Genre: Hip-Hop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Like many of his West Coast gangsta peers in the early '90s, DJ Quik's career began wonderfully before slowly descending with each passing year. In 1991, when a 20-year-old Quik debuted on Priority Records, West Coast gangsta rap reigned and his label controlled the rap industry. These factors, coupled with Quik's production abilities, resulted... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
Michael Shields and a close friend met in high school.Both boys were into hip-hop and shortly there after formed a group known as "AKA".The name of the group was devrived from the group members.Shields, known as "Ambitiouz" and other members "Kreative" and "Authentik". Word spread quickly about this up and coming group and with their four track... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
I'm a southern boy from a small town with little hope and big dreams which brought my talent to NY alot of people make it from here.Anywayz I an screw up that's tryin'to put his hood life"the streets into words understood by those that really live it from day to day! I came from a single parent home,Born the twin that survived,One older brother... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
C-Murder is the younger brother of Master P, the founder and president of No Limit Records. That explains his membership in the No Limit family, the label where nepotism rules, but he's actually one of the stronger rappers on the label. He may stick to the predictable gangsta musical blueprint, but as a rapper, he had an original style and... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Eightball & MJG may have never made a significant impact nationally during their rise to fame in the 1990s, yet they indeed made an incredible impact throughout the South, where the Memphis-bred duo pioneered what countless Dirty South rappers would emulate years later. The two began on the Southern underground circuit, where they peddled their... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Originally from New York, the hip-hop duo Kane & Abel moved to New Orleans as teenagers. When they arrived in New Orleans, they met Mia X, who eventually hooked the duo up with Master P, who helped Kane & Abel land a deal with No Limit Records. Their first album, 1996's 7 Sins, was produced by KLC and Mo B. Dick, who formerly worked with Down... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Kurupt began his winding career with Death Row Records and rose to momentary fame alongside Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, but struggled to establish himself as a successful solo artist. Born Ricardo Brown in Philadelphia in 1972, he moved to Hawthorne, CA, as a teen, where he befriended Snoop and joined the roster of Death Row. He debuted on Dre's... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Master P created a hip-hop empire without registering on any mainstream radar. For several years, he operated solely in the rap underground, eventually surfacing in the mid-'90s as a recording artist and producer who knew exactly what his audience wanted. And what they wanted was gangsta rap. With his independent label No Limit, Master P gave... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Next to Master P (and maybe C-Murder), Silkk the Shocker (born Vyshonne Miller) was the preeminent rapper on No Limit Records, the underground hardcore rap label that became a sensation in the late '90s. Since he is the brother of Master P, the founder of the label, you'd expect nothing less, actually. As a member of Tru, as a guest rapper, and... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Another of Master P's No Limit soldiers, rapper Soulja Slim made his solo debut in 1998 with Give It 2 'Em Raw. Following a prison stint for armed robbery, Slim reappeared three years later with Streets Made Me, and after a move to Cut Throat Committy, Years Later followed in late 2002. The following year he released Years Later...A Few Months... [+] Read More
