“Bands get passed down as a tradition because people say to their kids: 'You want to hear this, because this right here shaped what you're listening to now.' It happened with lots of bands before us. You'd say: 'This is Led Zeppelin,' 'This is the Beatles' and 'This is The Rolling Stones.' As it relates to hip-hop, you say: 'This is Cypress Hill.'”

American rapper

B-Real, born Louis Mario Freese, is an American rapper best known as one of the lead voices of Cypress Hill. Since 1991, he has been one of the group’s two frontmen with Sen Dog and the only constant member of the band. He has also worked with Kush, Serial Killers, and Prophets of Rage. Alongside those group projects, he has released solo mixtapes and two solo albums, Smoke n Mirrors in 2009 and Tell You Something in 2020.