Reason (Australian rapper)

Shulman was born in 1972 and grew up in a upper-class area in the south-east suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, becoming acquainted with local hip hop music while still at school during the 1980s. He attended Melbourne University, where he majored in Aboriginal studies. ==Music career==

Shulman recorded his first tracks in 1988. He recorded his work on Obese Records, with his album Solid (2000) produced by Jolz, being the first release on the label. and is known for inspiring and uniting other hip hop artists, including Illy, Sereck (of Def Wish Cast), Hilltop Hoods, Pegz, He released his second album, Reography, in 2002. His third album, One Step Ahead, included remixes of several tracks from this album. In them, he is patriotic but also includes criticism of several aspects of Australian culture. Reason has toured to Brisbane, Adelaide, Sydney, and Canberra. ==Other activities==

He hosted many DMC DJ competition finals in Melbourne. teaching chemistry and Australian history at Mount Scopus Memorial College in Melbourne (). He has also organised hip hop musical events by artists such as the Hilltop Hoods, and run graffiti workshops and DJ events at the school, and run music workshops in rural Indigenous Australian communities. ==Influence==

Tony Mitchell of UTS Sydney described his work thus: After announcing his retirement in November 2011, he was described as one music critic as "an indisputable forefather of the Australian hip hop scene as we know it today". ==Personal life==

Shulman is married, and has a daughter. ==Discography==

• Solid (album, 2000) • One Step Ahead (album, 2004) • ''Life's a Lesson'' (EP, 2006?) • Window of Time (album, 2011) ==References==