A member of , rapper Kurupt (a.k.a. Tha Kingpin, Kalhoon and Young Gotti) was born Ricardo Brown in Philadelphia on November 23, 1972. As a teen he was sent to live with his father in Hawthorne, CA, later befriending Snoop Doggy Dogg and signing to Death Row Records. Kurupt appeared on Dr. Dre's 1992 classic "The Chronic" and Snoop's 1993 debut "Doggy Style" before teaming with to form Tha Dogg Pound. Debuting in 1995 titled "Dogg Food"; and upon co-founding the ANTRA label, he made his solo debut in 1998 with "Kuruption". Just prior to the release of his 1999 sophomore effort "Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha
Real Name
- Ricardo Emmanuel Brown
- Jr.
Name Vars
- Emmanuel Of Tha Dogg Pound
- Karupt
- King Pen Kurupt
- Korrupt
- Korrupt Tha Kingpin
- Korupt
- Kurput
- Kurrupt
- Kurupt & Tha Kingpin
- Kurupt (Young Gotti)
- Kurupt Tha Kingpin
- Kurupt That Kingpin
- Kurupt The King Pin
- Kurupt The Kingpin
- Kurupt Young Gotti
- Kurupt the Kingpin
- Kurupt, Tha King Pin
- Kurupt, Young Gotti