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TEXAS ISAIAH

Born Brooklyn, NY
Based in Los Angeles, CA and New York, NY

Solo Exhibitions

              (Never) As I Was: Studio Museum Artists in Residence , MoMA PS1, New York, NY 
                      Texas Isaiah, Tilton Gallery, New York, NY

              The Portrait is Political [Dear Los Angeles Love, Brooklyn], BRIC, Brooklyn, NY

              BLACKNESS, NYU Kimmel Galleries, Kimmel Center for University Life, New York, NY

Group Exhibitions

               The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century, Baltimore Museum of Art, MD

               4th Queer Biennial: QUEER DIASPORAS: Lavender City of Dreams (online)

               The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK;
                       travelled to Detroit Institute of Arts, MI; Recontres d’Arles, France; Tasweer Photo Fesstival, Qatar
                       Photo Flux: Unshuttering LA, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA

               Radical Tenderness: Trans for Trans Portraiture, Alice Austen House, Staten Island, NY
                       New Visions, Fotografiska, New York, NY

               Youngbloods, La Quotidian, Los Angeles, CA
                       The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion, Aperture Founda

Israelite prophet

This article is about the prophet. For the book bearing the prophet's name, see Book of Isaiah. For other uses, see Isaiah (disambiguation).

"Isaias", "Esaias", and "Yeshayahu" redirect here. For the given name, see Isaiah (given name). For the hurricane, see Hurricane Isaias.

Isaiah ( or ;Hebrew: יְשַׁעְיָהוּ&#;, Yəšaʿyāhū, "Yahweh is salvation"; also known as Isaias or Esaias from Greek: Ἠσαΐας) was the 8th-century BC Israelite prophet after whom the Book of Isaiah is named.

The text of the Book of Isaiah refers to Isaiah as "the prophet", but the exact relationship between the Book of Isaiah and the actual prophet Isaiah is complicated. The traditional view is that all 66 chapters of the book of Isaiah were written by one man, Isaiah, possibly in two periods between BC and c. BC, separated by approximately 15 years.

Another widely held view suggests that parts of the first half of the book (chapters 1–39) originated with the historical prophet, interspersed with prose commentaries written in the time of King Josiah years later, and that the remainder of the book dates from immediately before and immediately after the end of the 6th-century BC exile in Babylon (almost two centuries after the time of the historical prophet), and that perhaps these later chapters represent the work of an ongoing school of prophets who prophesied in accordance with his prophecies.

Biography

The first verse of the Book of Isaiah states that Isaiah prophesied during the reigns of Uzziah (or Azariah), Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, the kings of Judah. Uzziah's reign was 52 years in the middle of the 8th century BC, and Isaiah must have begun his ministry a few years before Uzziah's death, probably in the s BC. He may have been contemporary for some years with Manasseh. Thus, Isaiah may have prophesied for as

American rapper (born )

Musical artist

Isaiah Rashad Joel McClain (born May 16, ) is an American rapper. He first gained recognition following his performances on the Smoker's Club Tour alongside rappers Juicy J, Joey Badass and Smoke DZA. He is a founding member of the Chattanooga, Tennessee-based hip hop collective The House, which he formed with rappers YGTUT, Michael Da Vinci (MikeyD), Chris P, and Brian Brown.

McClain signed with the Carson, California-based record label, Top Dawg Entertainment to release his debut mixtape, Cilvia Demo (). Met with universal acclaim, it marked his first entry on the Billboard and foresaw McClain's inclusion as part of XXL Magazine's Annual Freshman Class issue. His debut studio album, The Sun's Tirade () was met continued praise and peaked at number 17 on the chart. McClain signed with Warner Bros. Records to release his long-delayed second album and major label debut, The House Is Burning ().

Early life

Isaiah Rashad Joel McClain was born on May 16, , in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He was raised primarily by his mother, who is a hairdresser. When he was young, Rashad's father would let him stay up late while they listened to Too $hort and Scarface. His father left the family when Rashad was three. Rashad briefly had ambitions of becoming a preacher. After his stepbrother lent him a copy of OutKast's ATLiens in junior high, Rashad started spending most of his time rapping. In his youth, Isaiah's mother and stepfather were part of the Five-Percent Nation and he recounts going to a mosque with them.

Career

– beginnings

Rashad first began rapping seriously in tenth grade, while he and his friends would record on laptops. The first stage name he used was Zay Taylor. After high school, he went to Middle Tennessee State University. Then, his friend who went to school for