Eprhyme

Birth Name: Eden Daniel Pearlstein

Place of Birth: Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.

Date of Birth: February 19, 1980

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Eprhyme is an American rapper and hip-hop producer. He is part of the groups Darshan, with Basya Schechter, and Ruthless Cosmopolitans, with Jon Madof. He is known for incorporating Jewish roots and other Middle Eastern influences in his music. He is also billed as ePHRYME.

Eprhyme was born in Phoenix, Arizona. He has described his upbringing as, “a standard non-Orthodox West Coast Jewish upbringing – Hebrew school, bar mitzvah, and summer camp.” He was inspired to reacquaint himself with his Jewish roots, after participating in a Native American Sun Dance in North Dakota.