Pegz

Pegz
Birth nameTirren Staaf
Also known asPegz
MC Pegasus
Born (1975-12-23) 23 December 1975 (age 48)[citation needed]
OriginMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
GenresHip hop
Occupation(s)Rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer
Years active1992–present
LabelsObese

Tirren Staaf, otherwise known as Pegz (or MC Pegasus), is an Australian hip hop artist and producer hailing from Melbourne, Victoria. He was the CEO of Obese Records[1]—the record label responsible for artists such as Hilltop Hoods, Downsyde, and Bias B.[2]

Biography

Tirren Staaf has said that he was named after Tiran Porter, former member of the Doobie Brothers.[3][4]

Pegz has been a part of the Australian hip hop scene since 1992, and has released four full-length studio albums. As a teenager he was first a graffiti artist before becoming a rapper.

In 2000, he got a job at Obese Records, a specialist hip-hop music store in Prahran.[5]

He released his first recording, an EP, Pegasus, on the Obese label in 2001, followed by a studio album, Capricorn Cat in 2003 and Axis in 2005.

In 2005, Pegz toured nationally with Australian Hip Hop Milk Bar Stars (Pegz, Muph, DJ Bonez and Plutonic Lab).[6]

Upon releasing his third solo album, Burn City, in 2007, Pegz nominally retired as a solo artist to concentrate on managing Obese Records.[7]

'This will be my last solo effort I think; I'm not in the mental space to be juggling everything right now, but we'll see what happens. I'm always writing. Always.'[8]

In 2009 Pegz, as part of Gully Platoon, together with Dialectrix (a.k.a. Ryan Leaf) and Joe New (Down Under Beats crew), released an album The Great Divide.[9] The album reached #5 on the AIR Top 20 Album charts[10] and #18 on the ARIA Top 40 Urban Album charts.[11] The group released their first video clip for the single "Nothing To Lose" on 15 September 2009.[12]

On 26 January 2011, Obese Records revealed that Pegz would be releasing another solo album entitled Drama. It was released in April 2011.

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with selected details and chart positions
Title Details Peak chart positions
AUS
[13]
Capricorn Cat
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Obese (OBR022)
  • Format: CD
 —
Axis
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Obese (OBR034)
  • Format: CD
 —
Burn City
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Obese (OBR054)
  • Format: CD, digital
 70
Drama
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: Obese (OBR077)
  • Format: CD, digital
 52

EPs

  • Pegasus (2001) – Obese (OBR020)

Singles

  • "Celebrate Daily"/"Rogue"/"Everyshow" (2001)
  • "12 Apostles" (2002) – Obese (OBR021)
  • "Back Then" (2005) – Obese (OBR036)
  • "Chechen Gorilla" (2005) – Obese (OBR037)
  • "No Attachments" (2008)
  • "Burn City" (2008)
  • "Pegz & Silent - Equilibrium feat. Jace XL" (2018)

References

  1. ^ "Taking the rap". The Age. 29 January 2006. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
  2. ^ "Obese gains some weight". The Age. 27 October 2006. Retrieved 20 December 2007.
  3. ^ Interview with Hau Latukefu on Triple J Hip-Hop Show, 16 May 2011
  4. ^ Lyrics of "Deities of Def", Pegz, Drama ("I was named after a motherfucking Doobie Brother")
  5. ^ Benedictus, Luke (29 January 2006). "Taking the rap". The Age. Retrieved 20 December 2007.
  6. ^ Colman, Tim (9 December 2005). "Milkbar Stars". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 April 2008.
  7. ^ Te Koha, Nui (31 December 2007). "The year ahead in music". Herald Sun. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
  8. ^ Dennes, Caz (1 May 2008). "OBESE BLOCK PARTY - Block Rockin' Beats". BMA Magazine. Retrieved 13 May 2008.[permanent dead link‍]
  9. ^ Fell, Sam (4 August 2009). "Gully Platoon". Tsumami magazine. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
  10. ^ "AIR Top 20 Albums". Chaos.com. Archived from the original on 22 April 2009. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
  11. ^ "ARIA Top 40 Urban Albums & Singles". ARIA. 7 September 2009. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
  12. ^ "Nothing To Lose Video Clip". Artist. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
  13. ^ Peaks in Australia: