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 Who Is Hurricane Chris? Christopher Dooley Jr., known as Hurricane Chris, is a Shreveport, Louisiana rapper who had a top 10 hit with A Bay Bay in 2007 — when he was eighteen years old. Unleashed (2009) arrived two years later and confirmed there was no second A Bay Bay anywhere in his catalogue. Quick Stats  Career Overview Hurricane Chris began recording in Shreveport and A Bay Bay (2007) was picked up by regional radio before going nationally viral on YouTube. It reached #7 on the Hot 100 an

 Who Is Asher Roth? Asher Paul Roth, known as Asher Roth, is a Pennsylvania rapper who had a top 20 hit with I Love College (2009) — a Weezer-referencing frat-rap anthem that went platinum and briefly made him one of mainstream rap's most commercially anticipated new artists. His long-delayed second album, RetroHash (2014) — once announced under the scrapped title Is This Too Orange? — confirmed the keg was empty. Quick Stats  Career Overview Asher Roth grew up in suburban Pennsylvania, attended

 Who Is Mase? Mason Betha, known as Mase or Ma$e, is a Harlem rapper who left a multi-platinum Bad Boy career in 1999 to become an ordained minister, returned in 2004 with Welcome Back, left again, returned again, and left again. His debut Harlem World (1997) went four times platinum. His career arc is one of rap's most unusual. Quick Stats  Career Overview Mase emerged as a standout talent on Puff Daddy's No Way Out (1997) and his own Harlem World (1997), which went four times platinum and prod

 Who Is Blueface? Johnathan Michael Porter, known as Blueface, is a Los Angeles rapper who became famous in 2018 for rapping deliberately off the beat — a quirk that generated viral memes, a Cash Money West signing, and a legitimate hit in Thotiana, which peaked at #8 on the Hot 100 with Cardi B and YG remixes. Find the Beat (2020) sold 13,000 copies in its first week. Quick Stats  Career Overview Blueface began uploading to SoundCloud in 2017 and went viral in October 2018 when Respect My Crypp

 Who Is Mike Jones? Michael Allen Jones, known as Mike Jones, is a Houston rapper whose debut album Who Is Mike Jones? (2005) went platinum on the strength of Still Tippin' — a genuine piece of Houston rap history that placed him alongside Paul Wall and Slim Thug in the mainstream window the Swishahouse sound briefly opened. The Voice (2009) arrived four years later to an audience that had moved on. Quick Stats  Career Overview Mike Jones built his reputation in Houston's screwed-and-chopped sce

 Who Is Flo Rida? Tramar Lacel Dillard, known as Flo Rida, is a Miami rapper who built a commercial model in 2007–2009 based on sampling recognisable hooks, adding electro production, and releasing the result to radio. Low (2007) and Right Round (2009) both reached #1 on the Hot 100. Only One Flo Part 1 (2010) peaked at #107 with 11,000 first-week copies, confirming the model had run out of source material. Quick Stats  Career Overview Flo Rida released Mail on Sunday (2008) with Low — a collabo

 Who Is Yung Joc? Jasiel Amon Robinson, known as Yung Joc, is an Atlanta rapper who had two of 2006's most recognisable Southern rap singles — It's Goin' Down and I Know You See It — before PopMatters accurately summarised his career in seven words: the Good Charlotte of rap. Quick Stats  Career Overview Yung Joc debuted in 2006 with It's Goin' Down — a snap-rap track that reached #3 on the Hot 100 — and New Joc City, which debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 and went gold. Hustlenomics (2007), e

 Who Is Snow? Darrin O'Brien, known as Snow, is a Canadian rapper from a Toronto housing project who watched Informer — his debut single — reach #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks while he was serving a prison sentence for assault. He was then denied entry to the United States because of his criminal record, meaning he could not tour the country where his song was number one. 12 Inches of Snow (1993) went platinum. Quick Stats  Career Overview Snow grew up in a North York, Toronto ho

 Who Is Bow Wow? Shad Gregory Moss, known as Lil Bow Wow (later Bow Wow), is a Columbus, Ohio rapper who began performing as a child rapper at age 6 under Snoop Dogg's mentorship and became one of the most commercially successful teen rap acts of the early 2000s. New Jack City II (2009) was his attempt to transition into adult rap, and it debuted at #16 with 31,000 copies. Quick Stats  Career Overview Bow Wow was performing as Lil Bow Wow at age 6 when Snoop Dogg invited him onstage. Jermaine Du

 Who Is Tone Loc? Anthony Terrell Smith, known as Tone Loc, is a Los Angeles rapper who scored two of the late 1980s' biggest crossover rap singles — Wild Thing (#2 Hot 100) and Funky Cold Medina (#3) — and whose debut album Loc-ed After Dark became the first album by a Black rap musician to top the Billboard 200. Cool Hand Loc (1991) confirmed those hits were the whole story. Quick Stats  Career Overview Tone Loc grew up in Los Angeles and began performing with the rap group Triple A as a teena

 Who Is Kreayshawn? Natassia Zolot, known as Kreayshawn, is an Oakland rapper who became briefly famous in 2011 when Gucci Gucci went viral on YouTube. Columbia Records signed her almost immediately. Somethin' Bout Kreay (2012) debuted at #112 with 3,502 first-week copies. On January 16, 2014, Kreayshawn tweeted a screenshot of her total profit from the album: $0.01. Quick Stats  Career Overview Kreayshawn's entire career can be summarised by two things: the Gucci Gucci video (2011) and the $0.0

 Who Is Marky Mark? Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg, known as Marky Mark (and now as Mark Wahlberg), is a Boston actor who briefly had one of 1991's biggest rap hits with Good Vibrations before discovering that Good Vibrations was everything his commercial appeal had to offer. You Gotta Believe (1992) confirmed it. He became an actor instead. Quick Stats  Career Overview Marky Mark was the younger brother of New Kids on the Block's Donnie Wahlberg and formed Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch in 1990.