Artist of the Month for April 2006: Ghostface Killah

It's been a very successful first quarter for hip-hop, and Ghostface is one of the artists to thank for that (sorry T.I.). Tony Starks embarked on his FishScale tour, and later backed it up with an excellent hip-hop album, which, despite its street-based aesthetic, has managed to sell over 110,000 units in its first full week of release. I don't know if it had more to do with the Best Buy mark-down, or if people are really beginning to buy into Ghost's street opera.

More on Ghostface:

• Ghostface Profile
• FishScale Review
• FishScale Tour
• Ghostface's "Back Like That" - #1 on the Top 10
• Ghostface's "Back Like That" - #2 on the Top 10

Album art: © Def Jam