Kurupt
- Actor
- Composer
- Writer
Kurupt was born Ricardo Brown in Philadelphia, Pa. He moved to Long
Beach, California, where he met and befriended such rappers as
Snoop Dogg and
Daz Dillinger. He worked as a rapper on
"Death Row Records" (Label run by
Suge Knight), releasing
one album with Daz Dillinger titled "Tha
Dogg Pound" (selling 4 million copies to date) and appeared on such
West Coast classics as "All Eyes On Me", "Doggystyle" and "The Chronic"
(all released on "Death Row Records"). He later went to a new label,
based out of his hometown of Philly, titled "Antra Entertainment". He
released 3 albums on this label, all outselling each other as they were
released. While running into financial difficulties, and trying to
support his family, he went back to "Death Row Records" (now "Tha
Row"), where he sits as the Executive Vice Pres. of the company and
makes movies in his spare time. He was once engaged to
Foxy Brown and
Natina Reed, member of
Blaque), before she gave birth to their son named
Trey (b. 2002) and he lives with his fiancée, Gail Gotti, who is a
female artist.
