Kiley Hendriks, stage name Prevail, is a Canadian hip hop artist, based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Prevail started rapping in the early 1990s with Moka Only. They are founding members of the group Swollen Members, which consists primarily of himself and Madchild on vocals. Swollen Members have sold hundreds of thousands of albums and won the Juno Award four times. Rough Guide called them "two of the most innovative people in hip-hop".
Aside from Swollen Members, Prevail released an album entitled ' with Abstract Rude and Moka Only in 2001, his first solo EP Baseball Bat and Nails in 2009, and a second solo EP with producer Ol' City Rocker titled Spasefase in 2012. Prevail then started 'Alpha Omega' - a new group teaming up with his nephew Cory Joseph (a.k.a. Neph) - in 2015. The duo released 3 EPs together before joining forces with Rob The Viking and Dr. Liesa Norman to form XL The Band. XL The Band has released dozens of jazz/ hip hop leaning singles since 2019.
Discography
<big>Solo</big>
- Baseball Bat & Nails EP - February 10, 2009
- Spasefase EP - January 10, 2012
<big>Swollen Members</big>
- Balance - September 28, 1999
- Balance: Extra Tracks - November 23, 1999
- Balance Re-Release - May 1, 2001
- Bad Dreams - November 13, 2001
- Monsters in the Closet - November 12, 2002
- Heavy - October 27, 2003
- Heavy Bonus DVD - November 18, 2003
- Black Magic - September 12, 2006
- Armed to the Teeth - October 27, 2009
- Dagger Mouth - March 15, 2011
- Monsters II - August 2, 2011
- Beautiful Death Machine - March 19, 2013
- Brand New Day - June 16, 2014
<big>XL the Band</big>
- Opus No. 1 - April 3, 2020
Awards
<nowiki>*</nowiki>All awards won with Swollen Members*
Juno Awards
- 2001 - Best Rap Recording (Balance)
- 2002 - Best Rap Recording (Bad Dreams)
- 2003 - Rap Recording of the Year (Monsters in the Closet)
- 2007 - Rap Recording of the Year (Black Magic)
MuchMusic Video Awards
- 2001 - Best Independent Video - âÂÂLady VenomâÂÂ
- 2002 - Best Rap Video - "Fuel Injected" (ft. Moka Only)
- 2002 - Best Director - "Fuel Injected" (ft. Moka Only)
- 2002 - VideoFACT Award - "Fuel Injected" (ft. Moka Only)
- 2002 - Best Independent Video - "Fuel Injected" (ft. Moka Only)
- 2002 - Peoples Choice: Favorite Canadian Group
- 2003 - Best Rap Video - "Breathe" (ft. Nelly Furtado)
Western Canadian Music Awards
- 2003 - Outstanding Rap/Hip-Hop Recording (Monsters in the Closet)
- 2003 - Video of the Year - âÂÂBreatheâ (ft. Nelly Furtado)
- 2004 - Outstanding Rap/Hip-Hop Recording (Heavy)
References
External links
- http://www.xltheband.com/