KURUPT (Not written by me) 

Kurupt was born in Philadelphia  as Ricardo Brown  As a teen was sent to live with his father in Hawthorne, CA. Kurupt later moved to South Central Los Angeles and hooked up with Snoop Dogg. He signed with Death Row Records, and dropped lyrics on Dr. Dre's The Chronic and Snoop's Doggystyle. In 1994 he teamed with Daz Dillinger in forming tha Dogg Pound, with their first release, Dogg Food, coming in 1995. The album went platinum, and Kurupt joined forces with Joe Marrone to create the ANTRA label in a joint venture deal with A&M records. The label's first release was the double CD Kuruption, the debut solo album from Kurupt which was divided into an East Coast disc and a West Coast disc. In 1999 he released Tha Streetz Iz A Mutha featuring such heavy hitters as Daz, Dr. Dre, Nate Dogg, Soopafly, and Xzibit. His latest single, "Story to Tell," has received praise and major airplay.