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Epitome (rapper/producer)
Epitome aka Neel Sharma is a hip hop producer and rapper located in Chicagoland. He co-founded the hip hop group Diatribe in 1997 with music partner Dave Kim aka Last Child. He and Last Child produced and wrote for Diatribe's first unreleased underground album "Realize" while they were still in high school. He is also one half of the hip hop group ESP (Epitome & Soda Pop) and served as the emcee for the groups only project titled "Live from the Jumpspot" 2007 - a quirky yet fresh rendention of hip hop flavor. Epitome is currently operates as solo emcee and producer and has 3 solo releases. The albusm are titled the Jrop Top Jeffy mixtape series (volumes 1-3). Each Jrop Top Jeffy volume has been released on January 21st (2011,2012,2013) the supposed birthdate of Epitome's friend. He is known for a boom bap like beats and rhymes along with the dedication to "real" hip hop. Epitome is known for using old shcool recording equipment and techinques for his porjects.