Prophet is an independent record label based in

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, formerly owned by

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and

Juicy J Jordan Michael Houston III (born April 5, 1975), known professionally as Juicy J, is an American rapper and record producer. Originally from Memphis, Tennessee, he is a founding member of the Southern hip hop group Three 6 Mafia, established ...

. As a group act, Prophet Entertainment goes by the stage name Prophet Posse. From 1991 to 1994 it launched new independent musical artists linked mainly to the strands of American music such as crunk, Hip hop, Gangsta rap,

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and

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. As of 2009, the label is assumed defunct.

History

DJ Paul, Juicy J, along with Nick Scarfo, founded Prophet in 1991. Three 6 Mafia would release the original Mystic Stylez and Chapter 1: The End on the label. DJ Paul and Juicy J would soon have a falling out with Nick Scarfo and as a result, left Prophet and founded their own label

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, taking Three 6 Mafia with them. Nick Scarfo bought artist Indo G out of his contract with Hypnotize Minds for $120,000 and would go on to sue DJ Paul and Juicy J, though they ended up settling all matters out of court. In early 2000 some former members of the original Prophet returned to the label. And in 2007, Nick Scarfo relaunched Prophet and would go on to release a new album featuring the original Prophet Posse called “The Return”. Some original Prophet and former Hypnotize Minds members such as Gangsta Boo, T-Rock, K-Rock,

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, and Lil Pat would work with Prophet Posse. The last Prophet release was "Hood U.S.A.", in 2008. Nick Scarfo died on August 7, 2015.

Original line-up

Prophet Posse

* Lord Infamous *

* Crunchy Black * Gangsta Boo * La Chat * Project Pat * Kingpin Skinny Pimp *

Indo G Tobian Tools, also known as Indo G (born c. 1973 ) is an American rapper from Memphis, Tennessee. First hitting the Memphis rap scene with fellow Memphian, Lil' Blunt, in the mid-1990s, they released two albums on Luke Records, '' Up In Smoke'' ...

* Playa Fly * Scan Man *MC Mack * M-Child * T-Rock * Gangsta Blac * Killa Klan Kaze * K-Rock * Droopy Drew Dog * Nigga Creep * Lil Gin * Lil Glock * S.O.G. * Cyde Manson

Re-launched line-up

New Prophet Posse

* Nick Scarfo (CEO) * Kelo The Work * Hott Sauce * K-Rock * Playa Fly *

* Kingpin Skinny Pimp * M-Child * Gangsta Blac * Droopy Drew Dog * Lil' Pat * Pop-a-Lock * Killa Kev * Raw Dawg * Hardiss (Germany) * Young Juve * Grandmarkee, Devil Eyez * Milk, Etha * OMG, Orange Mound Gangsta *Cyde Manson/Homicide

Discography

References

External links

Official website
* *https://web.archive.org/web/20090531145318/http://www.prophetposse.net/SmInterview.htm {{Authority control American record labels American independent record labels Record labels established in 1991 1991 establishments in Tennessee Gangsta rap record labels Hip hop record labels Horrorcore record labels