MC Eiht

Aaron Tyler (born May 22, 1967 in Compton, California) is an American rapper better known by his stage name MC Eiht [sic]. A pioneer of gangsta rap, he first emerged as one of the lead rappers of Compton's Most Wanted (CMW), and later became an actor and solo MC. He is best known in the acting world for his role as "A-Wax" in The Hughes Brothers' film Menace II Society, and for providing the voice of Ryder in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. CMW is set for a reunion which will feature on DJ Slip's next album The Minority Report. MC Eiht also had a role in 1998's movie, Thicker than Water as Lil Ant with Mack 10, Fat Joe, Ice Cube, WC, CJ Mac, Big Pun, and Cypress Hill's B-Real. One of his most famous songs would most likely be Streiht Up Menace from the motion picture Menace II Society. This song is considered by many to be one of the greatest rap songs of all time. Image File history File links Mceiht. ... Image File history File links Mceiht. ... May 22 is the 142nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (143rd in leap years). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Nickname: The Hub City, CPT Location in the state of California County Los Angeles County Mayor Eric Perrodin Area    - City 26. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Sic is a Latin word meaning thus or so. In writing, it is italicized and placed within square brackets — [sic] — to indicate that an incorrect or unusual spelling, phrase, or other preceding quoted material is a verbatim reproduction of the quoted original and is not a transcription error. ... Gangsta rap is a subgenre of hip hop music which involves a lyrical focus on the lifestyles of inner-city or da hood gang members and other criminals. ... Comptons Most Wanted is a gangsta rap group still going performing today on independent lables. ... Menace II Society is the directorial debut of twin brothers, Allen and Albert Hughes. ... Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is the fifth video game in the Grand Theft Auto series. ... DJ Slip (born Terry Allen) started working with his father, sound equipment business owner Richard Allen, in the early 1980s. ... Minority Report can refer to: Minority Report, a science fiction short story by Philip K. Dick Minority Report, a movie very loosely adapted from the initial storyline of Dicks short story Minority Report, a video game based on the movie Minority Report, an unrelated science fiction short story by... The song Streiht Up Menace is a classic rap song by west coast pioneer rapper MC Eiht. ...

DJ Quik and MC Eiht constantly dissed each other while both had growing popularity at the time. The feud was fueled by the fact that Eiht had ties to the Crips (he's a member of Tragniew Park Compton Crips) while Quik had ties to the Bloods (he's a member of Tree Top Piru, another gang from Compton). MC Eiht can be seen in the Wu-Tang Clan's video for "Can It All Be So Simple". DJ Quik (born David Martin Blake on January 18, 1970) is a West Coast rapper and record producer from Compton, California. ... Hip-hop feuds and rivalries, often referred to as beefs, have existed since the 1970s. ... The blue bandanas worn by most Crip gangs. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For the Native American nation, see Kainai. ...

In recent years, MC Eiht has become involved in a number of side projects when he is not releasing solo albums - including two collaboration albums with Spice 1 (The Pioneers and *Keep It Gangsta in 2004 and 2006, respectively), a record with Brotha Lynch Hung (The New Season in 2006), and another Compton's Most Wanted album (Music To Gang Bang, also in 2006). More recently, MC Eiht has begun working with Snoop Dogg, appearing on two songs from Snoop's new album Tha Blue Carpet Treatment and also participating in Snoop's side project Warzone along with Goldie Loc and Kam. This article is about the rapper. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Calvin Broadus (born October 20, 1971, in Long Beach, California), better known as Snoop Dogg (other nicknames include Snoop Doggy Dogg, Tha Doggfather, The Bigg Boss Dogg, Bigg Snoop Dogg, and The D-O Double G) is a rapper, record producer and actor from the United States. ... Tha Blue Carpet Treatment is the eighth solo album released by rapper Snoop Dogg. ... Warzone was a hardcore punk band from New York City. ... Goldie Loc is a rapper from Long Beach, California who was once a member of Tha Eastsidaz with Snoop Dogg and Tray Deee. ... The lower part of the Bashgul Valley of Nurestan (Afghanistan) is known as Kam. ...

Discography

MC Eiht And Comptons Most Wanted

• We Come Strapped (Epic Street/Sony 1994)
• Geez Make The Hood Go Round (Single) (Epic Street/Sony 1994)
• Death Threatz (Epic Street/Sony 1996)

We Come Strapped is a 1994 gangsta rap album by MC Eiht. ... Death threatz is a 1996 gangsta rap album by MC Eiht. ...

Comptons Most Wanted

• Its A Compton Thang (Orpheus/Epic 1990)
• Straight Check N` Em (Orpheus/Epic 1991)
• Music To Driveby (Orpheus/Epic 1992)
• Represent (Halfounce/Groundlevel 2000)
• When We Wuz Bangin 1989-1999 The Hitz (Right Stuff/Capitol 2001)
• Music To Gang Bang (B-Dub/Universal 2006)

Music to Driveby is a 1992 gangsta rap album by Comptons Most Wanted. ...

MC Eiht

• Last Man Standing (Epic Street/Sony 1997)
• Section 8 (Hoo Bangin'/Priority 1999)
• N My Neighbourhood 2000 (Hoo Bangin'/Priority 2000)
• Tha8t'z Gangsta (Half-Ounce 2001)
• Underground Hero (D3 Entertainment 2002)
• Hood Arrest (Lookin Up Entertainment 2003)
• MC Eiht Presents Tony Smallz Smoke In Tha City (Factor House Records 2004)
• Veterans Day (West, Inc./Native Records 2005)
• Affiliated (Paid in Full Ent, 2006)
• Compton's OG (Hi Power Ent, 2006)

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• The Pioneers (Real Talk Entertainment 2004)
• Keep It Gangsta (Real Talk Entertainment 2006)
• We Still Come Strapped (Soon to be released on independent label)

With Brotha Lynch Hung

• The New Season (Real Talk Entertainment 2006)

External links

• MC Eiht's Official Myspace
• Eight+Interview/stories/1064.html MC Eight Interview
• Sticky Situation
• Another Interview with MC Eiht