under his new record label, Ashenafi Records. The album received little attention and mixed reviews. On April 2, 2007, during a La Coka Nostra concert at the Gramercy Theatre in New York, Jeru the Damaja came out for a surprise appearance to perform his song "D. Original". His album Still Rising was released on October 16, 2007. In 2009, Jeru started to collaborate with drum and bass producers. In 2009, he is featured on Kabuki's track "Watch Your Step", produced by Mainframe and also on "Open Up Their Eyes" by Italian producer Fabio Musta. He also collaborated with Group Home in 2010 for a song, "Guru" dedicated to the late rapper Guru. The next year, Jeru announced that he would be releasing a new record with production from '90s legends JuJu from the Beatnuts, Pete Rock, Large Professor and old collaborator DJ Premier but the album was not released. The same year he featured in the song "Oddałbym" on the album Reedukacja of Polish hip-hop group Slums Attack (Peja, Dj Decks). Polish rap star OSTR also featured on it, and the album was a great success in Poland, selling out in the first couple of days. In 2012 Jeru featured in the song "The Mourning Son" on the album Remix with the Sun of French trip hop group Chinese Man. In July 2013, Jeru promised to soon release a new EP with production from Large Professor, PF Cuttin, Junkyard Ju, and Sabor. On June 17, 2014, Jeru released an EP through Hedspinn Records entitled The Hammer for digital download. He has a home in Berlin. Legacy In 2013 The Sun Rises in the East was ranked as one of the 100 greatest hip-hop albums of all time by the editors of About.com, who called it "one of the quintessential '90s hip-hop albums." In 2022, The Sun Rises in the East was named as one of The 200 Greatest Rap Albums Of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine. Discography Studio albums The Sun Rises in the East (1994) Wrath of the Math (1996) Heroz4Hire (1999) Divine Design (2003) Still Rising (2007) The Hammer (2014) References External links Interview on Divine Design from thesituation.co.uk "Interview with Neil Acharya" at Exclaim! 1972 births African-American male rappers Five percenters Living people Rappers from Brooklyn Underground rappers Hardcore hip hop artists 21st-century American rappers 21st-century American male musicians FFRR Records artists 21st-century African-American musicians 20th-century