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Brandon Waugh (born April 12, 1996), better known under his stage name as b-Rabbit, is an American hip-hop artist, producer, disc jockey, and songwriter who is currently signed to indie record label, BranFlakes Records. He was born and raised in East Wenatchee, WA. Since his debut in 2011, he has released three EPs, and five singles with a full length studio album in the works.

1996-2010: Early life and beginnings
b-Rabbit was born Brandon Scott Waugh on April 12th, 1996, in Wenatchee, Washington, the fourth child of Kimber D. Waugh and Bruce L. Waugh. He is of Scottish, English, and German ancestry.

Waugh had attended church with his family every weekend since a very young age. After finally giving his life to Christ at age 8, Waugh started to attended church more often including attendance on Sunday morning, at a Wednesday night youth group, and a bi-weekly boy's group designed to strength bonds. However when Waugh was 11, tensions started to grow high between his family and the other members of the church they had been attending before they finally stopped going and Waugh subsequently renounced his Christian faith. The next four years of his life were full of pain, struggling, and sin before he gave his life back to Christ at age 15.

Growing up, Waugh was always exposed to various genres of music stretching from Christian artists such as Newsboys, dc Talk, and Building 429, as well as more secular artists such as Eminem, Kid Rock, and Blink-182. After Waugh renounced his Christian faith, hip-hop became a huge part of his life, listening to artists such as Eminem, Vanilla Ice, Dr. Dre, and 50 Cent, Waugh started writing his own raps. As he got older, his raps got more and more violent in nature including one written during his 8th grade year entitled "Don't Fuck With Me (I Will Fucking Kill You)".

During his 8th grade year, Waugh started a rap duo with his friend Shawn MacDonald. The two rapped as B-Rabbit and Steel Echo and were known together as the Sons Of Al Capone. The two hosted rap battles throughout their school, taking on anyone who was willing to battle them. After lasting about a month and a half, the two broke up which ended the career of Steel Ju66alo but Rabbit wasn't ready to give up. He continued to write raps hoping to one day become a famous rapper. The two would later reunite in early 2012 along with Daniel Long to create a short lived rap trio called ''SideShow Freakz. ''Rapping as Dr. Wicked (Waugh), Steel Ju66alo (MacDonald), and The Bloody Suit (Long), the trio recorded but never released a song entitled "Hatchet House".

2011: Debut and The Perfect 2
Main article: b-Rabbit Presents: The Perfect 2

In May of 2011, b-Rabbit officially debuted as a born-again Christian rapper. He released his first song on July 31st, "TV (Freestyle)" which would later be announced as one of the songs off his self-titled extended play.

On September 11th, b-Rabbit announced on Facebook that he was working on two songs that he planned on releasing prior to the year's end, the first of which debuted on September15th. The song was a remix to the popular song "Perfect Two" by American singer Auburn. On September 25th, he released a two track extended play entitledb-Rabbit Presents: The Perfect 2 which featured the song "Perfect Two (Remix)", which is billed as Auburn featuring b-Rabbit, and "Perfect 2 (Freestyle)". b-Rabbit's girlfriend Angelica was the subject matter for both songs.

2012: The b-Rabbit EP and Music Lab
Main articles: The b-Rabbit EP and Music Lab

b-Rabbit officially announced a self-titled extended play on August 1st, 2011, one day after releasing a demo version of "TV (Freestyle)". On October 8th, b-Rabbit officially set his sights on recording and mixing when he announced plans for eight tracks on the record. The second promotional single was released on October 23rd, a cover of the popular tobyMac song "Made To Love". The official track list was released on October 26th, with the official cover art being released four days later on the 30th. On November 17th, b-Rabbit released a non-album single entitled "Broken Hearts" about a local kid who drowned in a high school swimming pool. "Things Are Beautiful" was released as the first official single off of The b-Rabbit EP followed by the second single "(Stay Awake) Tonight" on March 28th. The EP was officially released on April 4th.

In early 2012, b-Rabbit began a career as a producer, creating instrumentals for various cancelled projects includingb-Rabbit Presents: The Odds & Ends Mixtape, White Elephant (We Support the Town Toyota Center), and a couple songs for the forthcoming album The b-Rabbit LP.' b-Rabbit released "Untitled Piano & Strings Beat" (which would later be renamed "Ghetto Silence") on ReverbNation in January and released "Mechanical Miracles" on June 8th. The full extended play was announced the same day and then released the following day, on June 9th.

Future: untitled studio album
Main aritcle: untitled studio album

b-Rabbit is currently working on his debut full length studio album due out in the Winter of 2013.

Musical Style and Image
b-Rabbit performs a style of hip-hop that is similar to fellow Christian rapper tobyMac. He also performs other genres as well as Christian hip-hop. He has released and is working privately on songs that feature traces of North West hip-hop, Political hip-hop, Country hip-hop, R&B, Dubstep, and Horrorcore influences. He has described himself as sounding similar to tobyMac, Macklemore, and even Eminem when he first debuted.

Producer
b-Rabbit has recently taken up producing to help jump start his career so that he would no longer be reliant on various online producers but could produce his own work. He currently has six beats he has produced himself, five are unreleased and unheard by the public. He says he uses mostly hip-hop influences for his beats but has recently tried using Alternative, Funk, Electronic, and even Dubstep influences.

As a producer, b-Rabbit has currently released two instrumentals, "Untitled Piano & Strings Beat" and "Mechanical Miracles". On June 9th 2012, he released his first instrumental album that included both of these songs.

Alter Egos
While growing up, b-Rabbit's home life was often chaotic. As a way to escape everyday issues he started to create various characters to live life through. The first character he created was Tony Brandon, a tough thug who didn't fear anything. Other characters would be "Jessica" and "Stacie", both of who were lesbian, and finally "b-Rabbit."

For his second extended play, Rabbit created another alter-ego named "Travis Smith". Travis was first introduced on the song "Monster" with Meg & Dia as being the monster or demon inside of Rabbit. Rabbit goes on to compare Travis to Eminem's alter-ego Slim Shady, both of who are born out of anger. In late 2011, b-Rabbit mentioned the idea of a future album that would tell the life story of Travis Smith and would feature Travis doing the rapping as opposed to Rabbit.

Influences
b-Rabbit has stated that artists who have influenced his musical style include Christian hip-hop artists tobyMac, Lecrae, and KJ-52; American hip-hop artists Macklemore, Immortal Technique, and Eminem; as well as Korean groups 2NE1, BIGBANG, and Korean hip-hop duo GD & TOP.

Personal Life
Growing up, b-Rabbit was accused many times of being homosexual although he always denied it. "Just because I can cook, or actually has feelings doesn't mean I'm gay...... It means I'm a human being." he once posted on his personal Facebook page. He also says that, while he isn't gay himself, he fully supports the LGBT Movement.

b-Rabbit currently lives at home in East Wenatchee with his mother, Kim; father, Bruce; and sister, Robyn. He is also in a relationship with a girl named Angelica who he's been dating since June 4th, 2011. She was also the subject matter of both songs from b-Rabbit Presents: The Perfect 2.

In November of 2012, Waugh had once again renounced his Christian faith stating that the religion was tainted and didn't provide the truth in which he was seeking which caused him to create his own faith, The Cascadian Church of Religious Equality.

Controversy
Since his debut, b-Rabbit has been the subject of controversy in the Christian music buisness. His first release, b-Rabbit Presents: The Perfect 2 featured songs about love and did not include any references to the Christian faith. The album also included the line "You're the smoke to my high" sung by Auburn which was an obvious reference to marijuana. The 2012 promotional single Coming Home (Sonics Are Back) was also devoid of any Christian themes. Writer's Block is the final song to be officially released by b-Rabbit with a Christian advisory sticker. It is currently unknown whether or not his new album will be released with a Christian advisory sticker or not.

Discography
Main Article: b-Rabbit discography

Extended Plays

 * b-Rabbit Presents: The Perfect 2 — September 25th, 2011
 * The b-Rabbit EP — April 4th, 2012
 * Music Lab — June 9th, 2012
 * Broken Hearts: The Remixes — January 19th, 2013

Studio Albums

 * untitled studio album — Winter 2013