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Vinnie Paz
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<p>Vincenzo Luviner (<a href="/facts/Birth_name/FctFJcbg">né</a> Luvineri born October 5, 1977), better known as Vinnie Paz (formerly known as Ikon the Verbal Hologram), is an Italian-born American rapper and producer behind the Philadelphia <a href="/facts/Underground_hip_hop/W6fcctb6">underground hip hop</a> group <a href="/facts/Jedi_Mind_Tricks/fWCRNdKQ">Jedi Mind Tricks</a>. He is also the frontman of the hip hop collective <a href="/facts/Army_of_the_Pharaohs/oDY2lAlv">Army of the Pharaohs</a>. </p><p>He released his first solo album, <i><a href="/facts/Season_of_the_Assassin/qnmKxIeo">Season of the Assassin</a></i>, in 2010. This was 18 years after Paz had originally started rapping. He released his second album <i><a href="/facts/God_of_the_Serengeti/fvJaUeKM">God of the Serengeti</a></i> in October 2012. In 2013, Paz confirmed that he was working with <a href="/facts/Army_of_the_Pharaohs/oDY2lAlv">Army of the Pharaohs</a> to release <i><a href="/facts/In_Death_Reborn/RDUgg13s">In Death Reborn</a></i>, which was released in 2014.[<i>deprecated source</i>] October 22, 2013, marked the release date of his second EP, <i>Carry On Tradition</i>. Paz's third solo LP, <i>The Cornerstone of the Corner Store</i>, was released on October 28, 2016. He released his fourth solo album, <i>The Pain Collector</i>, in September 2018. </p>