The Alchemist, Mike Shabb & Nicholas Craven backstage at Roc Marciano & Boldy James show 11/23/22

The Alchemist, Mike Shabb & Nicholas Craven chop it up backstage at the Roc Marciano & Boldy James show at Thalia Hall in Chicago, 11/23/22. Historical moment captured by @bigsmokeltd

Nicholas Craven is a Hip-Hop artist from Montréal, Québec. He has produced for Ransom, Tha God Fahim, Roc Marciano, Mach-Hommy, Boldy James, Styles P, Freddie Gibbs, Dark Lo, Navy Blue, Armand Hammer (Billy Woods & Elucid), Sha Hef, Sheek Louch, Eto, Planet Asia, Your Old Droog, Griselda (Westside Gunn, Benny The Butcher & Conway The Machine), Rigz, Jimmie D, 38 Spesh, Hus Kingpin and many more.

Following a run of singles with Griselda, three albums with Montréal's Jimmie D and placements on projects like Mach-Hommy & Tha God Fahim's "Dollar Menu 3: Dump Gawd Edition", Nicholas Craven released his first solo album "Craven N" on December 11th, 2017. It was followed by "Rockhead Paradise" with Jimmie D on August 31st, 2018, "Valenti & Rizzuto" with Eto on November 11th, "Garbage Music For Trust Babies" with Jimmie D on December 22nd, 2018, and "Tha Myth Who Never Quit" with Tha God Fahim on June 12th, 2019. On December 27th, 2019, "Craven N 2" was released.

March 9th, 2020, Ransom & Nicholas Craven released a feature-less 4 track EP entitled "Director's Cut". This was followed up by the 6 track "Directors Cut Scene Two" on April 24th and the 10-track LP "Directors Cut Scene Three" on August 14th, 2020. A few songs that that didn't make it onto these 3 projects were compiled as the "Deleted Scenes" EP and were released Friday November 13th, 2020 followed by "Crime Scenes" on December 18th, 2020.

In 2021, after placements on Mach-Hommy's "Pray 4 Haiti" (Kriminel), Roc Marciano's "Mt. Marci Deluxe" (The General's Heart) and Ransom's "Se7en" (Envy), Tha God Fahim & Nicholas Craven released "Dump Gawd: Shot Clock King" on August 3rd, a 7 song collaborative EP featuring Your Old Droog. A sequel, "Dump Gawd: Shot Clock King Vol. 2", was released on August 30th and followed by a string of collaborations: "RIP Bergdorf" with Westside Gunn, "1000 Mile Stare" with Roc Marciano, "Bandoleros" with Ransom & Rome Streetz, "Yuri" and "Dom Perignon" with Your Old Droog, the whole album "Hull" with D-Track and "Yzerman" with Boldy James to name a few. The Mach-Hommy album "Balens Cho" followed and featured 4 Craven produced songs (Labou, Separation Of The Sheep And The Goats, Lajan Sal & Traditional).

In 2022, Nicholas Craven released the song "Breaking Atoms" with Evidence and produced the song "Bull Market" for Your Old Droog & Tha God Fahim. On February 18th, "Craven N 3" was released. Following this, Your Old Droog & Craven dropped the "YOD Wave" EP on March 4th. The collab album run continued: "Boulangerie" with Raz Fresco on April 1st, "Dump Gawd: Shot Clock King Vol. 3" with Tha God Fahim on April 26th, "Dump Gawd: Triz Nate" with Mach-Hommy on May 5th, "Latin Quarter Part 1" and "Part 2" with Akhenaton on May 20th and June 24th respectively and "Fair Exchange No Robbery" with Boldy James on September 30th.

[Killjoy.Z]

The American alchemist meets the Canadian one

[Everything_E]

These 2 really debating who boldly sounds better with😂

[saulocampo]

Saba on al and craven production sounds like prom/king 2

[LoneWolfHustle]

2 of my favorite producers!! This is dope

[tonyxaj]

Man seeing y’all together on stage was a magical moment !

[rafaelzuniga]

Hell yes
Thalia Hall Chicago
Boss show

[officialtonytagliano]

Literally the producers and Rapper that made me wanna do this shit!!!! 💎🤲🏾💎🤲🏾💎 thank y’all all deeply

[Black-zykk]

My two favorite producers In The same room I love it

[reaperwilliams]

Our boy Uncle Al everybody's pal🙌🏿. Fat shouts to N. Craven💪🏿💪🏿💯

[Dre-femi]

Best boldy album was the craven one this year facts

[millagramnavy]

swear to god i typed these two names in to see if they knew one another i love the alchemist and even though im fairly new to craven i love him as well

[jonnycool]

I’d literally be too stunned to speak in this room

[bertoh]

The Alchemist delivers beats like the reincarnation of Hermes delivering the Emerald Tablets!!!
🔥💯💪

[jaybeillproductionz]

This is such an amazing sight to see🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

[tightknit]

Craven wearing that Tight Knit Collegiate hoodie!!!

[Mr_Senzu]

Powerful session indeed. When are we getting Pain and Glory instrumentals ?

[walkedoverwater]

Legends. in fifty years they’ll wish they appreciated both of you more in the moment

[desperado]

they talk about money pile they made of course alchemist is bigger but craven are here too 😂 no cap your one of the best craven like alchemist