Kurupt biography wikipedia
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Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha
1999 studio album by Kurupt
Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha is the second studio album by the American rapper Kurupt.[1] It was released in 1999 through Antra Records with distribution from Artemis Records.[2]
The album contains the single "Who Ride Wit Us". The track "Callin' Out Names" is a diss track directed toward rappers Foxy Brown and DMX.[3]
By January 2001, the album had sold 440,000 copies.[4]
Recording
[edit]In an interview with HipHopDX, Kurupt explained his mindset throughout the recording process of Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha: "I was back to gangbangin' and I was back into a real solemn – a real low state, angry and upset and pissed". He tried to avoid it on his later albums.[5]
In October 1999, Kurupt and his entourage were attacked outside the studio Echo Sounds, where he was recording the album. Two armed men confronted them and opened fire.[6] Kurupt's bodyguard Dwayne "Draws" Dupree was pronounced dead at the scene, while rappers Jevon "Tha Realest" Jones and Willard "Act Da Fool" Givers were hospitalized with gunshot wounds.[7] Initial reports linked the attack to the diss track "Calling Out Names", which was released on Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha. In the so
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Tha Dogg Pound
American hip hop duo
Tha Dogg Pound is an American hip-hop duo composed of West Coast rappers Kurupt and Daz Dillinger. They were among the first acts to sign to Death Row Records in 1992.
Kurupt and Daz went on to release solo albums starting in 1998; they left the crumbling Death Row Records following year. Daz left due to long-lasting internal struggles on the label after friend and labelmate Tupac Shakur's murder in 1996. Kurupt started Antra Records, while Daz and Soopafly started D.P.G. Recordz. In 2002, a feud arose between the two when Kurupt decided to sign back with Death Row Records, upsetting everyone involved with the group. His awaited Death Row release Against the Grain had been postponed several times while Kurupt was on the label, later being released in August 2005, after he was off. In January 2005, Daz made another solo album release titled Tha Dogg Pound Gangsta LP. Tha Dogg Pound then got back together as a group and released Dillinger & Young Gotti II in November 2005. In 2006, Snoop Dogg executive produced released their official reunion album Cali Iz Active.
History
[edit]Death Row years (1992–1998)
[edit]Before The Chronic album came out, Kurupt and Daz were solo artists. Having heard the chemistry they had
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