Richie Rich

His rapping design an influence on Snoop Doggy Dogg (by Snoop’s own entrance), Richie High first entered music in the late ’80s using the Oakland-based group 415. With D-Loc, DJ Darryl, and JED, High crafted a Bay Region classic known as 41Fivin’, which offered well around the spot and spawned a Richie High solo recording, Don’t GET IT DONE. Because the group was prepared to indication a major-label agreement with Concern in 1990, nevertheless, Richie High was caught for ownership of cocaine. 415 released its following recording and faded from your scene immediately after, while Wealthy sat in prison; he premiered a year later on, and began showing up on tracks from the Luniz and 2Pac before developing his personal label Oakland Hillsides 41510 and liberating 1/2 Thang. By 1995, Richie High had end up being the 1st Bay Region rapper to indication with New York’s Def Jam Information, and his major-label single debut, Seasoned Veteran, premiered in past due 1996. His long-awaited sophomore work, THE OVERALL GAME, was released four years later on.