Los Angeles, CA

January 17, 1970

Suga Free's career got off to a slow start despite a promising debut album, 1997's Street Gospel. In 2000, he returned to the spotlight with high-profile guest appearances on Xzibit's Restless and Snoop Dogg's Tha Last Meal. In 2004, the rapper issued his second album, The New Testament, followed two years later by Just Add Water and two volumes of Features. Messy Marv and Mac Dre both appeared on his 2007 album Sunday School, then Smell My Finger dropped in 2008 before Hi Power Pimpin' landed in 2009. Two years later, the compilation Why U Still Bullshittin: The Best of Suga Free was released, and the 2014 single "Grooveline, Pt. 2," featuring Schoolboy Q, preceded 2015's album The Resurrection. ~ Jason Birchmeier & Marisa Brown