Soopafly

Soopafly

Infobox musical artist
Name = Soopafly


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Birth_name = Priest Joseph Brooks
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Origin = Long Beach, California, U.S.
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Genre = West Coast hip hop
Occupation = producer, rapper
Years_active = 1993-present
Label = Doggystyle
Associated_acts = Snoop Dogg
Daz Dillinger
Kurupt
Westurn Union
URL = [http://www.soopafly.net soopafly.net]
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Priest Joseph Brooks, better know by his stage name Soopafly, is a hip hop producer and rapper from Long Beach, California.

Early life

The oldest of three children, Brooks grew up in Long Beach. He was given a keyboard by his father after being inspired by the piano players he saw in church.cite web|title=Deep In His Own Hustle|url=http://www.mcarecords.com/artistAbout.asp?selected=1&aboutId=40205&which=bio&artistname=Soopafly&artistid=380&title=Deep+In+His+Own+Hustle|publisher=MCA Records|date=2002-08-13|accessdate=2008-09-01]

Early career

During his teenage years, Brooks met rappers Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre. Proving himself with his keyboard skills, Soopafly was assigned his first piece of work for Death Row Records on the soundtrack "Murder Was The Case". He played keyboards for Dr. Dre and Ice Cube on the track "Natural Born Killaz", as well as his first production credit with "Who Got Some Gangsta Shit" featuring the Dogg Pound and company. In 1995, he produced "Sooo Much Style" for Tha Dogg Pound on their debut album "Dogg Food". He also played the keyboards on eight other songs throughout. Then in 1996, he was featured on the soundtrack to the movie "A Thin Line Between Love and Hate" on the song "I Don't Hang", a remix would later follow.

Soopafly was further introduced to mainstream listeners on Snoop Dogg's second studio album "Tha Doggfather". He produced the song "Freestyle Conversation" and "You Thought", appearing alongside veteran rapper Too Short. Since then, he has been featured primarily on albums by local artists such as Snoop Dogg, Daz Dillinger, Kurupt, Tha Eastsidaz and RBX.cite web|last=Birchmeier|first=Jason|title=Soopafly > Biography|url=http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:3nfyxqlhldde~T1|publisher=allmusic|accessdate=2008-09-01] To date, he has released two solo albums.

Westurn Union

In July 2006, the rap group called Westurn Union was formed. It features Soopafly, Damani and Bad Lucc. They made their first appearance on Snoop Dogg's album "Tha Blue Carpet Treatment" and released a street single titled "I Don't Think So", [cite web|author=Nina|title=Damani & Bad Lucc|url=http://www.dubcnn.com/interviews/damani-badlucc/|publisher=DubCNN|date=January 2007|accessdate=2008-09-01] produced by Rick Rock. In April of 2008, a mixtape was released titled "House Shoe Musik, Vol. 1" and was hosted by DJ Crazy Toones. After inking a deal with Koch Records and Doggystyle Records, the official debut album Snoop Dogg presents Dubb Union was released on September 2 2008. Prior to the release, the group and the labels were approached by the company Western Union, threatening legal action if the name was not changed. Though there is a difference between Westurn and Western, the labels did not want to spend money dealing with a lawsuit, the name of the group was changed to Dubb Union.

Discography

Solo albums

*"Dat Whoopty Woop" (2001)
*"Bangin Westcoast" (2007)

References


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