Consisting of rapper/singer/songwriter
Phonte and producer
Nicolay from North Carolina, United States / Utrecht, Netherlands. The Foreign Exchange came together via the online
hip-hop community Okayplayer.com in 2002. After trading files through Instant Messenger for over a year, Nicolay (living in his native Holland at the time) and Phonte (a Raleigh, NC resident) completed their debut album before they ever met each other in person. The album,
Connected, was released in 2004 to positive reviews, and was praised by legendary DJ's such as
DJ Jazzy Jeff,
King Britt, and
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