Kurupt

Ricardo Emmanuel Brown was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.. He moved to California when he was 16, first to Hawthorne; then when he was 18 to South Los Angeles; Crenshaw District. In 1991, he made his first appearance as a recording artist by appearing on three songs on The S.O.S. Band\'s 1991 album One of Many Nights.\n', ' Kurupt was signed to Death Row Records in the early 1990s, making up a core roster that consisted of himself, Daz Dillinger, Lady of Rage, Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Lil\' 1/2 Dead and RBX, led musically by Dr. Dre and the D.O.C.. These artists gained exposure by appearing on Dre\'s breakthrough album, The Chronic, during which Kurupt and Daz developed a close working relationship. After forming two-man crew Tha Dogg Pound, they were heavily featured on Snoop\'s debut Doggystyle, even given their own song alongside Rage, "For All My Niggaz & Bitchez."\n', ' After the signing of Tupac Shakur to Death Row in September 1995, a rivalry was sparked between Death Row and the east coast\'s Bad Boy Entertainment. Death Row became a divided label, with Suge Knight demanding every rapper on the label diss an assortment of east coast artists hailing from or affiliated with Bad Boy. Having already thrown in on the Ruthless Records/Death Row conflict, Kurupt and Daz joined in the feud with their single "New York, New York," featuring Snoop Dogg; the song was interpreted as a diss against NYC and although it did not diss anyone specifically, it incited the response "L.A., L.A." by NY rappers Capone-N-Noreaga, Mobb Deep & Tragedy Khadafi. The duo\'s album, Dogg Food, became highly successful, despite being the first Death Row release not produced by Dr. Dre. Dr. Dre did, however, mix the album.\n', '