Kurupt

Kurupt is a rapper and record producer from the United States. He grew up in Hawthorne, California, after being born in Philadelphia, and his recording career began with three songs on a 1991 album by the S.O.S. Band. In 1992 he and Daz Dillinger formed the duo Tha Dogg Pound, which has put out eight albums, and in 1996 he helped start another hip-hop group, The Hrsmn. After leaving Death Row Records he signed with A&M and co-founded the Antra Records imprint; his first solo album, Kuruption! (1998), made number eight on the Billboard 200. Later solo releases include Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha (1999), Space Boogie: Smoke Oddessey (2001) and Streetlights (2010), and he made BlaQKout (2009) with DJ Quik. Kendrick Lamar has counted him among his most significant influences, and Kool Moe Dee placed him at number 39 in his 2003 ranking of MCs. He has been nominated for a Grammy with Tha Dogg Pound.