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Saigon

Saigon

Saigon has been played over 10 times on NTS, first on 24 January 2013. Saigon's music has been featured on 8 episodes.

There are at least six artists with this name:

1) An American Rapper 2) A Post-Punk band from Leamington Spa. Alternative page: S​aigon 3) A Swedish heavy metal band 4) A punk band from Orange County, California 5) A Finnish poprock group from the 80s 6) A Swedish group formed in Berlin in 2010 but, at the time of writing, based in Stockholm.

1) Saigon (born Brian Carenard, 1978) is an African-American rapper. Born in Newburgh, New York, He spent his upbringing moving between immediate and extended family members in Spring Valley, New York and Brooklyn as well as parts of New Jersey and Virginia. He cites his mother's inattention towards him due to the new arrival of numerous younger siblings as being the catalyst for his roughly 15-year rebellious period. At age 11 he began selling marijuana and at age 13 he had joined in a neighborhood gang. By the time Saigon reached 15 he had already been involved in at least two shootings for which he received jail time. This would be his home for the majority of the next several years of his life as he was "raised" in the New York Penal System. While incarcerated, he took the stage name Saigon from the influential Vietnam War book “Bloods” by Wallace Terry, which he read while he was serving time in prison.

He is currently signed to Just Blaze's Fort Knox Entertainment record label and is working on his major label debut entitled The Greatest Story Never Told for a November 2006 release, which has now been postponed to a later unannounced date.

He appeared on the second season of the HBO television series Entourage and this is credited as being a big boost to his career to the point where the mainstream U.S. population is beginning to recognize him as opposed to simply his previously small following. He also appears in the third season.

He also performed separate tracks with both Australian hip hop MC Phrase and singer Daniel Merriweather in 2005.

MTV News reported that on January 19th 2006, Saigon was stabbed in the temple with a beer bottle as he left a dinner in the Chelsea section of New York. A man approached Saigon and attempted to steal a chain of his, worth $18,000. When Saigon grabbed it back, a fight started. Saigon, bleeding from the head, tried to hail down a taxi (not wanting to get blood in his Mercedes Benz) but was unable to and drove himself to Bellevue Hospital where he received seventy stitches.

2) S​aigon is also the name of an early 80s 3 piece Post-Punk band from Leamington Spa. Their music was released through First Floor Records.

3) Also the name of a Swedish heavy metal band.

4) Punk band from orange County California. Released a self-titled EP in 1981.

5) Finnish pop rock band founded 1980 and disbanded 1985. Made two unsuccessful albums and six singles during their career.

6) Saigon's "Ready For Romance?" was made available on Bandcamp in May 2013. The style is broadly lo-fi indie rock.

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Saigon

Saigon has been played over 10 times on NTS, first on 24 January 2013. Saigon's music has been featured on 8 episodes.

There are at least six artists with this name:

1) An American Rapper 2) A Post-Punk band from Leamington Spa. Alternative page: S​aigon 3) A Swedish heavy metal band 4) A punk band from Orange County, California 5) A Finnish poprock group from the 80s 6) A Swedish group formed in Berlin in 2010 but, at the time of writing, based in Stockholm.

1) Saigon (born Brian Carenard, 1978) is an African-American rapper. Born in Newburgh, New York, He spent his upbringing moving between immediate and extended family members in Spring Valley, New York and Brooklyn as well as parts of New Jersey and Virginia. He cites his mother's inattention towards him due to the new arrival of numerous younger siblings as being the catalyst for his roughly 15-year rebellious period. At age 11 he began selling marijuana and at age 13 he had joined in a neighborhood gang. By the time Saigon reached 15 he had already been involved in at least two shootings for which he received jail time. This would be his home for the majority of the next several years of his life as he was "raised" in the New York Penal System. While incarcerated, he took the stage name Saigon from the influential Vietnam War book “Bloods” by Wallace Terry, which he read while he was serving time in prison.

He is currently signed to Just Blaze's Fort Knox Entertainment record label and is working on his major label debut entitled The Greatest Story Never Told for a November 2006 release, which has now been postponed to a later unannounced date.

He appeared on the second season of the HBO television series Entourage and this is credited as being a big boost to his career to the point where the mainstream U.S. population is beginning to recognize him as opposed to simply his previously small following. He also appears in the third season.

He also performed separate tracks with both Australian hip hop MC Phrase and singer Daniel Merriweather in 2005.

MTV News reported that on January 19th 2006, Saigon was stabbed in the temple with a beer bottle as he left a dinner in the Chelsea section of New York. A man approached Saigon and attempted to steal a chain of his, worth $18,000. When Saigon grabbed it back, a fight started. Saigon, bleeding from the head, tried to hail down a taxi (not wanting to get blood in his Mercedes Benz) but was unable to and drove himself to Bellevue Hospital where he received seventy stitches.

2) S​aigon is also the name of an early 80s 3 piece Post-Punk band from Leamington Spa. Their music was released through First Floor Records.

3) Also the name of a Swedish heavy metal band.

4) Punk band from orange County California. Released a self-titled EP in 1981.

5) Finnish pop rock band founded 1980 and disbanded 1985. Made two unsuccessful albums and six singles during their career.

6) Saigon's "Ready For Romance?" was made available on Bandcamp in May 2013. The style is broadly lo-fi indie rock.

Original source Last.fm

Tracks featured on

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Come On Baby
Saigon feat. Jay-Z, Swizz Beatz
Suburban Noize Records, Abandoned Nation2011
Friends
Saigon
Suburban Noize Records, Abandoned Nation2011
True Story
Saigon
Abandoned Nation2005
The Corner
DJ Whoo Kid, DJ Kay Slay, Saigon, Da Yardfather
Shadyville, Streetsweepers Entertainment, Abandoned Nation2003
Letter To Omnipotent
DJ Whoo Kid, DJ Kay Slay, Saigon, Da Yardfather
Shadyville, Streetsweepers Entertainment, Abandoned Nation2003
Rusty Gunz
Saigon feat. Lil' Fame
Amalgam Digital2009
Ooh Wee
Mark Ronson, Ghostface Killah, Nate Dogg feat. Ghostface Killah, Nate Dogg, Saigon, Trife
Elektra2003
If...(My Mommy)
Saigon
Sure Shot Recordings2004
Come On Baby (Remix)
Saigon feat. Jay-Z
Violator Records2007
Say It (Remix)
Termanology feat. Bun B, Freeway, Joell Ortiz, Saigon
ST Records2011