Eugene Nyavor
Ask anyone who uses Audiomack, who the current trending rapper is, and they’ll tell you that Asher Roth is at the top of the list.
Many people find his style infectious.
Ghlinks.com.gh brings you everything you need to know about him, including age, career, songs, family etc.
Who us Asher Roth?
Born August 11, 1985, Asher Paul Roth is an American rapper best known for his debut single “I Love College“.
Roth was born and raised in Morrisville, Pennsylvania,
Pennsbury High School is where he attended high school.
When he graduated from high school, he went to West Chester University to major in Elementary Education.
During his time at University, Asher Roth recorded verses on other rappers’ popular tracks.
In his second year, he posted some of his verses on his Myspace page and sent a friend request to Scooter Braun, an Atlanta based promoter and former VP of Marketing for Jermaine Dupri‘s So So Def Recordings.
One week after speaking to Braun, Roth flew down to Atlanta and was immediately signed by Braun, who subsequently became his manager.
Career
Roth moved to Atlanta to pursue hip-hop full-time after he teamed up with Braun.
As industry buzz grew, Roth was courted by a number of labels, including SRC, Def Jam, Warner Bros Records and Atlantic Records
Roth released his debut studio album Asleep in the Bread Aisle, on April 20, 2009, by Universal Motown/SRC/Schoolboy Records; the latter of which was launched by Roth’s former manager Scooter Braun.
Roth later left Schoolboy Records in late 2012, due to creative differences with Braun.
In 2013, Roth signed with indie record label Federal Prism, on which he released his second studio album, RetroHash.
Some years later, Asher Roth finally moved back to his home state of Pennsylvania after many years living away in Atlanta, New York and Los Angeles.
He reconnected with an old musical friend called Rob Deckhart, and they stated working on a number of songs.
Finally, over the years, they came up with the album Flowers On the Weekend that was released in April 2020.
On April 13, 2022, Asher Roth and producer Heather Grey released an new album titled Why’s It So Grey Out.
