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I Know Who I Am Lyrics. Before you preconceive any notions about what honky tonk hip-hop may sound like, click on the video at the bottom of this article to listen to one of the incredibly unique Gangstagrass songs. Last week I received an email from a New York City based publicist titled, “Emmy nominated Gangstagrass brings the modern-western sound of the hit-show “Justified” to Eugene.” Not ever having heard of Gangstagrass, I read on to find out that Gangstagrass is not only the name of the band, but it’s a combination of music styles: country and hip-hop. My initial reaction was, “Country and hip-hop? You’ve got to be kidding me. No way.” I kept reading: “Gangstagrass is the brainchild of Brooklyn based producer and musician Rench, who has been pioneering the combination of country and hip-hop for over a decade. Rench Audio production studio was home to Rench’s honky-tonk hip-hop recordings, but also served as a spot where Rench would produce albums for local NYC rappers.

In 2007, Rench decided he needed to scratch a musical itch that had been on his mind since listening heavily to 1970s recordings of Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys. The result was a genre-demolishing blitz called Rench Presents: Gangstagrass. It appeared on the Internet as a free download and people took notice. When the album garnered a positive mention on the influential blog BoingBoing.net, hundreds of thousands of downloads followed creating an intense underground buzz.” But it doesn’t end there. Because of the popularity of Rench’s unique style of music and the hundreds of thousands of downloads, FX Network caught wind of the Gangstagrass following and contacted Rench to produce a theme song for their new hit television series, Justified. Rench had bluegrass players lay down an original track with rapper T.O.N. Wifelovers Crack Load more. E-z, the younger brother of hip-hop legends Special K and T-LaRoc.