Lushlife
Lushlife in 2023
Background information
Birth name	Raj Haldar
Born	(1981-08-01)August 1, 1981 (age 43) New Jersey, U.S.
Origin	Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop
Occupation(s)	Rapper,record producer
Years active	2005–present
Labels	Scenario, Rapster,Western Vinyl

Raj Haldar^[1] (born August 1, 1981^[2]), better known by his stage nameLushlife, is an American rapper and record producer fromPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania.^[3] He is the co-author ofP Is for Pterodactyl: The Worst Alphabet Book Ever.^[4] He is one half of The Skull Eclipses.^[5]

Born on August 1, 1981, Haldar grew up inGlen Ridge, New Jersey.^[2] He is the son of a school teacher and an electrical engineer who emigrated fromBengal.^[2] As a child, he had 12 years of classical piano lessons.^[2] He played drums and wrote arrangements in a high school jazz band.^[2] After living inLondon andNew York City, he settled inSouth Philadelphia circa 2005.^[6]

In 2005, Lushlife released aKanye West/The Beach Boys mashup album, titledWest Sounds.^[7] In 2009, he releasedCassette City on Rapster Records.^[8] It included vocal contributions fromCamp Lo andElzhi.^[9] In 2010, he was hired byConnectify, where he would serve as the marketing director.^[2] In 2011, he releasedNo More Golden Days.^[10] In 2012, he releasedPlateau Vision onWestern Vinyl.^[11]

In 2016, Lushlife released a collaborative album with production trio CSLSX, titledRitualize, on Western Vinyl.^[12] It included guest appearances fromKiller Mike,Ariel Pink,RJD2,Deniro Farrar,Marissa Nadler, andFreeway.^[13] In that year, he also released theNo Dead Languages EP.^[14] In that year, he left Connectify.^[15] In 2017, he releasedMy Idols Are Dead + My Enemies Are in Power.^[16]

He co-wrote a children's book, titledP Is for Pterodactyl: The Worst Alphabet Book Ever, with Chris Carpenter.^[17] Illustrated by Maria Tina Beddia, the book was published onSourcebooks Jabberwocky in 2018.^[18]

• West Sounds (2005)
• Order of Operations (2005)
• Order of Operations Instrumentals (2007)(with The Age of Imagination Quartet)
• Cassette City (2009)
• No More Golden Days (2011)
• Plateau Vision (2012)
• Ritualize (2016)(with CSLSX)
• My Idols Are Dead + My Enemies Are in Power (2017)

• Cherry Blossom Anthems (2006)
• No Dead Languages (2016)

• "No Foundation" (2006)
• "Still I Hear the Word Progress" (2012)
• "Hale-Bopp Was the Bedouins (Shabazz Palaces Remix)" (2012)
• "She's a Buddhist, I'm a Cubist (Remix)" (2012)
• "Toynbee Suite" (2013)
• "Body Double" (2015)(with CSLSX)

• P Is for Pterodactyl: The Worst Alphabet Book Ever by Raj Haldar and Chris Carpenter (Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, 2018)ISBN 978-1-4926-7431-3

No Reading Allowed

• • The Worst Read-aloud Book Ever** - by Raj Haldar and Chris Carpenter 2020

• Lushlife (March 7, 2012)."All Rap is Cloud Rap".Impose. Archived fromthe original on June 11, 2012. RetrievedOctober 25, 2018.

• Lushlife discography atDiscogs

• Living people
• 1981 births
• Rappers from Philadelphia
• American hip-hop record producers
• Musicians from Philadelphia
• Record producers from Pennsylvania
• American people of Bengali descent
• 21st-century American rappers
• Western Vinyl artists
• Musicians from Glen Ridge, New Jersey

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