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Bad Azz Biography

The rapper known as Bad Azz was born Jamarr Antonio Stamps in 1975 in California. Long before he became a member of DPGC (Tha Dogg Pound Gangsta Crips), Bad Azz launched his career in his hometown, rapping and performing a local venues and parties in the area. Although he’s never risen to the level of notoriety as many of his contemporaries, Bad Azz has collaborated over the years with some of the industry’s most successful hip-hop and rap artists, including Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg, and Warren G.

Bad Azz’s own work includes the albums: Word on tha Streets (1998), Personal Business (2001), Money Run (2003), Executive Decision (2004), Thug Pound (2009), and Haven’t U Heard (2011.) Bad Azz’s own singles, including “We Be Puttin’ It Down” and “Wrong Idea,” feature collaborations with Snoop Dogg, but his list of additional appearances on tracks for others is impressive. Bad Azz has provided vocals for such artists as: Daz Dillinger (“Gang Bangin’ Ass Criminal” and “Thank God for My Life,” to name a few); Lil’ Raw (“Land of the Kill”):

Soopafly (“Why You Wanna Act This Way”); Young Noble (“Lightz Out”); Space Hog (“Hustle and Focus”); Killa Tay (“Its West Coast”); Bizzy Bone (“Caught Up”); and K9 (“California Living.”)

Bad Azz is still active in the rap and hip-hop community, collaborating with current artists and recording his own music.