Slug † Christ

Slug Christ -- aka Slugga, aka Slug Messiah, real name Chaz Bell -- stood out as the strangest member of Atlanta, Georgia's left-field hip-hop, R&B, and trap-inspired Awful Records crew. Awful Records began rising to prominence around the 2010s, receiving attention for their fiercely independent approach to music, an ethos Slug Christ would come to embody. Slug Christ had an eclectic background in music and art prior to joining the Awful crew; his initial forays into the Atlanta scene were in metal bands, where he performed as a vocalist. He was also a student at the Savannah ...