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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=May 2011}} {{Infobox musical artist  | name = Pegz | image = | caption = | image_size = 150 | background = person | birth_name = Tirren Staaf | alias = Pegasus | birth_place = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|12|23|df=y}}{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} | origin = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | instrument = | genre = Hip hop | occupation = Rapper, producer, record executive | years_active = 1992–2018 | label = Obese }}

'''Tirren Staaf''', known professionally as '''Pegz''' (short for '''Pegasus'''), is an Australian hip hop artist and producer hailing from Melbourne, Victoria. From 2002 until 2016 he was the CEO of Obese Records<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/music/taking-the-rap/2006/01/26/1138066913843.html?page=2 |title=Taking the rap |publisher=The Age |date=29 January 2006 |accessdate=2008-05-13}}</ref> —the record label responsible for some of the country's most successful rap artists, such as Hilltop Hoods, Kerser, and Illy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/music/obese-gains-some-weight/2006/10/26/1161749231165.html |title=Obese gains some weight |publisher=The Age |date=27 October 2006 |accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref>

==Biography== Tirren Staaf was named after Tiran Porter, former member of the Doobie Brothers.<ref>Interview with Hau Latukefu on Triple J Hip-Hop Show, 16 May 2011</ref><ref>Lyrics of "Deities of Def", Pegz, ''Drama'' ("I was named after a motherfucking Doobie Brother")</ref>

Pegz has been involved with the Australian hip hop scene since 1992. As a teenager, he was first a graffiti artist before becoming a rapper.

In 2000, he got a job at Obese Records, a specialist hip-hop music store in Prahran.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/music/taking-the-rap/2006/01/26/1138066913843.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 |title=Taking the rap |last=Benedictus |first=Luke |publisher=The Age |date=29 January 2006 |accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref> He released his first recording, a self-titled EP'', Pegasus'', through Obese's distribution label in 2001, followed by a studio album, ''Capricorn Cat'', in 2003, and ''Axis'' in 2005.

In 2005, Pegz toured nationally with Australian Hip Hop Milk Bar Stars (Pegz, Muph, DJ Bonez and Plutonic Lab).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/cd--gig-reviews/milkbar-stars/2005/12/08/1133829704676.html |title=Milkbar Stars |work=The Sydney Morning Herald|last=Colman |first=Tim |date=9 December 2005 |accessdate=2008-04-01}}</ref> Upon releasing his third solo album, ''Burn City'', in 2007, Pegz briefly retired as a solo artist to concentrate on managing Obese Records, stating:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22989941-2902,00.html |title=The year ahead in music |publisher=Herald Sun |last=Te Koha |first=Nui |date=31 December 2007 |accessdate=2008-05-13}}</ref><blockquote>"This will be my last solo effort I think; I'm not in the mental space to be juggling everything right now, but we'll see what happens. I'm always writing. Always."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bmamag.com/?p=243 |title=OBESE BLOCK PARTY - Block Rockin' Beats |publisher=BMA Magazine |last=Dennes |first=Caz |date=1 May 2008 |accessdate=2008-05-13 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref></blockquote>In 2009, Pegz returned with a new group, Gully Platoon, composed of him and MCs Dialectrix and Joe New. Together, they only released one album in 2009, ''The Great Divide''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tsunamimag.com/articles/gully-platoon.html |title=Gully Platoon |publisher=Tsumami magazine|last=Fell|first=Sam|date=4 August 2009 |accessdate=7 September 2009}}</ref> The album reached #5 on the AIR Top 20 Album charts<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chaos.com/charts/8379.html |title=AIR Top 20 Albums |publisher=Chaos.com |accessdate=7 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422032653/http://chaos.com/charts/8379.html |archive-date=22 April 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and #18 on the ARIA Top 40 Urban Album charts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display_urban.asp?chart=1Q40RB&chart2=1R40RB |title=ARIA Top 40 Urban Albums & Singles |publisher=ARIA|date=7 September 2009 |accessdate=7 September 2009}}</ref> The group released their first video clip for the single "Nothing To Lose" on 15 September 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifYX-Ig4180 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/ifYX-Ig4180| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Nothing To Lose Video Clip |publisher=Artist |accessdate=18 September 2009}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

On 26 January 2011, Obese Records announced that Pegz would be releasing another solo album, ''Drama'', which released a few months later in April 2011.

On May 7 2016, Pegz shut down the Obese Records label and store for good. He made a brief return in 2018 with the album ''Equilibrium'', a collaborative effort between him and producer Silent Titan, before quitting music again.

==Discography==

===Albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ List of albums, with selected details and chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Details ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| AUS <ref>Peaks in Australia: * ''Burn City'': {{cite Ryan|page=215}} * ''Drama'': {{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/chartifacts.htm|title=Chartifacts - Week Commencing: 18th April 2011|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110425000920/http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/chartifacts.htm|archive-date=25 April 2011|access-date=23 April 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| ''Capricorn Cat'' | * Released: 2003 * Label: Obese (OBR022) * Format: CD | — |- ! scope="row"| ''Axis'' | * Released: 2005 * Label: Obese (OBR034) * Format: CD | — |- ! scope="row"| ''Burn City'' | * Released: 2007 * Label: Obese (OBR054) * Format: CD, digital | 70 |- ! scope="row"| ''Drama'' | * Released: 2011 * Label: Obese (OBR077) * Format: CD, digital | 52 |- ! scope="row"| ''Equilibrium'' (with Silent Titan) | * Released: 2018 * Label: Hydrofunk Records * Format: Digital | 18 (ARIA Urban Album Chart) |}

===EPs=== *''Pegasus'' (2001) – Obese (OBR020)

===Singles=== *"Celebrate Daily"/"Rogue"/"Everyshow" (2001) *"12 Apostles" (2002) – Obese (OBR021) *"Back Then" (2005) – Obese (OBR036) *"Chechen Gorilla" (2005) – Obese (OBR037) *"No Attachments" (2008) *"Burn City" (2008) *"Pegz & Silent - Equilibrium feat. Jace XL" (2018)

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.pegz.com.au/ Official website] * [http://www.obeserecords.com/artists_pegz.htm Pegz] at Obese Records site

Category:Rappers from Melbourne Category:Living people Category:Australian male rappers Category:Obese Records artists Category:Obese Records Category:1975 births