40 Cal. is a rapper from Harlem, born C. Byrd New York City and part of the rap group The Diplomats. He is known for his battle and freestyle abilities and gained attention from the battle show Fight Klub. After appearing on several The Diplomats albums and mixtapes, he released a retail mixtape Broken Safety in August 2006. Harlem is a neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, long known as a major black cultural and business center. ... Nickname: Big Apple Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... The Diplomats (also known as Dipset) are a Harlem, New York-based rap group who were previously signed to Roc-A-Fella Records, but are now signed to their own label, Diplomats Records, which is under several different labels, including DefJam (Juelz Santana), Koch Records (Hell Rell & J.R. Writer... Fight Klub is a circut for battle rappers, founded on the goal do defeat opponents with skills and win money, hosted by its founder, International P. Originally a DVD series, they eventually provided MTV2 with their pilot episode, featuring the battle between 40 Cal (of Dipset infamy) and Cardi... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Trivia

He was also involved in a now infamous beef with Loon where Loon allegedly attacked 40 Cal by hitting him in the shoulder with a shovel in a barber shop, where then 40 Cal got up punched him and thru him on the chairs where then he punched him again. It is also noted that Loon then got up and ran into his friends car and left. Loon (born Chauncey Hawkins June 20, 1975 in Harlem, New York) is an African American rapper formerly part of P. Diddys Bad Boy Records, where he released his self-titled debut album, Loon. ...

There is also a rapper From Uniontown P.A. by the name of 40 Cal. He is widely known on myspace but has no mainstream album due to his incarseration.

The album Broken Safety includes a diss track aimed at Sam Scarfo called "Sam Scared".

Discography

• Broken Safety (Retail Mixtape) (2006)
• Trigger Happy (Mixtape) (2006)