King tea

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Act a fool   US 125 01/21/1989 (15 weeks) At your own risk   US 175 10/20/1990 (4 weeks) Tha Triflin album   US 95 02/13/1993 (6 weeks) IV life   US 171 04/15/1995 (1 week)

King Tee (born December 14, 1968 in Compton , Los Angeles County ; real name Roger McBride ), later King T , is an American rap artist.

Career

King Tee is one of the pioneers of West Coast rapeseed. He released his first album in the 80s and is still active today. He is considered to be the founder of the Likwit Crew , which apart from him originally only included Tha Alkaholiks . Over time, several rappers from the US West Coast joined this loose artist collective. Including Xzibit , Defari , Phil the Agony and Lootpack . Although his first three albums hit the US album charts , he was fired from his Capitol Records label because West Coast rap music was extremely popular during this time and he couldn't keep up with the commercial success of other artists from the same area. In 1995 he got a new chance from his new label Loud Records , but at a time when the popularity of West Coast rapeseed was slowly declining. After he had no resounding success with this album either, he was released again. Dr. Dre then took on him and hired him for his label Aftermath Entertainment in its initial phase. However, he soon had to realize that a new kind of rappers was in demand, so King Tee's album - which had to be called King T since the rights for "King Tee" were with his old label - did not appear. It was later released independently . Similarly he was doing at the originally by Eazy-E was founded Ruthless Records .

Discography

• 1988: Act a Fool
• 1990: At Your Own Risk
• 1993: Tha Triflin 'album
• 1994: IV Life
• 1998: Ruff Rhymes (Greatest Hits)
• 1998: Thy Kingdom Come
• 2004: The Ruthless Chronicles
• 2012: Still Triflin

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1. ↑ US chart positions (albums)

Web links

• King Tee at Allmusic (English)
• Billboard.com Page ( September 29, 2007 memento on Internet Archive )