Since the age of 16, Knobody has been busy developing his unique blend of rhyme and spoken word (coined as “Rappetry’) to become one of the most recognized young emcees in the Bay Area hip-hop scene. In 2006, Knobody was signed to Hiero Imperium Records and was announced as the first signing to their new Triple i League - Hiero’s version of a Major League Baseball farm team. With his already polished lyrical skills, and the business know-how of Hiero behind him, Tha Clean Up aims to do what a clean-up hitter does on a baseball team: smack some balls out of the park.