Prevail (musician)

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Kiley Hendriks (born November 4, 1975), better known by his stage name Prevail, is a 4-time Juno Award winning Canadian hip hop artist raised in Victoria, British Columbia and based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Prevail is part of platinum-selling Swollen Members, which consists principally of himself and Mad Child. They have been called "two of the most innovative people in hip-hop".^[1] Aside from his extensive catalog with Swollen Members, Prevail released a side project entitled Code Name Scorpion with Abstract Rude and Moka Only in 2001, his first solo EP Baseball Bat and Nails in 2009, and a second solo EP with Ol' City Rocker titled Spasefase in 2012. Prevail has now started a new group in 2016 that goes by the name 'Alpha Omega' teaming up with his nephew Corey Joseph (a.k.a. Neph).

Music[]

Prevail rarely swears and tends to use an expansive vocabulary. The subject matter of his lyrics is generally quite dark. He often makes references to literature and entertainment.

Solo releases[]

• - February 10, 2009
• - January 10, 2012

Discography with Swollen Members[]

• Balance - September 28, 1999
  • Balance: Extra Tracks - November 23, 1999
  • Balance Re-Release - May 1, 2001
• Bad Dreams - November 13, 2001
• Monsters in the Closet - November 12, 2002
• Heavy - October 27, 2003
  • Heavy Bonus DVD - November 18, 2003
• Black Magic - September 12 2006
• Armed to the Teeth - October 27, 2009
• Dagger Mouth - March 15, 2011
• Beautiful Death Machine - March 19, 2013
• Brand New Day - June 16, 2014

Awards and recognition with Swollen Members[]

Juno Awards[]

• 2001 - Best Rap Recording (Balance)
• 2002 - Best Rap Recording (Bad Dreams)
• 2003 - Rap Recording of the Year (Monsters in the Closet)
• 2007 - Rap Recording of the Year (Black Magic)

MuchMusic Video Awards[]

• 2002 - MuchVIBE Best Rap Video ("Fuel Injected" feat. Moka Only and directed by Wendy Morgan)
• 2002 - MuchMusic Best Director ("Fuel Injected" feat. Moka Only and directed by Wendy Morgan)
• 2002 - MuchMusic VideoFACT Award ("Fuel Injected" feat. Moka Only and directed by Wendy Morgan)
• 2002 - MuchMusic Best Independent Video ("Fuel Injected" feat. Moka Only and directed by Wendy Morgan)
• 2003 - MuchVIBE Best Rap Video ("Breath" feat. Nelly Furtado and directed by Todd McFarlane)

References[]

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External links[]

• http://alphaomegaltvr.com/
• The Swollen Members official homepage
• The Battleaxe Records homepage
• Swollen Members official myspace
• prevails official myspace