Fermín IV

Fermin IV
Background information
Birth name	Fermin IV Caballero Elizondo
Born	1974 Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Origin	Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Genres	Hip hop Rap Conscious Rap Christian Rap Gangsta Rap
Occupation(s)	Rapper songwriter Shepherd
Years active	1996–present
Labels	Universal Music Group Sony Music Entertainment

Fermín IV Caballero Elizondo (been born in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico) is a MC ex Mexican-member of the group of rap Control Machete.

Early life

Fermin was bullied by students in school for having his name which sounds like an artist name which everybody thinks it's funny. He decides to do rap & he found a rap group called Cypress Hill, that's he's influence to make dark rap which his heart feel sad & negative.

Musical career

His musical training traces back to the adolescence, since some time referred to listen the Hip hop of the United States during this stage, doing allusion to his strong message of inconformity and open criticism to the society in general. From this moment, began to develop a musical project of low profile, called Profuga del Metate; same that shelved when deciding study medicine.

Time afterwards, restarted the music like his occupation and would not be but until 1996 where would debut with the group Control Machete in the Mexican scene.

For the year 2000, the same would leave by understood that would be abandoning Control Machete to devote to a new project as solo under his own name. Event that owed mainly to that Fermín had converteted to the Christianity and would leave the secular field to head to said public.

To the date oficia like shepherd in a Christian congregation of name Seed of Mustard in the Mexico City; nowadays his occupation is Pastor in "Semilla de Mostaza" without leaving the music but changing the thematic of his compositions to preach on The Salvation in Jesus Christ.

Albums

Control Machete

• Mucho Barato (1996)
• Artillería Pesada presenta (1999)
• Solo Para Fanáticos (2002)
• Uno, Dos:Bandera (2003)

Solitary

• Boomerang (2002)
• Odio/Amor (2017)
• Laberinto (2018)