Definitive Jux rapper Camu Tao died on Monday (May 25) at a Columbus, Ohio hospital, after a two-year battle with lung cancer. Camu Tao, born Tero Smith, had been undergoing chemotherapy treatment, ...

Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing new and emerging MP3s from local talent. Before losing a battle with lung cancer in May of 2008, Brooklyn-via-Ohio MC Camu Tao spent nearly a ...

Hip-hop artist Camu Tao, known for his membership in acclaimed underground assemblies MHz, S.A. Smash, the Nighthawks, and the Weathermen, passed away Sunday afternoon after a two-year battle with ...

In sad news for underground hip hop fans, rapper/producer Camu Tao died this Sunday following a long, private battle with lung Cancer. He was 30 years old. Tao embodied the collaborative spirit of ...

Camu Tao (born Tero Smith, June 6, 1977 – May 25, 2008) was an American rapper and producer who was signed to the Definitive Jux label. He was a part of the duo S.A. Smash with fellow rapper Metro, a ...

Today (May 25) marks the ninth anniversary of rapper-producer Camu Tao's death as a result of complications from lung cancer. To recognize the occasion, his former Weathermen groupmate Aesop Rock, has ...

On a spring evening in 2005, Camu Tao stood in a nook across from the Max Fish bar in the Lower East Side, supping from a stash of PBR cans he’d stowed in his jacket pocket. Metro, his fellow MC in ...

It’s doubtful that Definitive Jux and Fat Possum Records will make much money off “King of Hearts,” the only solo album from rapper and producer Camu Tao, who passed away in May 2008. But that doesn’t ...

Aesop Rock has dropped a new video for “Get Out of the Car,” a track off his 2016 album The Impossible Kid. Directed by frequent collaborator Rob Shaw and featuring illustrations by Coro, the song and ...