WC and the Maad Circle was an American
hip hop group from
Los Angeles
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,
California
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that consisted of
WC, Big Gee,
Coolio
Artis Leon Ivey Jr. (August 1, 1963 – September 28, 2022), known professionally as Coolio, was an American rapper. First rising to fame as a member of the gangsta rap group WC and the Maad Circle, Coolio achieved mainstream success as a solo ...
and
DJ Crazy Toones
Lamar Dupré Calhoun (November 18, 1971 – January 9, 2017), better known as DJ Crazy Toones, was an American hip hop producer and deejay. He was a member of the rap group WC and the Maad Circle and was later signed to Ice Cube's Lench Mob Recor ...
.
History
MAAD stands for ''Minority Alliance of Anti-Discrimination''. Following the dissolution of
Low Profile, the rapper
WC formed the group and released the albums ''
Ain't a Damn Thang Changed'' in 1991 and ''
Curb Servin''' in 1995. The albums spawned some popular singles, notably "Dress Code", "West Up!" and "The One".
WC would later leave the group and form the
gangsta rap
Gangsta rap or gangster rap, initially called reality rap, emerged in the mid- to late 1980s as a controversial hip-hop subgenre whose lyrics assert the culture and values typical of American street gangs and street hustlers. Many gangsta rappe ...
supergroup Westside Connection with
Ice Cube
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and
Mack 10
Dedrick D'Mon Rolison (born August 9, 1971), better known by his stage name Mack 10, is an American rapper. He has sold nearly 11 million records combining his solo and group works. Mack 10 made his first appearance on Ice Cube's 1994 " Bootle ...
. WC and Crazy Toones continued working together at Ice Cube's
Lench Mob Records
Lench Mob Records is an record label owned by Los Angeles rapper and actor Ice Cube. Founded as Street Knowledge Records, it was once home to many of Cube's former allies such as DJ Pooh, and Lench Mob's own Chilly Chill, Del the Funky Homos ...
.
On January 9, 2017,
Crazy Toones died at age 45 of a heart attack.
On September 28, 2022,
Coolio
Artis Leon Ivey Jr. (August 1, 1963 – September 28, 2022), known professionally as Coolio, was an American rapper. First rising to fame as a member of the gangsta rap group WC and the Maad Circle, Coolio achieved mainstream success as a solo ...
was found unresponsive on a friend's bathroom floor and died of an apparent heart attack.
Discography
Studio albums
Singles
References
Hip hop groups from California
Musical groups from Los Angeles
Musical groups established in 1990
Musical groups disestablished in 1996
1990 establishments in California
1996 disestablishments in California
African-American musical groups
Musical quartets
Gangsta rap groups
G-funk groups
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