Qupid started his music career at the age of twelve. In Jr. High Qupid would get kicked out of his algebra class for writing explicit rap songs. Eventually Qupid became a victim to the streets like most other young black males. There was a period in his life when he had to sell crack just to eat. He also spent time in Chicago's jail for drug... [+] Read More

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Yung catz straight out of sac wit dope flows who goes by the group name Hallow Tipps n artists in tha group is Uhnonimis Tipp Kwik Tipp and Organik Tippstah

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Every now and then a new artist comes along with something new to the game. Something that makes you stop and listen. Something that demands your attention. This new artist brings new meaning to his genre of music, and makes you rethink everything you thought it was supposed to be. Johnniemane is that new artist. Hailing from South Memphis, the... [+] Read More

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Sean B. is a young Artist on the rise in the music game. He takes you through the struggle of conditions and motivational pain by putting God First in trials and tribulations. He Delivers Truth and gives you his mind, heart and soul on every track; also keeping faith in hand towards the wisdom that he speaks. He has a very powerful/potent... [+] Read More

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K9 is who I be: born and raised in Memphis,TN. From there I just kept ryhming, steady steady climbing not wasting time as money was on my mind. And I'm still pushing sellind cd after cd when ever I can just to make living easy. Hahaha let me stop anywayz I'm K9 and am really eager to get know and start building a huge fan base. And to do that I... [+] Read More

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2Pac became the unlikely martyr of gangsta rap, and a tragic symbol of the toll its lifestyle exacted on urban black America. At the outset of his career, it didn't appear that he would emerge as one of the definitive rappers of the '90s -- he started out as a second-string rapper and dancer for Digital Underground, joining only after they had... [+] Read More

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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

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The producer behind the success of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, DJ U-Neek earned a Grammy for his work on the group's smash hit "The Crossroads." He released the solo album Ghetto Street Pharmacist in the fall of 1999. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

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Chicago's Do or Die gained a hit with their first single, Po Pimp. Released on a tiny Chicago label, the track became a local hit and sparked the group's signing by Houston's Rap-A-Lot Records. Given a wide release in the summer of 1996, the single hit number 22, increasing the buzz for a full-length from the group. In September of that year,... [+] Read More

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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

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Born inKenya, East Africa, in June 1982, K The Pharmacist (Kulwa Ndalahwa Jnr.) moved to Mwanza (Rock City), East Africa during his high school years. As a kid, K knew music would play a big part in his life, when in 6th grade music class, his teacher found on him, & confiscated (and punished him) a Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggy Style tape that... [+] Read More

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Soon after Bone Thugs-N-Harmony became a multi-platinum success story, they began looking for home-grown Cleveland talent to sign to their label, Mo Thugs Records. The first in the family was Poetic Hustla'z, formed by Mo! Hart, Tony Tone, and Boogy Nikke. The trio first appeared on the Mo Thugs Family all-star project album Family Scriptures in... [+] Read More

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Scarface quickly became the South's most admired rapper and remained so throughout the '90s after breaking away from the Geto Boys to launch his solo career in 1991. Even if he never scored any national hits or stormed up the Billboard charts with any of his numerous albums throughout the '90s, no one could question his clout throughout the... [+] Read More

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As the embodiment of '90s gangsta rap, Snoop Dogg blurred the lines between reality and fiction. Introduced to the world through Dr. Dre's The Chronic, Snoop quickly became the most famous star in rap, partially because of his drawled, laconic rhyming and partially because the violence that his lyrics implied seemed real, especially after he was... [+] Read More

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Tru is a three-piece gangsta rap group that No Limit mastermind Master P formed with his younger brothers, Silkk and C-Murder. Tru became the most popular act on No Limit with their 1995 debut album, True; it sold over 200,000 copies with little promotion or airplay, and helped establish No Limit as an underground hip-hop force. Tru released its... [+] Read More

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Chicago rapper Twista made his recording debut on "Po Pimp," a platinum single by his fellow Windy City rappers Do or Die. Following "Po Pimp," Twista signed with Big Beat/Atlantic and released his debut, Adrenaline Rush, in the summer of 1997. Mobstability followed a year later, and in 1999 Twista returned with Legit Ballin'. In fall 2002,... [+] Read More

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