Willie Edward Knighton Jr. (born March 13, 1972), better known as Khujo, is an American rapper. He is one-fourth of Goodie Mob (along with

T-Mo Robert Terrance Barnett (born February 2, 1972), better known by his stage name T-Mo Goodie (or simply T-Mo), is an American rapper from Atlanta, Georgia. He is best known for being a member of Southern hip hop quartet Goodie Mob. He is also on ...

, Cee-Lo, and

Big Gipp Cameron F. Gipp (born April 28, 1973), better known by his stage name Big Gipp, is an American rapper. He is a member of the Atlanta-based hip hop group Goodie Mob, with whom he has released six studio albums, as well as the duo Ali & Gipp, with ...

), and one-half of The Lumberjacks (with T-Mo).

Life and career

Khujo was born in

Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg ...

. He is the only featured guest to appear on every single

Outkast Outkast (sometimes written as OutKast) was an American hip-hop duo formed in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1992, consisting of Big Boi (Antwan Patton) and André 3000 (André Benjamin, formerly known as Dré). Widely regarded as one of the greatest an ...

album, including

Big Boi Antwan André Patton (born February 1, 1975), known professionally as Big Boi, is an American rapper and record producer. Born in Savannah, Georgia, and raised in Atlanta, he was one half of the Southern hip-hop duo Outkast along with rapper ...

's solo album. Khujo has released a new book titled "Straight out the A" that focuses on his life and the development of the Dirty South movement from OutKast to Goodie Mob. Khujo is a very spiritual man known for his distinct, grunty voice and free-flowing rhyming style. He rhymes about all aspects of street life, often intertwining those subject with

God In monotheistic belief systems, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith. In polytheistic belief systems, a god is "a spirit or being believed to have created, or for controlling some part of the un ...

metaphor A metaphor is a figure of speech that, for rhetorical effect, directly refers to one thing by mentioning another. It may provide, or obscure, clarity or identify hidden similarities between two different ideas. Metaphors are usually meant to cr ...

ically or directly. In June 2002, he was involved in a car crash that resulted in the

amputation Amputation is the removal of a Limb (anatomy), limb or other body part by Physical trauma, trauma, medical illness, or surgery. As a surgical measure, it is used to control pain or a disease process in the affected limb, such as cancer, malign ...

of his right leg below the

knee In humans and other primates, the knee joins the thigh with the leg and consists of two joints: one between the femur and tibia (tibiofemoral joint), and one between the femur and patella (patellofemoral joint). It is the largest joint in the hu ...

. He released his debut solo album, '' The Man Not the Dawg'', in 2002.

Discography

With Goodie Mob

*''

Soul Food Soul food is the ethnic cuisine of African Americans. Originating in the Southern United States, American South from the cuisines of Slavery in the United States, enslaved Africans transported from Africa through the Atlantic slave trade, sou ...

'' (1995),

LaFace Records LaFace Records was an American record label based in Atlanta, Georgia, that operated as a unit of Sony Music Entertainment from 2008 to 2011 and was historically a part of Bertelsmann Music Group from 1989 to 2004. It was most active and achiev ...

*'' Still Standing'' (1998), LaFace Records *'' World Party'' (1999), LaFace Records *'' One Monkey Don't Stop No Show'' (2004), Koch *'' Age Against the Machine'' (2013), The Right Records

With The Lumberjacks

*'' Livin' Life as Lumberjacks'' (2005), Koch *'' A.T.L. 2 (A-Town Legends 2)'' (The Lumberjacks &

Pastor Troy Micah LeVar "Pastor" Troy (born November 18, 1977) is an American rapper from Augusta, Georgia. He is best known for his 2002 single "Are We Cuttin'" (featuring Ms. Jade), which entered the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The year prior, he signed wi ...

) (2008) Siccness Records/ Flix

With Willie Isz

*'' Georgiavania'' (2009), Lex

Solo

*'' The Man Not the Dawg'' (2002), Street Level *''Mercury'' (2007), Day One Music *''G-Mob Godfather'' (2009) *''Echoes of a Legend'' (2020) *''Area 51'' (2023)

Singles

*''Still In Me'' (2021) *''Boy Stop'' (2022) *''Bills'' (2022) *''Hold On featuring (Damion Jones)'' (2022) *''Digital Poison'' (2022) *''Git Dey Azz'' (2023) *''Crisis'' (2023) *''Time To Make The Doughnuts'' (2023) *''Splashy'' (2023) *''Area 51'' (2023) *''Whatever'' (2023) *''The Rise Of Machines with (

, Cavie)'' (2023) *''So High featuring James Artissen'' (2024) *''So High (Energy Remix) with James Artissen'' (2024) *''Ha Haaa with James Artissen'' (2024) *''All Night with James Artissen'' (2025)

References

{{Authority control Rappers from Atlanta Dungeon Family members African-American male rappers 21st-century American male rappers 20th-century American male rappers Southern hip-hop musicians Living people 1972 births Goodie Mob members American amputees Arista Records artists 21st-century American rappers Lumberjacks (group) members