jam]], [[Warner Bros. Records]] and Atlantic.<ref name=AllHipHop>{{cite web|last=Blanco|first=Alvin|title=Asher Roth: School's Out|publisher=AllHipHop|date=2008-07-10|url=http://allhiphop.com/stories/features/archive/2008/07/10/20276597.aspx|accessdate=2009-03-05}}</ref> 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. Drama was paid $500,000 for his cosign, which resulted in Roth being the first white rapper to be featured on Drama and Cannon’s influential [[Gangsta Grillz]] series. ==Style== Roth's lyrics characteristically center around what has been called "[[middle-class]] minutiae."<ref name=Vibe/> Roth's song "I Love College" is about partying with alcohol and [[marijuana]], but includes innocuous lyrics such as "I can get pizza a dollar a slice"<ref name=Vibe/> that have been identified as "far from threatening".<ref name=Vibe/> As he gained prominence, being a white performer in a predominantly black musical genre, Roth has earned many comparisons to [[Eminem]], so much so that he devoted a track on his album to the famed rapper, entitled "As I Em."<ref name="Philadelphia Weekly"/> About the comparison, Roth told [[Complex (magazine)|''Complex'' magazine]]: <blockquote>Him and I are different artists. I think the music’s going to portray that as time goes on. The comparisons are just…it’s cool to be compared to Em, but he’s one of the number one selling artists of all time. I’d rather be compared to him than pretty much anybody else. I think content and everything we rap about is completely different. We’re different artists. We just happened to be under the same genre.<ref name=Complex>{{cite news|last=La Puma|first=Joe|title=Asher Roth: 'Rap Is In The Suburbs Now'|publisher=Complex (magazine)|date=2008-07-28|url=http://www.complex.com/blogs/2008/07/28/asher-roth-rap-is-in-the-suburbs-now/|accessdate=2009-03-05}}</ref></blockquote> When asked about the comparison by Hiphopdx.com, Roth said, "I think it's too easy. 'A white emcee with a sense of humor and a political side? Oh, let’s compare him to [[Eminem|Em]]!' ... I have nothing but respect for him though; he made it possible for me to be here, he opened the doors, but we come from an entirely different inspiration."<ref name=HipHopDX>{{cite web|last=Thornton|first=Alex|title=Asher Roth: Moment Of Clarity|publisher=HipHopDX.com|date=2008-09-16|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/features/id.1222/title.asher-roth-moment-of-clarity|accessdate=2009-03-05}}</ref> Also in a song entitled "Silly Boy" produced by [[Don Cannon]] he raps "That Eminem comparison is barely accurate/My rapping is as passionate, but lacks the psychopath of it".<ref name=AllHipHop/> In April 2009, following an event at [[Rutgers University]], Roth posted an update on [[Twitter]] in which he made a reference to "[[Don Imus|nappy-headed hoes]]," intending to mock Don Imus, who had gotten in trouble two years before for making that remark. However, the remark was seen as inappropriate, and he was quickly forced to retract it and issue an apology.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idiomag.com/peek/78204/asher_roth|title=Asher Roth Stirs Controversy With ‘Nappy Headed Hoes’ Tweet|accessdate=2009-04-26|date=2009-04-24|publisher=[[idiomag]]}}</ref> ==Discography== ===Albums=== {|class="wikitable" |- !rowspan="2"| Year !rowspan="2"| Title !colspan="5"| Chart positions |- !width="40"|<small>[[Billboard 200|U.S. 200]]</small> !width="40"|<small>[[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|U.S. R&B]]</small> !width="40"|<small>[[Top Rap Albums|U.S. Rap]]</small> !width="40"|<small>[[Canadian Albums Chart|CAN]]</small> !width="40"|<small>[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]</small> |- |2006 |'''''[[Believe the hype|Believe the Hype]]''''' *Release date: August 8, 2006 *Label: Locknload |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |- |2008 |'''''[[The GreenHouse Effect Mixtape]] *Release Date: June 18, 2008 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |- |2009 |'''''[[Asleep in the Bread Aisle]]''''' *Release date: April 20, 2009<ref name=Billboard/> *Label: [[Universal Motown]] *Sales: 136,693 copies |align="center"|5 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|31 |align="center"|38 |- |} ===Singles=== {|class="wikitable" !rowspan="2"|Year !rowspan="2"|Song !colspan="8"|Chart positions !rowspan="2"|Album |- !width="40"|<small>[[Billboard Hot 100|U.S. Hot 100]]</small> !width="40"|<small>[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|U.S. R&B]]</small> !width="40"|<small>[[Hot Rap Tracks|U.S. Rap]]</small> !width="40"|<small>[[Pop 100|US Pop]]</small> !width="40"|<small>[[Hot Modern Rock Tracks|US Mod]]</small> !width="40"|<small>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</small> !width="40"|<small>[[UK R&B Chart|UK R&B]]</small> !width="40"|<small>[[Canadian Hot 100|CAN]]</small> |- |align="center" rowspan="4"|2009 |align="left"|"[[I Love College]]" |align="center"|12 |align="center"|116 |align="center"|18 |align="center"|19 |align="center"|34 |align="center"|26 |align="center"|8 |align="center"|53 |align="left" rowspan="4"|''[[Asleep in the Bread Aisle]]'' |- |align="left"|"[[Lark on My Go-Kart]]" <sup> 1 |align="center"|95 |align="center"|&mdash; |align="center"|&mdash; |align="center"|&mdash; |align="center"|&mdash; |align="center"|&mdash; |align="center"|&mdash; |align="center"|&mdash; |- |align="left"|"Be by Myself" <small> (ft. [[Cee-Lo]])</small> |align="center"|107 |align="center"|&mdash; |align="center"|&mdash; |align="center"|&mdash; |align="center"|&mdash; |align="center"|&mdash; |align="center"|&mdash; |align="center"|&mdash; |- |align="left"|"She Don't Wanna Man" <small> (ft. [[Keri Hilson]])</small> <sup> 2 |align="center"|TBA |align="center"|TBA |align="center"|TBA |align="center"|TBA |align="center"|TBA |align="center"|TBA |align="center"|TBA |align="center"|TBA |- |} * <sup> 1 - Not official single, switched to '''"Be by Myself"''' at last minute * <sup> 2 - '''Going for adds (Rhythm Crossover) 7/6''' <ref>http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16691</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.asherrothmusic.com Official website] * [http://www.lp33.tv/artists/asherroth Official LP33.tv profile] * [http://thescribeforce.com/?p=445 Interview Hero-Asher Roth w/ The Scribe Force] * [http://www.dubcnn.com/interviews/asherroth/ Asher Roth Interview on Dubcnn] * [http://sites.google.com/a/stopbeingfamous.com/stopbeingfamous-com/past-interviews/http Asher Roth Interview by Ferrari Sheppard on StopBeingFamous.com] * [http://www.thekoalition.com/12-rounds-asher-roth-interview/ Asher Roth Interview on TheKoalition.com] * [http://www.wired965.com/index.php?page=873 Exclusive Asher Roth Interview on Wired965.com] * [http://illroots.com/2008/07/15/featured-asher-roth/ Asher Roth Interview With illRoots] * [http://www.asherrothblog.com Asher Roth News Blog] * [http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-04-22/music/asher-roth-upper-middle-class-and-rising/ Asher Roth, Upper-Middle-Class and Rising] by Zach Baron, ''The Village Voice'', April 21 2009 <!-- --------------------------------------------------------------- Do NOT add any "Jewish people" categories or subcategories here unless there is also a source in the main article verifying that Roth is Jewish. Without a source, any categories making claims about Roth's religion will be in violation of Wikipedia's policy on Biographies of Living Persons. -------------------------------------------------------------- --> {{Asher Roth}} {{Persondata |NAME=Roth, Asher |ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Roth, Asher Paul |SHORT DESCRIPTION=American rapper |DATE OF BIRTH=1985 |PLACE OF BIRTH=[[Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Morrisville]], [[Pennsylvania]] |DATE OF DEATH= |PLACE OF DEATH= }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Roth, Asher}} [[Category:1987 births]] [[Category:American rappers]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Bucks County, Pennsylvania]] [[Category:West Chester University alumni]] [[fr:Asher Roth]] [[ja:アッシャー・ロス]] [[pt:Asher Roth]] [[sv:Asher Roth]] [[tr:Asher Roth]]'