Best known for creating the scorching 1990s rap-rock anthem 'Jump Around', House
of Pain front man Everlast later developed into a rootsy, soulful songwriter
with roots in hip-hop, country, blues and folk music, recording under the
moniker Everlast.
Born Eric Francis Schrody in Hempstead, New York he spent his summers as a
teenager with his father on construction sites where he heard the workers
playing country and rock tunes, but his main interest was initially in graffiti.
Picking up the nickname Everlast, he was a friend and protege of street artist
Divine Styler and, as ...