Ron Raphael Braunstein (born June 7, 1976), professionally known by his stage name Necro, is an American rapper and record producer from New York City.

He is a member of hip hop groups the Circle of Tyrants and Secret Society together with his older brother Ill Bill,[5] and one-half of The Godfathers alongside Kool G Rap.

[11][12] Necro lists Kool G Rap as one of his biggest influences in terms of multi-syllabic rhyme structure and content, as well as LL Cool J, Big Daddy Kane, KRS-One, Rakim and the Geto Boys.

[21] Necro refers to his music as "death rap" to describe his style of ultraviolent hip hop and to distinguish himself from other genre labels created by the media.

In the following years he produced beats for artists like Non Phixion, Cage, Krist and Missing Linx, who all released independent singles.

[27] Necro rapped over a death metal blast beat on the track "Suffocated to Death by God's Shadow", with the drums being played by Mike Smith from the band Suffocation and has also collaborated with Scott Ian of Anthrax and Dave Ellefson of Megadeth, two members of the "Big 4", on the track "Evil Rules".

For instance, on "Underground", Necro states he will "penetrate your skull like a riff from Obituary's 'Slowly We Rot'" and quotes Metallica's "Master of Puppets" by saying "Taste me you will see / more is all you need / dedicated to / how I'm killing you".

His multilayered, wide-ranging concepts explore how he beats and murders people who aren't as tough as him [28] and the creative ways in which he has sex with women.

Songs have tackled topics like the Manson murders: "Creepy Crawl",[29] "Cockroaches",[30] "Scalpel",[31] "The 12 King Pimp Commandments",[32] "Dead Body Disposal",[33] "The Human Traffic King",[34] "White Slavery",[35] "I Need Drugs",[citation needed] "Food For Thought", "S.T.D.

", picking up women ("86 Measures of Game"), cannibalism ("Human Consumption"), suicide ("You Did It"), bondage and sex games ("EdgePlay"), watersports and micturition ("Piss"), life as a pimp ("Out the Pocket"), a revenge tale ("Some Get Back (Revenge)"), and war narratives ("First Blood").

In "asBESTos", Necro raps, "I'm completely rehabilitated, reinvigorated, reassimilated"[38] which is taken directly from an Al Pacino quote in Carlito's Way.

[41] Some of the groups he has opened for include Run DMC, Beatnuts, Sepultura, Kool Keith, Insane Clown Posse, Napalm Death & Biohazard.

He has headlined for sold-out shows in some of NYC's mid-sized venues such as Brownie's, Wetlands, The Knitting Factory & SOB's.

[11] During the summer of 2009, Necro was a featured artist on the Rock the Bells tour appearing in Toronto, New York, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco.

[11] Necro's film company has already released three direct-to-video features (187 Reasonz Y, The Devil Made Me Do It and the I Need Drugs music video).

In May 2009, he premiered in a short video-film titled, Triumph Of The Kill acting the role of a serial killer clown.

As far as the tour organizers and I are concerned, you are my peoples so it's all love and I'm thankful for the opportunity to prove I can represent in a variety of situations.

On July 17, 2010, Necro revealed (through his website's forum) that he is being sued by Ani Difranco due to sampling her song "Used to You" for the track "The Asshole Anthem".

[52] The court in the trial of Michael Rafferty heard testimony from convicted murderer Terri-Lynne McClintic that she listened to Necro the day she abducted Tori.

[53] Necro issued a press statement on March 23, 2012, saying he does not support "anything that brings harm to children" and that he believes he has been unfairly blamed for the actions of some of his fans.