Crooked I
Crooked I ( born September 23, 1978 in Los Angeles as Dominick Wickliffe ) is an American rapper and songwriter.
Career
Earlier in his career Crooked I stood briefly at Virgin Records. He appeared on various compilations, among other things, on the soundtrack to Caught Up. He then in 1999 moved to Death Row Records, where he released mixtapes and was re listening to samplers, for example on Too Gangsta for Radio and Dysfunctional Family. His planned debut album Say Hi to the Bad Guy, however, never appeared. After four years he left the label and formed his own company, Dynasty Entertainment, an imprint of Treacherous Records, whose products were distributed by Universal. However, it did not publish a work here, because Suge Knight, owner of Death Row, sued him, because he was of the view that Crooked I still stood with him under contract. Nevertheless appeared more mixtapes, DVD's and guest appearances on other artists' pieces, such as on Ashanti's baby, which reached number 89 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 15 in the German Media Control Charts.
Followed in 2005 by his own single Boom Boom Clap, which also includes a music video was filmed.
After solving the legal problems he caused a stir when he began his series Hip Hop Weekly - in the course of this campaign he made for one year each week a song for free download on the Internet.
2008 was issued with another single Dream Big, was represented at the Akon as a guest singer. You should the harbinger of his album B.O.S.S. be. However, this work was later decided not to sell on the market, but also offer free downloads.
In the same year, the group Slaughterhouse came together, where he was a member.
Discography
Albums
- 2010: Hood Star
- 2013: Apex Predator
Singles
- 2005: Boom Boom Clap
- 2008: Dream Big (feat. Akon )
Mixtapes
- 2003: Westcoasanostra Vol 1
- 2004: Young Boss Vol 1
- 2006: Young Boss Vol 2
- 2008: St. Valentine 's Day Bossacre
- 2008: The Block Obama: Hood Politics
- 2008: Block Obama II
- 2012: Psalm 82 v6