Joell Ortiz

Brooklyn-born rapper Joell Ortiz has earned much respect throughout the hip-hop scene, receiving critical acclaim with his many albums and mixtapes in addition to achieving mainstream success as part of the supergroup Slaughterhouse. He is renowned for his tireless work ethic, and his strong narrative skills and freestyling abilities. Making his proper debut with The Brick: Bodega Chronicles (2007) following years of underground buzz, his commercial visibility increased when he co-founded Slaughterhouse; their album Welcome To: Our House (2012) reached number two on the Billbo...