Soopafly
Soopafly | |
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| Birth name | Priest Joseph Brooks |
| Born | December 8, 1972 |
| Origin | Doggystyle |
| Website | www.myspace.com/soopaflydpgc |
Priest Joseph Brooks, (known professionally as Soopafly born December 8, 1972) is a
.Early life
The oldest of three children, Brooks grew up in Long Beach. He was given a keyboard by his father after being inspired by the piano players he saw in church.[1]
Early career
During his teenage years, Brooks met rappers
Murder Was The Case.[1] He played keyboards for Dr. Dre and Ice Cube on the track "Natural Born Killaz" and for Jodeci on the track "Come Up To My Room", as well as his first production credit with "Who Got Some Gangsta Shit" featuring Snoop Dogg and Tha Dogg Pound. In 1995, he produced "Sooo Much Style" for Tha Dogg Pound on their debut album "Dogg Food". He also played the keyboards on eight other songs throughout. Then in 1996, he was featured on the soundtrack to the movie A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
on the song "I Don't Hang." A remix would later follow.
Soopafly was further introduced to mainstream listeners on Snoop Dogg's second studio album Tha Doggfather. He produced the songs "Freestyle Conversation" and "You Thought", appearing alongside veteran rapper Too Short. Since then, he has been featured primarily on albums by local artists such as Snoop Dogg, Daz Dillinger, Kurupt, Warren G, RBX, Bad Azz and Tha Eastsidaz.[2] To date, he has released three solo albums.
Westurn Union
In July 2006, the rap group called
Doggystyle Records, the official debut album Snoop Dogg Presents: Dubb Union was released on September 2, 2008. Prior to the release, the group and the labels were approached by the company Western Union, threatening legal action if the name was not changed. Though there is a difference between Westurn and Western, the labels did not want to spend money dealing with a lawsuit, the name of the group was changed to Dubb Union
.
Discography
- Studio albums
- Dat Whoopty Woop (2001)
- Bangin West Coast (2007)
- Best Kept Secret (2011)
References
- ^ a b "Deep In His Own Hustle". MCA Records. August 13, 2002. Archived from the original on November 10, 2006.
- ^ Birchmeier, Jason. "Soopafly > Biography". allmusic. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
- ^ Nina (January 2007). "Damani & Bad Lucc". DubCNN. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
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