Crooked I

Crooked I (born September 23, 1978 in Los Angeles ; real name Dominick Wickliffe ), also known as KXNG Crooked , is an American rapper and songwriter . He is a member of the rap group Slaughterhouse .

Career

At the beginning of his career, Crooked I was briefly under contract with Virgin Records . There he appeared on various compilations , including the soundtrack for Caught Up . Then he moved in 1999 to Death Row Records , where he mixtapes published and was heard again on samplers, for example, Too Gangsta for Radio and dysfunctional family . His planned debut album Say Hi to the Bad Guy never came out. After four years he left the label and started his own company, Dynasty Entertainment , an imprint of Treacherous Records , whose products were distributed by Universal . However, he was unable to publish a work here either , as Suge Knight , the owner of Death Row, sued him because he believed that Crooked I was still under contract with him. Nevertheless, other mixtapes, DVDs and guest appearances appeared on pieces by other artists, such as Ashanti's Baby , which reached number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 89 in the German single charts .

His own single Boom Boom Clap followed in 2005 , for which a music video was also shot.

After solving the legal problems, he caused a stir when he started his series Hip-Hop Weekly - in the course of this campaign he put a song every week for free download on the Internet for a year.

In 2008 another single was released with Dream Big , on which Akon was represented as a guest singer. It should be the harbinger of his album BOSS . Later, however, it was decided not to sell this work in stores, but also to offer it for free download.

In the same year, the group Slaughterhouse came together, of which he became a member. The album of the same name was released in 2009. Crooked I also brought the EP Mr. Pigface Weapon Waist with guest appearances by Snoop Dogg , MOP and Slaughterhouse members Joe Budden , Joell Ortiz and Royce da 5'9 ″ .

In August 2010 the EP Planet COB Vol. 1 was published , in July 2011 the successor Planet COB Vol. 2 was published. With Slaughterhouse he released the album Welcome to: Our House (2012) as well as the mixtapes On the House (2012) and House Rules (2014).

In 2013 his debut album Apex Predator was released , which contains tracks with Tech N9ne and K-Young. He released his second album, Sex, Money and Hip-Hop , in December 2014 under the pseudonym KXNG Crooked.

With Statik Selektah he founded the duo Statik KXNG in 2016 , which released an album under the same name.

Discography

Solo albums

• 2013: Apex Predator
• 2014: Sex, Money and Hip-Hop (as KXNG Crooked)
• 2016: Good vs. Evil

Collaboration albums

• 2009: Slaughterhouse (with Slaughterhouse)
• 2012: Welcome to: Our House (with Slaughterhouse)
• 2016: Statik KXNG (as KXNG Crooked; with Statik Selektah)

Compilation albums

• 2010: Hood Star
• 2011: Planet COB Vol. 2

Singles

• 1997: Rap Killer (feat. Low Life Gangstas)
• 1998: DJ's And MC's
• 1998: Way Cool (feat. B-Legit & Mr. Tan)
• 1998: Did You Eva / DJ's And MC's
• 1999: Uh-Oh / Do Your Thing
• 2001: Wake Up Show Freestyles Vol. 7 / Murdering MC's (feat. Sway & King Tech)
• 2002: So Damn Hood
• 2003: Still Tha Row
• 2003: Still Tha Row (Remix) / I'm Back ( feat.Kurupt )
• 2003: Crookz N Doggz / Ride Wit AG ( feat.Snoop Dogg & Tech N9ne)
• 2005: Cali Boyz
• 2006: Greedy Eyes (feat.Syndicate Villain)
• 2005: Boom Boom Clap
• 2007: Dream Big ( feat.Akon )
• 2007: NWA (New West Anthem)
• 2008: Banger On My Lap
• 2010: Villain

EPs

• 2008: Block Obama II
• 2009: Mr. Pigface Weapon Waist
• 2010: Planet COB Vol. 1
• 2011: Slaughterhouse (with Slaughterhouse)
• 2011: Million Dollar $ tory
• 2011: In None We Trust

Mix tapes

• 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
• 2012: Psalm 82 v6
• 2012: On the House (with Slaughterhouse)
• 2014: House Rules (with Slaughterhouse)

Web links

• Official MySpace page
• Crooked I at Allmusic
• Detailed interview with Crooked I on hiphopdx.com (English)
• Archive of songs from Hip-Hop Weekly
• Crooked I in the Internet Movie Database (English)