Brandt Jones , better known by his stage name B-Legit, is an American rapper from

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Career

Before he started his music career, he went to Grambling State University. He became a member of The Click, a rap group formed by his cousin

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. He was featured on the track "Aint Hard 2 Find" on

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's album '' All Eyez on Me''. He has been on several independent and major labels such as Sick Wid It Records,

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, and Koch Records. He has collaborated with numerous other artists including

, Celly Cel,

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, Scarface,

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, Bushwick Bill,

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, Styles P, The Federation,

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, UGK,

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, Keak Da Sneak, Rick Rock,

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, and the late

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. He has three children, and an independent label called Block Movement.

Discography

Studio albums

* '' Tryin' to Get a Buck'' (1993) * '' The Hemp Museum'' (1996) * '' Hempin' Ain't Easy'' (2000) * '' Hard 2 B-Legit'' (2002) * '' Block Movement'' (2005) * '' Throwblock Muzic'' (2007) * '' What We Been Doin'' (2015)

Collaboration albums

* '' Down and Dirty'' with The Click (1992) * ''

Game Related ''Game Related'' is the second studio album by American hip hop quartet The Click. It was released on November 7, 1995, via Sick Wid' It/ Jive Records. Production was handled by Studio Ton, Mike Mosley, Kevin Gardner, Tone Capone and Roger Tr ...

'' with The Click (1995) * '' Money & Muscle'' with The Click (2001) * '' Connected and Respected'' with E-40 (2018)

Compilation albums

* '' Southwest Riders'' with E-40 (1997) * ''Abundance'' with Sick Wid It (2023)

Mixtapes

*''The Purple House President'' (2005) *''Hood Hustlin (2006) *''Gorilla Grindin'' with Lil Sisco (2006) * '' Coast 2 Coast'' (2007)

Soundtrack appearances

Guest appearances

* 1996: Suga-T - Paper Chasin (4eva Hustlin) * 1996: Funk Mobb - It Ain't 4 Play * 1996: Celly Cel - '' Killa Kali'' * 1996: Playaz Tryna Strive - '' All Frames of the Game'' * 1997: C-Bo - '' One Life 2 Live'' * 1997: Ant Banks - '' Big Thangs'' * 1997: D-Shot - ''Six Figures'' * 1997: The Mossie - '' Have Heart Have Money'' * 1997: Mystikal & E-40 - "Here We Go" ('' Unpredictable'') * 1997: Luniz - '' Lunitik Muzik'' * 1997: 187 Fac - '' Fac Not Fiction'' * 1998: Scarface - "Do What You Do" ('' My Homies'') * 1998: Daz Dillinger & Bo–Roc - "Playa Partners" ('' Retaliation, Revenge & Get Back'') * 1998: D-Shot - Boss Ballin 2 * 1998: Celly Cel - '' The G Filez'' * 1998: E-40 - "All the Time" ('' The Element of Surprise'') * 1998: E-40 - "Doin' Dirt Bad" (''The Element of Surprise'') * 1999: Too $hort - '' Can't Stay Away'' * 1999: A-1 - '' Mash Confusion'' * 1999: Mac Dre - "Valley Joe" (" Rapper Gone Bad") * 1999: The Delinquents - '' Bosses Will Be Bosses'' * 1999: T.W.D.Y. - '' Derty Werk'' * 2000: Richie Rich - '' The Game'' * 2000: Too $hort - You Nasty * 2000: E-40 - '' Loyalty and Betrayal'' * 2000: T.W.D.Y. - '' Lead the Way'' * 2001: Too $hort - '' Chase the Cat'' * 2002: E-40 - '' Grit & Grind'' * 2002: Too $hort - '' What's My Favorite Word?'' * 2003: E-40 - "Northern Califoonya" ('' Breakin News'') * 2003: Street Lordz - ''Platinum Masterpiece'' * 2004: Messy Marv - ''The Block Files'' * 2004: Bosko - ''That Fire'' * 2004: E-40 - '' The Best of E-40: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow'' * 2006: E-40 & Stressmatic - "Gouda" ('' My Ghetto Report Card'') * 2007: Turf Talk - '' West Coast Vaccine: The Cure'' * 2007: Woodie, Never, Lil Coner - ''Pistoleros'' * 2007: The Lonely Island - ''Cool Beans'' * 2008: The Jacka and Berner - ''Drought Season'' * 2008: E-40 - "Alcoholism" ('' The Ball Street Journal'') * 2008: E-40,

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& Suga T - "Pray For Me" (''The Ball Street Journal'') * 2009: Big Scoob - ''Monsterifik'' * 2010: Cognito - ''Automatic'' * 2010: Yukmouth - "All On You" ('' Thuggin' & Mobbin''') * 2010: E-40 - "I Get Down" ('' Revenue Retrievin': Day Shift'') * 2011: E-40 - "Drugs" ('' Revenue Retrievin': Overtime Shift'') * 2011: E-40 & Stressmatic - "Rear View Mirror" (''Revenue Retrievin': Overtime Shift'') * 2011: E-40 - "43" ('' Revenue Retrievin': Graveyard Shift'') * 2012: The Chicken Hill Project (Album Produced by Hallway Productionz ) * 2012: E-40 & Laroo T.H.H.- "Outta Town" ('' The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 1'') * 2012: E-40 & Richie Rich - "Cutlass" (''The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 1'') * 2012: E-40 - "Can You Feel It?" (''The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 1'') * 2012: E-40 & Willy Will - "I Ain't Doin' Nothin'" ('' The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 3'' ) * 2012: C-Bo - "Getting To The Money" (''

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'') * 2012: DJ Toure - "She Like It" also featuring D-Lo and London (''Toure's Theory: Session One'') * 2012: Yukmouth - "Cookies & Bo" (featuring Cellski) ('' Half Baked'') * 2012:

Young Noble Rufus Lee Cooper III (born March 21, 1978), also known by his stage name Young Noble, is an American rapper and member of Tupac Shakur's rap group Outlawz. Noble joined the Outlawz in early 1996, and was the last member to be added to the group ...

- "So Crazy" feat.

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('' Outlaw Rydahz Vol. 1'') * 2012: Blanco & Yukmouth - "Airheads" feat. Dru Down & Richie Rich) ('' Cookies 'n Cream'') * 2014: Davina - "Rollin in These Streets" ft. Shady Nate & Lil Raider (''Menace 2 Society: Northern California Gangsters & Thugs Vol. 4'') *2014: Big Tone - "Mobb Shit" (feat. Celly Cel) (''Sav It Out Vol. 5'') *2014: Ant Taylor - "We$t Coa$t" (feat. Biggmann, Black C & Lace Leno) (''WestCoast Revival Vol. 1'') *2015: Berner x B-Real - "Mob" (''Prohibition Part 2'') *2015: Bandgang Biggs x Bandgang Javar x B-Legit - "Nobody" (''Biggs Campaign'') *2016: E-40 &

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- "Savage" (''The D-Boy Diary (Book 1)'') *2016: E-40 & TreSolid - "Highway" (''The D-Boy Diary (Book 2)'') *2016: Big Scoob - "Bitch Please" feat. E-40 & B-Legit *2020:

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- "Thunderfucc" feat. B-Legit and Ron Bass

References

External links

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