Biography

Thus, six additional solo albums were to follow, beginning with ''In a Major Way'' in 1995 as well as remastered versions of E-40's independent Sick Wid It recordings from previous years. ''In a Major Way'' was regionally well-received, with guest spots by such rappers as Tupac Shakur and Mac Mall, as well as his son Droop-E.

Although having a large following within the Bay Area and along the West Coast, E-40 did not have a large mainstream audience, so only two of his songs released under Jive Records, "1-Luv" and "Things'll Never Change", charted on the Billboard Hot 100. 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 two albums by Southern rappers, including ''Lost'' by Eightball, and ''MP Da Last Don'' by Master P.

Mid-2000s to present

In 2009, 40 was featured on the track "Santana DVX" on the album Incredibad from the comedy group The Lonely Island. E-40 is listed in the credits as one of the writers. In the song, E-40 assumes the identity of Carlos Santana and raps about his personalized brand of sparkling white wine.

E-40 was featured on BrokeNCYDE's album ''I'm Not A Fan, But The Kids Like It!'' on the song "Booty Call".

E-40 was also featured on the song "Kush Is My Cologne" (along with Bun B & Devin The Dude) on Gucci Mane's 2009 album ''The State vs. Radric Davis''.

On March 30, 2010, E-40 released two albums called ''Revenue Retrievin': Day Shift'' and ''Revenue Retrievin': Night Shift''. On March 29, 2011, E-40 released two albums called ''Revenue Retrievin': Overtime Shift'' and ''Revenue Retrievin': Graveyard Shift''.

In November 2010, E-40 and Too Short announced that they will release a collaborative album in Summer 2011 entitled ''The History Channel''. E-40 will also perform at the Gathering of the Juggalos.

Entrepreneurship

Discography

Filmography

Film

Television

Appearances as self

Appearances as a fictional character

References

External links

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Career

Subsequent work was primarily collaborative, including work with Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., and Scarface. One of his noticeable collaborations during this period was on the track "The World Is Filled..." on the classic Notorious B.I.G. album Life After Death; he comes in on the third verse after Diddy and Biggie. Being featured on the album introduced him to a wider audience as well, due to his typical style contrasting greatly with the Mafioso theme of the album. He also appeared on TWDY's hit single "Player's Holiday" from their 1999 debut album ''Derty Werk'' as well as the Priority Records compilation ''Nuthin but a Gangsta Party''. After these appearances, he began working on his eleventh album, ''Can't Stay Away''. The album included guest appearances by 8Ball & MJG, Jay-Z, Jermaine Dupri, Sean Combs, E-40, Daz Dillinger, Lil' Jon, Soopafly, Scarface and B-Legit. Too Short relocated to Atlanta in 1994, but he did not begin working with a more diverse variety of Southern artists until 2000, when he collaborated with Lil Jon. With the 1999 release of ''Can't Stay Away'', Too Short fully came out of retirement and released a number of new albums within the next few years, most of them taking on a crunk or Dirty South type sound, as he had become involved in the Southern rap scene. However, he didn't totally give up on his trademark funk grooves or sexually explicit style. New albums released 2000-2003 were ''You Nasty'' (2000), ''Chase the Cat'' (2001), ''What's My Favorite Word?'' (2002), and ''Married to the Game'' (2003). These albums all charted fairly well, as they all were in the top 71 of the Billboard Hot 200, but they didn't do quite as well as Too Short's earlier 1990s releases as none of them reached the top 10.

In 2004, his earlier 1990 single "The Ghetto" appeared on popular videogame ''Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'', playing on West Coast hip hop radio station Radio Los Santos and the children's television program, ''Sabrina: The Animated Series'', is an 1999 American animated television series based on Archie Comics character, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. Given that this was an incredibly popular game at the time, the featuring was acclaimed as a success for Too $hort, both in publicity and in the fame generated by the song.

For his next album, 2006's ''Blow the Whistle'', Too Short now took advantage of the new hyphy rap music that was emerging out of his original home base in Oakland. This saw somewhat of a resurgence for Too Short as it peaked at #14 on the Billboard 200, much better than each of his previous three releases. However, his subsequent releases, such as 2007's ''Get Off the Stage'', have not been as successful. On October 7, 2008 Too Short was honored by VH1 at the fifth annual "Hip-Hop Honors" along with Cypress Hill, De La Soul, Slick Rick and Naughty By Nature.

In 2009, Too Short recorded for Daz Dillinger, Lil' Jon, Soopafly, Scarface and B-Legit. and continues to tour to this day. In 2011, the rapper was featured on Wiz Khalifa's song "On My Level". He featured in Snoop Dogg's 2011 album, Doggumentary in the song Take U Home.

Up All Nite Records

Too Short in film

Too Short has also worked in the adult film industry, with the 2003 film Get In Where You Fit In.

Too Short was an interviewee in ''American Pimp.''

In 2005 Too Short starred in and performed the music for ''America's Sexiest Girls''.

Too Short has also appeared in an episode of ''The Game''.

Too Short made a cameo appearance in Jay-z's video for the hit single Big Pimpin'.

Discography

; EPs

; Collaboration albums 2011: ''The History Channel'' with E-40 (Summer 2011)

References

External links

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''Strength & Loyalty'', originally titled ''The Bone Thugs Story'', is the seventh studio album by Cleveland rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. The album was released on May 8, 2007.

Overview

The album debuted at number two on the ''Billboard'' 200, with 119,000 copies sold. It has since gone on to be certified Gold by the RIAA, having sold over 420,000 copies within the U.S. to date.

The first single was "I Tried", which features Akon, and was also produced by him. The single was released on February 16, 2007. On March 7, 2007 the video officially debuted on Yahoo! Music, and on March 17, 2007, it debuted on BET's ''106 & Park''. The second single was "Lil Love", which features Bow Wow and Mariah Carey, and was produced by Jermaine Dupri. The single was released in June 2007, while its video was premiered on July 5, 2007, on ''106 & Park''.

Track listing

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|note5 = feat. Mariah Carey & Bow Wow |title6 = C-Town |extra6 = Neo da Matrix |length6 = 5:05

|note6 = feat. Twista |title7 = Order My Steps (Dear Lord) |extra7 = Pretty Boy, Bradd Young |length7 = 3:57 |note7 = featuring Yolanda Adams

|title8 = Streets |extra8 = will.i.am |length8 = 4:21 |note8 = feat. Game & will.i.am

|title9 = 9mm |extra9 = Street Radio, DJ Scratch |length9 = 4:43

|title10 = Gun Blast |extra10 = Ty Fyffe |length10 = 3:37

|title11 = Candy Paint |extra11 = Swizz Beatz |length11 = 3:45 |note11 = feat. Swizz Beatz & Autumn Rowe

|title12 = So Good So Right |extra12 = Mally Mall |length12 = 3:35 |note12 = feat. Felicia Howse

|title13 = Sounds the Same |extra13 = DJ Toomp |length13 = 4:25

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|title16 = Bump In the Trunk (remix) |extra16 = Swizz Beatz, The Individualz |length16 = 4:12 }}

Samples

Unreleased songs

References

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Nate Dogg died in 2011 in Long Beach, California; the cause of the death was from complications of multiple strokes.

Early life

Career

Early career with 213

Solo career

Television appearances

Collaborations with other artists

Legal issues

In 1996, Hale was convicted of a drug-related offense in Los Angeles County.

On June 17, 2000, Hale was alleged to have kidnapped and assaulted his former girlfriend and set her mother's car on fire in Lakewood. He was arrested by a SWAT team in his home Pomona. He was accused of kidnapping, domestic violence, making terrorist threats and arson. He spent a night in the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles before he was released on a $1 million bail. These charges were later dismissed, but Hale faced jail time for a new charge, illegal possession of a firearm by felon. An unmarked firearm was found in his home during the June 17 arrest. Hale pleaded no contest to the misdemeanor charge, and was sentenced to probation of three years and ordered to pay a $1,000 fine.

On April 12, 2002, Hale was stopped by Arizona Department of Public Safety officers outside of Kingman, Arizona while traveling on a tour bus. He was arrested and charged with firearms-related and drug-related offenses after two pistols and four ounces of cannabis were found. Hale was booked on Mohave County Jail and subsequently released on a $3,500 bond. Weapon charges against him were dropped as an exchange to guilty plea to drug possession charge. Hale was subsequently sentenced to probation and community service. He was also ordered to attend drug counseling sessions in May 2002.

In 2006, Hale was charged with misdemeanor aggravated trespassing, telephone harassment, battery assault, dissuading a witness from reporting a crime and violation of a restraining order. In March 2008, Hale pleaded guilty to trespassing and battery and was ordered to complete a domestic violence treatment program, probation of three years, and was stripped of gun ownership rights for the next ten years.

In July 2008, Hale was charged with two felony criminal threats after allegedly sending threatening emails to his estranged wife, and one count of stalking after allegedly chasing her by car on Interstate 405 in previous month. Hale initially pleaded not guilty to these charges, which were eventually dropped in April 2009, because the alleged victim did not contact prosecutors in the case.

Additionally, Hale has a conviction of driving under the influence.

Strokes and death

Discography

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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Early life

Musical career

In 2008, he ended his 15 year relationship with Houston based Rap-A-Lot Records after he decided not to renew his contract. Later that year, he signed with indie label Razor & Tie. Devin is currently being distributed by E1 Entertainment, formerly Koch.

Reception

Discography

Solo

Compilations

References

External links

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