Cx1DJs We Do Things Different Podcast "Untold Stories of Too Short" hosted by DJButterrock

Cx1DJs We Do Things Different Podcast "Untold Stories o f Mack 10 hosted by DJButterrock

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2594031/fan_mail/new]  Cx1DJs We Do Things Different Podcast "Untold Stories of Mack 10 " hosted by DJButterrock Mack 10 made his first appearance on Ice Cube's Bootlegs & B-Sides compilation on the track "What Can I Do? (Remix)". His debut album Mack 10 was released in 1995 by Priority Records[2] and was certified Gold by the RIAA. The album included the hit single, "Foe Life," which peaked at number 33 on the Billboard 200.[2] His next release Based On A True Story (1997) also reached Gold certification. On October 6, 1998, Mack 10 released his third studio album, The Recipe. The album debuted at number 15 on the Billboard 200 and went on to be certified Gold. Rolison appeared with WC and Ice Cube in the 1996 all-star side project Westside Connection, and formed his own production company, Mack One-O,[2] which signed the acts Allfrumtha I and The Comrads. He also signed Glasses Malone to his Hoo-Bangin Records imprint through Cash Money Records. His most recent album, 2009's Soft White was released by Hoo-Bangin' Records and Fontana Distribution. The first single was "Big Balla" featuring Birdman and Glasses Malone. Feuds Mack 10 was involved in several feuds. His critically acclaimed self-titled album included the song "Westside Slaughterhouse" featuring the rapper Ice Cube, which was a diss in response to the song "I Used to Love H.E.R." by Common. In 1996, as a member of the rap supergroup Westside Connection, he was featured in the song "King of the Hill" - a diss song directed at the rap group Cypress Hill. Personal life Rolison married Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, from R&B trio TLC during August 2000. In October 2000, their daughter, Chase Anela Rolison, was born.[3] They separated in 2004.[4] Discography Main article: Mack 10 discography Studio albums Mack 10 (1995) Based on a True Story (1997) The Recipe (1998) The Paper Route (2000) Bang or Ball (2001) Ghetto, Gutter & Gangsta (2003) Hustla's Handbook (2005) Soft White (2009) Collaborative albums Bow Down (with Westside Connection) (1996) Da Hood (with Da Hood) (2002) Terrorist Threats (with Westside Connection) (2003) Money Music (with Glasses Malone) (2010) Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2594031/support]

Cx1DJs We Do Things Different Podcast "Untold Stories of E-40" hosted by DJButterrock

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2594031/fan_mail/new]  Cx1DJs We Do Things Different Podcast "Untold Stories of E-40" hosted by DJButterrock Earl Tywone Stevens (born November 15, 1967), better known by his stage name E-40, is an American rapper. Stevens is a founding member of the rap group the Click and the founder of Sick Wid It Records. He has released 27 studio albums to date, appeared on numerous movie soundtracks, and has also done guest appearances on a host of other rap albums. Initially an underground artist, his 1995 solo album In a Major Way opened him up to a wider audience. Beginning in 1998, he began collaborating with mainstream rappers outside the San Francisco Bay Area. He rose to higher mainstream popularity in 2006 with his single "Tell Me When to Go", which was produced by Lil Jon. Early life Stevens was born in Vallejo, California.[2][1] He grew up with his siblings raised by a divorced mother who worked three jobs, and he became interested in hip hop after hearing "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang.[3][4] Beginning in fourth grade, Stevens played the snare and bass drum.[3] He graduated from Hogan High School in Vallejo in 1985.[5][6] Stevens played baseball in high school, recorded music with his siblings, and sold their recordings from the back of a car.[7] After high school, Stevens enrolled at Grambling State University in 1986 with his cousin Brandt Jones and attended the school for one year.[8][9][10][3] Music career 1986–1999 Stevens made his rap debut as E-40 in 1986 with his cousin B-Legit, sister Suga-T, and brother D-Shot in the group Most Valuable Players. After impressing fellow students with a rap remix of the school song and a Grambling State talent show, Most Valuable Players released a single, "The King's Men".[11][3] The group later became the Click and released the EP Let's Side in 1990.[2] The EP was co-produced by Mike Mosley and Al Eaton and was released on Sick Wid It Records, an independent label founded by E-40. In 1992 they released a second album, Down and Dirty, and in 1992 E-40 made his solo album debut. Federal, a nine-track LP/14-track CD produced by Studio Ton and released by Sick Wid It Records in association with SMG (Solar Music Group), a regional distributor. In 1993, the Click had mainstream hit, "Captain Save a Hoe" (radio edit "Captain Save Them Thoe"). They moved back to Vallejo and teamed up with D-Shot, E-40's brother, to form the group MVP or Most Valuable Players. E-40's gospel singing uncle (Saint Charles) helped them put out the record.[12] Suga-T was then added to the group to form the Click.[13] Although having a large following on the West Coast, E-40 did not have a large mainstream audience, so only two of his songs released under Jive Records, "1-Luv" featuring Levitti and "Things'll Never Change" featuring Bo-Roc, charted on the Billboard Hot 100.[2] He had been working nearly exclusively with rappers from the Bay Area until 1997, when he released the double disc compilation Southwest Riders featuring exclusively rap acts from the Bay Area and the south. His collaboration with southern rappers continued in 1998, when he was given guest appearances on albums by Southern rappers, including Lost by Eightball, and MP da Last Don by Master P.[2] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2594031/support]

Cx1DJs We Do Things Different Podcast "Untold Stories of Too Short" hosted by DJButterrock

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2594031/fan_mail/new]  Todd Anthony Shaw (born April 28, 1966),[4] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Short#cite_note-4][1] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Short#cite_note-starpulse1-1][2] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Short#cite_note-allmusic1-2] known professionally as Too Short (stylized as Too $hort), is an American rapper. A pioneer of West Coast hip-hop [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Coast_hip-hop], Shaw was among the first acts to receive recognition in the genre during the late 1980s. His lyrics were often based on pimping [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procuring_(prostitution)] and promiscuity [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promiscuity], but also drug culture and street survival;[5] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Short#cite_note-5] exemplified respectively in his most popular singles "Blow the Whistle [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blow_the_Whistle_(song)]" and "The Ghetto [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ghetto_(Too_Short_song)]". He is one of few acts to have worked with both Tupac Shakur [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupac_Shakur] and the Notorious B.I.G. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Notorious_B.I.G.] at the heights of their respective careers.[1] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Short#cite_note-starpulse1-1][2] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Short#cite_note-allmusic1-2][6] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Short#cite_note-6] Shaw began recording in 1983, and cultivated a regional following with three independent projects tailored for his native Oakland [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland,_California]. His fourth album, Born to Mack [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_to_Mack] (1987) sold an estimated 50,000 units from Shaw's car trunk,[7] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Short#cite_note-CL-7] leading to a commercial re-issue by Jive Records [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jive_Records] the following year. His fifth album, Life Is... Too Short [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_Is..._Too_Short] (1989), received double platinum [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIAA_certification#List_of_certifications] certification by the Recording Industry Association of America [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America] (RIAA) and became his first entry on the Billboard 200 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200]. His sixth album, Short Dog's In The House [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Dog%27s_In_The_House] (1990), peaked at number 20 on the chart and spawned the single "The Ghetto", which became his first and highest-charting entry on the Billboard Hot 100 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100] as a lead artist. His next four albums—Shorty the Pimp [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorty_the_Pimp] (1992), Get in Where You Fit In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_in_Where_You_Fit_In] (1993), Cocktails [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocktails_(album)] (1995), and Gettin' It (Album Number Ten) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettin%27_It_(Album_Number_Ten)] (1996)—each peaked within the top ten of the Billboard 200 and received platinum [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIAA_certification] certifications by the RIAA. In 1988, he formed The Dangerous Crew [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dangerous_Crew], a collective of fellow Oakland-based rappers and producers, and in 2020, he formed the West Coast hip hop group Mount Westmore [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Westmore] with frequent collaborators Ice Cube [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube], Snoop Dogg [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snoop_Dogg] and E-40 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-40]. In 2006, he founded the record label Up All Nite Records [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Short#Up_All_Nite_Records], through which he signed the hyphy [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphy] group the Pack [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pack_(group)] (which included then-unknown rapper Lil B [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil_B]). Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2594031/support]

Cx1DJs We Do Things Different Podcast "Untold Stories of Ice Cube" hosted by DJButterrock

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2594031/fan_mail/new]  Cx1DJs We Do Things Different Podcast "Untold Stories of Ice Cube" hosted by DJButterrock O'Shea Jackson (born June 15, 1969), known professionally as Ice Cube, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor, and filmmaker. His efforts on N.W.A's 1989 album Straight Outta Compton contributed to gangsta rap's popularity,[3][4][5] and his political rap solo albums AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (1990), Death Certificate (1991), and The Predator (1992) were all critically and commercially successful.[5][6][7][8] He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of N.W.A in 2016.[9] A native of Los Angeles, Ice Cube formed his first rap group called C.I.A. in 1986.[10] In 1987, with Eazy-E and Dr. Dre, he formed the gangsta rap group N.W.A.[10] As its lead rapper, Ice Cube also wrote most of the lyrics on Straight Outta Compton,[3][5] a landmark album that shaped West Coast hip-hop's early violent and controversial identity and helped differentiate it from East Coast rap.[4][3][10] After a monetary dispute over the group's management by Eazy-E and Jerry Heller, Ice Cube left N.W.A in late 1989 and embarked on a solo career, releasing eleven albums, with seven charting within the top-10 on the U.S. Billboard 200. His singles "Straight Outta Compton", "It Was a Good Day", "Check Yo Self", "You Know How We Do It", "Bop Gun (One Nation)", "Pushin' Weight", and "You Can Do It" all charted in the top-40 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.[10] Ice Cube has also had an active film career since the early 1990s.[11][12] His first acting role was in the hood film Boyz n the Hood (1991), named after a 1987 N.W.A. song he wrote.[4][11] He also co-wrote and starred in the 1995 comedy film Friday,[13] which spawned a franchise and reshaped his public image into an actor.[12] He made his directorial debut with the 1998 film The Players Club, and also produced and curated the film's accompanying soundtrack.[14] His film credits including the comedies Three Kings (1999), the Barbershop and Are We There Yet? franchises, 21 Jump Street (2012), 22 Jump Street, Ride Along (both 2014) and Ride Along 2 (2016). He has also appeared in the XXX franchise (2005–2017), the crime drama Rampart (2012), the animated fantasy The Book of Life (2014), and the thriller War of the Worlds (2025).[13] Ice Cube has also acted as executive producer, including for the 2015 biopic Straight Outta Compton. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2594031/support]

Cx1DJs We Do Things Different Podcast "Untold Stories of Nicki Minaj" hosted by DJButterrock

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2594031/fan_mail/new]  Cx1DJs We Do Things Different Podcast "Untold Stories of Nicki Minaj" hosted by DJButterrock Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty (born December 8, 1982), known professionally as Nicki Minaj (/ˈnɪki mɪˈnɑːʒ/ ⓘ NIK-ee min-AHZH), is a Trinidadian rapper, singer, and songwriter. Dubbed the "Queen of Rap" and one of the most influential rappers of all time, she is noted for her dynamic rap flow, witty lyrics, musical versatility, and alter egos, and is credited as a driving force in the mainstream resurgence of female rap since the 2010s. Raised in New York City, Minaj began rapping professionally in the early 2000s and gained recognition with her three mixtapes between 2007 and 2009. Minaj's debut studio album, Pink Friday (2010), opened with the largest female rap album sales week of the 21st century, topped the US Billboard 200, and spawned the single "Super Bass". She explored dance-pop on her second US number-one album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (2012), which produced the top-five single, "Starships". She returned to her hip-hop roots with The Pinkprint (2014) and Queen (2018), which yielded the singles "Anaconda" and "Chun-Li". Minaj achieved her first Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles with the 2020 duets "Say So" and "Trollz"; the former was the first female rap collaboration to top the chart. Her fifth studio album, Pink Friday 2 (2023), made her the female rapper with the most US number-one albums (three) and spawned her first solo US number-one single, "Super Freaky Girl". Its concert tour became the highest-grossing by a female rapper and one of the top five highest-grossing tours by a rapper in history. Minaj is one of the world's best-selling music artists and the best-selling female rapper, with over 100 million records sold.[1] She has over 54 million certified singles sold in the US and three diamond-certified singles, and in 2024 became the first female rapper with multiple diamond-certified solo songs (two) by the RIAA. In 2023, Billboard and Vibe ranked Minaj as the greatest female rapper of all time. Her various accolades include a Brit Award, five Billboard Music Awards, nine American Music Awards, eight MTV Video Music Awards (including the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award), eleven BET Awards, a Soul Train Music Award, and three Guinness World Records. Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2016, and she was honored with the Billboard Women in Music Game Changer Award in 2019. Minaj founded the record label imprint Heavy On It in 2023. Outside of music, her other endeavors include a fragrance line, a press on nails line, a Loci sneakers collection, and the radio show Queen Radio (2018–2023). She has also voice acted in the animated films Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) and The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019), and acted in the comedy films The Other Woman (2014) and Barbershop: The Next Cut (2016). On television, she served as a judge on the twelfth season of American Idol (2013). Her outspoken views have received significant media attention. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2594031/support]