Ryan Peters, best known by his stage name Spose, is a rapper from Wells, Maine. Spose began rhyming while he was in eighth grade, and started to pursue his rapping career in 2004. In 2007 he self-released his first album, Preposterously Dank.
In January 2010, Spose’s single, “I’m Awesome,” (from the We Smoked It All mixtape, a collaboration between Spose and Cam Groves) received significant airplay on Maine radio stations.In February 2010, after the song caught on in other parts of the United States, Spose signed a record deal with Universal Republic Records and announced that he would begin working on a music video. In March 2010, the video was filmed in Wells at the town-owned activity center where Spose had his first concert at the age of 14, and was released on April 14, 2010.”I’m Awesome” has reached #37 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Spose’s major-label debut album, The Audacity!, is to be released on July 27, 2010.
