2Mex


Alejandro Ocana, better known by his stage name 2Mex, is an American rapper. He is a member of The Visionaries and of Mexican Descent. He has collaborated with underground hip hop artists such as Jel, Omid, Thavius Beck, Factor Chandelier, Radioinactive, and Isaiah "Ikey" Owens.

History

2Mex attended the Good Life Cafe open mic nights in 1992, which played a significant role in shaping his early career. In 1998, he released his first album with The Visionaries, as well as the debut album of Of Mexican Descent. He was also featured on the Omid compilation album Beneath the Surface.
In 1999, 2Mex was featured on the Fat Jack compilation album Cater to the DJ. That same year, he released his first solo album, Fake It Till You Make It, as part of The Mind Clouders, with producer Mums the Word.
In 2000, 2Mex was featured as a member of the Afterlife Crew on the Afterlife Records compilation Declaration of an Independent. He then released B-Boys in Occupied Mexico on Mean Street in 2001. Sweat Lodge Infinite was released on Temporary Whatever in 2003. The self-titled album, 2Mex, was released in 2004. He released My Fanbase Will Destroy You on Strange Famous Records in 2010. It features guest appearances from Murs, Prince Po, Busdriver and Nobody. In 2016, one of his legs was amputated due to complications from diabetes. He addressed the loss and other struggles in the 2017 album Lospital.

Discography

Solo

Studio albums
  • B-Boys in Occupied Mexico
  • Sweat Lodge Infinite
  • 2Mex
  • Over the Counter Culture
  • My Fanbase Will Destroy You
  • Lospital
  • Ghostwriting Songs for God
Mixtapes and EPs
  • Unreleased Hits
  • Words. Knot Music.
  • The Sweat
  • Knowhawk
  • Gloria Was a KROQer
  • Protect and Serve
  • Cartoon Boyfriend
  • Gentrification EP
Compilations
  • Essential 2Mex Road CD
  • New Wave Chola Road Mix
  • Singles: Volume One
  • Sound Hoarding Vol. 1
  • Sound Hoarding Vol. 2
  • ''Sound Hoarding Vol. 3''

    Collaborations

Visionaries
  • Galleries
  • Sophomore Jinx
  • Pangaea
  • We Are the Ones
  • Established 1995
  • V
Of Mexican Descent
  • Exitos y mas exitos EP
  • Exitos y mas exitos
  • Of Mexican Descent
Look Daggers
Other collaborations
  • Fake It Until You Make It
  • Money Symbol Martyrs
  • Break Up Your Make Up
  • Blessing in Disguise
  • Fallin' Angels
  • Like Farther... Like Sun...
  • ''Operation: Dark Winter December''

    Guest appearances

  • Key-Kool & Rhettmatic – "Visionaries " from Kozmonautz
  • Nobody – "Shades of Orange" from Soulmates
  • Abstract Rude + Tribe Unique – "Frisbee" from P.A.I.N.T.
  • Existereo – "Morals" from Dirty Deeds & Dead Flowers
  • Jel vs. 2Mex – "D.I.Y. Partisan"
  • Busdriver & Radioinactive with Daedelus – "Barely Music" from The Weather
  • Dax, Neogen, Dert, Reconcile, Professor Who, Dokument, Chosen1, Griffin, Lazarus, Raphi, Drastic, Propaganda & Macho – "Remember This Day" from Underground Rise, Volume 1: Sunrise/Sunset
  • Omid – "Myth Behind the Man" from Monolith
  • Abstract Rude & Tribe Unique – "Flow and Tell" from Showtyme
  • Awol One – "Gagbuster" from Self Titled
  • Shape Shifters – "American Idle" from Was Here
  • Subtitle – "Crew Cut " from Young Dangerous Heart
  • Busdriver – "Sphinx's Coonery" from Fear of a Black Tangent
  • Ellay Khule – "Fading Rhythms" from Califormula
  • Prince Po – "Ask Me" from Prettyblack
  • Thavius Beck – "Dedicated to Difficulty" from Thru
  • Mestizo – "Back Wash" from Dream State
  • The Gigantics – "Don't" from Die Already
  • Expedyte feat Louis Logic, Phakt – "Sunny Daze" from Life
  • Ceschi – "Same Old Love Song"
  • Neila – "Mercy Refused" from Better Late Than Never
  • Factor Chandelier – "Mental Illness" from Lawson Graham
  • Radioinactive – "Mint Tea" from The Akashic Record
  • Self Provoked – "Trophies" from
  • Sal Crosby & Bons Reeb – "20"