Reuven Ben Menachem,[1] November 4, 1972, in Staten Island, New York) is an American rapper and hip-hop producer.
[4][5] His grandfather and grandmother are Holocaust survivors, and his great uncle was shot in the back and his family was killed in the concentration camps by the Nazis.
[5][6] He attended New Dorp High School, where he became friends with the original members of Wu-Tang Clan Method Man, Inspectah Deck and Raekwon the Chef.
[9][10] After emerging with the "Seen it All"/"Everything is Real" 12-inch single, Remedy appeared on the platinum-selling 1998 Wu-Tang Killa Bees: The Swarm compilation with his track "Never Again", a song about the Holocaust.
[17][18][19][5] Code Red included a track about the 9/11 attacks,[2] as well as "A Muslim and a Jew", a song about the respective sides in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict (with Wu-Tang leader The RZA acting as mediator).
Remedy made a cameo appearance in the 2008 horror/comedy Bad Biology, along with J-Zone, Vinnie Paz (Jedi Mind Tricks) & Reef The Lost Cauze.