Sintax the Terrific

Brewer was born Daniel Josev Brewer, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and grew up in the cities of Baltimore and Washington, D.C. before going on to earn his baccalaureate from Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. Described by the Houston Chronicle as "lawyer by day, rapper by night", Brewer practices law in Columbia, South Carolina and is a licensed federal attorney. He specializes in defending companies involved in commercial litigation, a profession which he jokingly has described as regularly ensuring "that companies can discriminate, steal, and maim with impunity". ==Music career==

His music career began in 1993, with a demoed mixtape produced by DJ Dove, formerly of Gospel Gangstaz. In 1997, at a hip-hop conference called Cruvention, the three subsequently co-founded Deepspace5 with Listener and Sev Statik, and released an EP. They later would be joined by DJ Dust, Freddie Bruno, Playdough, Beat Rabbi, Illtripp, DJ Manwell, and Sivion. Deepspace5oul with Beat Rabbi and Bakesale in 2008, and ''The Future Ain't What It Used to Be'' in 2010. Brewer has released three solo studio albums. The first, Simple Moves, came out on July 8, 2003, through Illect Recordings. The subsequent studio album, Curb Appeal, was released on December 12, 2006, also through Illect Recordings. He collaborated with Beat Rabbi for his third release, Qoheleth, in 2010, and released the album independently. A fourth album, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, a collaboration with DJ Kurfu, was released through Illect on June 21, 2011. Brewer also creates what the Houston Chronicle described as "audible essays" and he calls song-blogs, songs for which he will write content based on various societal issues discussed in the news. For this endeavor he originally used the name ipoetlaurate and subsequently The Press Junket, and released the songs in a series of compilations, Year One, Year Two, and Year Three, in December 2011, 2012, and 2013, respectively. == Musical style ==

Brewer performs a very underground style of hip hop music, preferring darker styles of production. On Simple Moves, his style was described as hardcore, Brewer's vocal delivery, considered rather unusual, has been compared to that of his frequent collaborators Playdough and Manchild, as well as KJ-52. ==Discography==

Studio albums As Sintax the Terrific • Simple Moves (July 8, 2003, Illect) • Curb Appeal (December 12, 2006, Illect) • Qoheleth with Beat Rabbi (2010, independent) • Prince with a Thousand Enemies with DJ Kurfu (June 21, 2011, Illect) • The Last Unicorn with Sir Chamberlain (December 21, 2015, independent) As ipoetlaurate and The Press Junket • Year One (December 5, 2011) • Year Two (December 20, 2012) • Year Three (December 30, 2013) Extended plays • Merciless (December 12, 2006, Illect) • Of Venison Meat and Shining Wire with DJ Kurfu (November 15, 2011, Illect) ==References==