- Travis Barker
Travis Landon Barker (born November 14, 1975) is an American drummer, who achieved most of his fame by drumming for the band, Blink-182. He currently is the drummer for +44 and has also played for side projects Box Car Racer, Transplants and Expensive Taste. In 1996, Barker joined his first touring band, playing drums for The Aquabats as The Baron Von Tito. He recorded one album with them, The Fury of the Aquabats!, in 1997. - Lil Rob
Roberto Flores (born September 1975), better known as Lil Rob, is a Mexican American (Chicano) rap artist from San Diego, California, USA. He was born and raised in the La Colonia area of Eden Gardens, a Hispanic neighborhood near Solana Beach. Lil Rob debuted as an artist in 1992. Prior to the release of his album Twelve Eighteen Part 1, he regularly moved as many as 100,000 units for each independent CD he recorded. - Karrine Steffans
Karrine Steffans was born on August 24, 1978 St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands and is a former hip hop music video performer and actress. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller Confessions of a Video Vixen , her 2005 memoir about her life in the commercial hip hop world, which was wildly popular for its graphic descriptions of her sexual liaisons with numerous celebrities. Confessions is currently [Oct. 2007] the all-time best selling book on AALBC.com - Yukmouth
Yukmouth (born Jerold Dwight Ellis, II October 18, 1974 in Oakland, California), is a rapper from East Oakland, California. He is a member of the platinum-selling rap duo Luniz along with Numskull. The Luniz recorded the successful weed anthem, "I Got 5 on It" which helped propel their album to platinum certification. He went on to sign a solo record deal at J-Prince's Rap-A-Lot Records, releasing three albums, … - Afroman
Afroman (born Joseph Mortimer Foreman, 28 July 1974) is a rap artist from Palmdale, California. - C-Bo
C-Bo short for Cowboy, born Shawn "Cowboy" Thomas is an American rapper. He was born in 1971 and grew up in the Garden Block of Sacramento, California. He has sold over 2 million albums independently since 1993. In late 2006/early 2007, C-Bo signed a record deal with G-Unit's Young Buck and his record label, Ca$hville Records. - Carl Hancock Rux
Rux Revue (Sony/Epic), produced by the Dust Brothers,Tom Rothrock and Rob Schnapf, featuring drummers Joey Waronker (formerly of "REM"), and keyboardists Atom Ellis and James Hall. Voted one of the top ten alternative music CDs of 1998 (New York Times/Year in Music) Apothecary Rx (Giant Step), Co-produced by Carl Hancock Rux and Stewart Lerman with Rob Hyman (formerly of the Hooters). - Carl Stone
Carl Stone (born Carl Joseph Stone, February 10, 1953) is an American composer, primarily working in the field of live electronic music. His works have been performed in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia, South America, and the Near East. Stone studied composition at the California Institute of the Arts with Morton Subotnick and James Tenney and has composed electro-acoustic music almost exclusively since 1972. - Lil' C-Style
Lil' C-Style (born Ronald Gilliam) is an american Rap artist. Former member of Tha Dogg Pound and the LBC Crew. Also best known for his rap "Fuck Dre" with Tha Realest, Twist, Swoop G where they're showing disrespect to the artists Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Mel-Man. He is a member of 19th St. Rollin' 20's Crips - Linda Lou McCall
Linda Lou McCall is a songwriter and music industry consultant specializing in entertainment marketing, street promotion, and creative development. She has notably worked with many artists over three decades, from veterans like The Delfonics and Con Funk Shun to contemporary artists like MC Hammer, Eminem and the Black Eyed Peas. She was the wife of Con Funk Shun co-founder/drummer Louis A. McCall, who died in 1997, and is the mother of their two children. (http://www.theloosebook.com) - Lil' Kim
Kimberly Denise Jones (born July 11, 1974 in Brooklyn, New York), better known by her stage name Lil' Kim or her nickname Queen Bee, is a Grammy Award winning rap artist. Kim rose to fame in the mid 1990s and has become one of the two best selling female rappers of all time (along with Missy Elliott). - Dr. Dre
André Romell Young, better known by his stage name Dr. Dre, is an American record producer, rapper, actor and record executive. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and a former co-owner and artist of Death Row Records. Young is a significant figure in the development of rap music. He was a founding member of the influential rap group N.W.A., … - The Game
Jayceon Terrell Taylor (born November 29 1979 in Los Angeles, California), known by his stage name The Game, is an American rapper signed to Geffen Records. The Game rose to fame in 2005 following the success of his debut album, "The Documentary" and his two Grammy nominations. Since then, The Game is considered to be a driving force in bringing back the West Coast hip hop scene and competing with many of his East Coast counterparts. - Eazy-E
Eric Lynn Wright (September 7 1963-March 26 1995), better known by the stage name Eazy-E, was an American rapper, producer, and record executive from Compton, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. He was a Kelly Park Compton Crip from the early teenage years until his death, mentioned in the song 'Any Last Werdz?'. He was the son of Richard and Kathie Wright. - Coolio
Coolio (born Artis Leon Ivey, Jr. on August 1, 1963 in Compton, California) is an American rapper and actor perhaps best known for the hit song "Gangsta's Paradise." The album "Gangsta's Paradise" is considered a classic west coast Gangsta Rap album, thanks to songs like "Exercise Yo Game" and "Geto Highlites." Coolio has also made numerous television and film appearances. - Mc Eiht
Aaron Tyler (born May 22, 1967 in Compton, California) is an American gangsta rapper better known by his stage name MC Eiht. Eiht grew to fame on the West coast as one of two MCs in the four-man crew, Compton's Most Wanted. After enjoying increasing success with the group, which peaked with 1992's "Music to Driveby", Eiht took a role in the hit movie Menace II Society as well as a high-profile spot on the soundtrack. - Mac Dre
Andre Hicks, better known by his stage name, Mac Dre, was a San Francisco Bay Area-based gangsta rapper from Vallejo, California. He is considered one of the innovators of the hyphy music movement. During his career in the rap world, he worked with artists like Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre's step brother Warren G, Kokane, Mistah F.A.B., MC Hammer, Mac Mall, San Quinn, E-40, Too $hort, Yukmouth, Andre Nickatina, Ray Luv, and Keak Da Sneak. - Dan The Automator
Dan "the Automator" Nakamura (born in San Francisco, California) is an American hip-hop and rap producer most known for his work in the mid to late 1990s and early 2000s. Nakamura's work tends to integrate significant amounts of overlooked 1970s and 1980s kitsch, cult classics, and B-grade 1990s television material. His work also tends to make heavy use of classical music and science fiction overtones and references, … - Lil Eazy-E
Eric Wright Jr. (born April 23 1984), better known by his stage name Lil Eazy-E, is an American rapper and the eldest son of gangsta rap pioneer Eazy-E. Wright was born and raised in Compton, California, in the same house his father grew up in. He was ten years old when his father died of AIDS. He first appeared on the hip hop scene with Daz, during which time an independent album release was expected. - Brotha Lynch Hung
Brotha Lynch Hung (born Kevin Mann) is a Horrorcore/Gangsta Rap artist from Sacramento, California. He is known for lyrics featuring highly explicit themes, including murder, gang violence, and cannibalism. Lynch collaborated with Master P in his 1993 debut album, "24 Deep", which featured stories of the struggles involved with being affiliated with a local street gang in Sacramento's "Garden Blocc". - Emcee T
Shaun Tai (born March 26, 1980 in Oakland, California), best known by his stage name Emcee T is a Bay Area rapper and music producer. Emcee T has increased recognition of his hometown of Santa Rosa, California and surrounding cities including Oakland, Richmond, San Francisco and San Jose in Asian American / Chinese-American hip hop music. He currently lives in the East Bay, California. - Litefoot
Litefoot (born on August 5, 1972; also goes by the name G. Paul Davis) is a Native American rapper and the founder of the Red Vinyl record label. - Shamako Noble
Shamako Noble is a hip hop artist and activist from San Jose, California. As an activist and organizer he is best known for his work with the Hip Hop Congress. Shamako helped co-found the Congress, along with Reali Robinson, and ran the bay area chapter for several years until the organization merged with a student-organization of the same name. After the merger, Shamako became the organization's Chair of Artist Development, … - Young Lay
Lathan Williams (born 1975), better known by his stage name, Young Lay, is a San Francisco Bay Area based gangsta rapper from Vallejo, California. He has worked with artists such as Tupac Shakur and Mac Dre, and is recently known as the father of Le-Zhan Williams, a boy who was raised by his abductors after they killed his mother and set fire to the house. - Sly Boogy
Sly Boogy (often misspelled "Sly Boogie") is an up and coming West Coast rap artist. In 2002 He released his solo debut "Judgment Day" under Sway & Tech's Bolo Entertainment. He received some recognition after releasing a handful of singles in 2003-2004 that got a good amount of airplay. The singles include: "California Remix," "That'z My Name," "It's Nuthin" and "If U Got Crew." In 2005, Sly Boogy released "The Fifth Letter" mixtape, … - Lil Cuete
Lil Cuete is a Chicano rapper from Norwalk, California. He is currently colaborating with various other rap artists in the Los Angeles, California music scene. He is affiliated with the Varrio Norwalk Los One Ways gang street gang. Lil Cuete is currently contracted with Eastside Records. He has released four albums, one each year.He has a song in the lowrider 2005 tour which it is called You Know Your Special - King Tee
King Tee, also spelled King T, (born Roger McBride in Compton, California), is an American West coast rapper from Compton, California. - Skee-Lo
Skee-Lo is the stage name of Antoine Roundtree, Born on March 5, 1973. a rapper who was moderately popular in the mid-1990s. He was born in Chicago, IL, and grew up in Riverside, California. He is best known for the self-deprecating pop-rap 1995 hit single "I Wish", in which he wishes he was "a little bit taller" (Skee-Lo is 5 ft 4 in, or 1.63 m). The single and the album "I Wish" were both certified gold by the RIAA in 1995. - Dj Slip
Terry "DJ Slip" Allen is a music producer, local to the Los Angeles hip-hop scene. He began his career in music by working with his father, sound equipment business owner Richard Allen, in the early 1980s. The two provided sound equipment at various Southern California parties, clubs, and dances, and at shows for such groups as Uncle Jamm's Army, World Class Wreckin Cru, LA Dream Team, and many others. - Paperboy
Paperboy (born Mitchell Johnson in Compton, California) is a 1990s rapper best known for single "Ditty", which sampled Zapp's R&B classic "Doo Wa Ditty (Blow That Thing)" and became a hit after being remixed by DJ/Producer Ben Liebrand. In 1993 he released the album "The Nine Yards" which contained 10 tracks, including the platinum certified single "Ditty". - Chuck Mosley
Chuck Mosley is an African/Native American singer and songwriter and a pioneer of the music genre commonly referred to as Rap Rock. Mosley was the original front-man of the ground-breaking and highly influential band Faith No More. He was featured on their debut album We Care a Lot and on their second, Introduce Yourself. Mosley was born in Hollywood, CA, but raised in South Central Los Angeles and Venice. He joined Faith No More in 1985 replacing Courtney Love (Hole) as lead singer. - Kam
Kam is an American political rapper known primarily among hip hop fans and music critics during the 1990s. Born in Los Angeles, California, he is considered an esteemed West Coast underground rapper. He is known for his Afrocentric lyrics, Nation of Islam membership and affiliation with his cousin fellow West Coast rapper Ice Cube. He is also known for his powerfully commanding baritone voice and knack for using multisyllabic rhymes. - Mr. Criminal
Mr. Criminal is a Chicano rapper from Los Angeles, California, signed to Hi Power Entertainment, a record label. His first album, "Criminal Mentality" first came out in the year 2001. His influence to performing such themes is Lil' Rob, a Chicano rapper from San Diego. - Ap.9
AP.9 is a gangsta rap artist who was born in Oakland, California. He has released albums in the group Mob Figaz, albums with Scoob Nitty and Gonzoe and several solo albums. He was in an episode of A&E's "Inked" getting his "Mob Figaz" tattoo. - Opio
Opio Lindsey, known by his stage name, Opio, (born: 1975), is a member of the four-member, Oakland-based underground rap group, Souls of Mischief, and the eight-member, underground hip hop collective, Hieroglyphics. Opio has appeared on all four Souls of Mischief albums, both Hieroglyphics studio albums, and released his solo debut, "Triangulation Station", in February, 2005 on the Hieroglyphics' own independent label, … - Seagram Miller
Seagram Miller was a West Coast gangsta rapper from Oakland, California. He was the first West Coast rapper to be signed to Houston-based Rap-A-Lot Records. His lyrics were violent but rather intelligent and vivid depictions of gangsta lifestyle given in explicit detail. Seagram released 3 albums in his lifetime. The hard-edged and violent "The Dark Roads" and the more typically laid-back west coast style "Reality Check". - Matthew Henderson
Misao background:. - Andy Peterson
I know in this photo I look like a stone. - Nelson Ceron
Nelson Ceron holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, in Business Administration with a Minor in Economics. This prepared him enormously in his pursuit to produce thought-provoking feature films. Nelson was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. Now residing in Los Angeles, Nelson recently completed a Certificate in Cinema Production, which entails the mastery of Screenwriting, Directing, Editing and Production. - Ice Cube
O'Shea Jackson (born June 15 1969) is an American rapper, actor and film director. He is better known as Ice Cube. Regarded as one of the greatest hip hop artists, he began his career as a founding member of the famously controversial rap group N.W.A., and later launched a successful solo career in music and cinema. In 1992 he married Kim Jackson, with whom he has four children. Later in 1992, he converted to Islam.
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