Born and raised in Philadelphia, Ricardo Brown, better known as Kurupt the Kingpin, moved to Long Beach, Calif. when he was 16. After being discovered by Dr. Dre and signed to Death Row Records, Kurupt teamed up with fellow rapper Daz and the duo became known as Tha Dogg Pound. After releasing Dogg Food in 1995 and appearing on several other Death Row projects, Kurupt formed his own Wall Street Records label in 1997.
His solo debut, Kuruption, was released in 1998. In Nov of 99 The streetz is a Mutha was released. The thing I hate about the Fuckin Media is I hate that they gave Streetz is A Mutha and Kuruption a bad rating. Both CDSD were da bomb especially Streets is a Mutha. Finally someone talks the truth about that gay rapper DMX. Kurupt if your Readin this Good work and keep it up.Fuck the media