- Rappin' 4-Tay
Rappin' 4-Tay (born Anthony Forté on
March 2 ,1968 ) is an Americanrapper from the Fillmore District of San Francisco,California .4-Tay made his debut on the Too $hort album "
Life Is...Too Short ", but was arrested sometime after his 21st birthday on drug charges and served 8 months in prison. Upon his release from prison he issued "Rappin' 4-Tay Is Back" in 1992, and followed up in 1994 with "Don't Fight the Feeling", recorded in West Oakland at Grafitti Tunes with producer/songwriter Cyrus Esteban. "Don't Fight the Feeling" produced the hits "Playaz Club" (which sampled the song "Private Number" by William Bell and Judy Clay and hit #36 on theBillboard Hot 100 ), the "Dank Season" featuring Seff Tha Gaffla and "I'll Be Around" (which hit #39 on the Billboard Hot 100).Rappin' 4-Tay's mainstream success has been scarce since then, but he was featured in 2Pac's "
All Eyez on Me " album on the single "Only God Can Judge Me" in 1996 andMaster P 's "West Coast Bad Boyz II" compilation in 1997. 4-Tay was also an original member of Bay Area supergroup T.W.D.Y. in 1999.In 2003 Rappin' 4-Tay released the album "Gangsta Gumbo" with the single "Burning, Burning", followed up by the album "That's What You Thought" in 2007.
Discography
*1992: "Rappin' 4-Tay is Back"
*1994: "Don't Fight the Feeling "
*1996: "Off Parole "
*1997: "4 Tha Hard Way "
*1998: "Bigga Than Da Game"
*1999: "Derty Werk " (with T.W.D.Y.)
*1999: "Introduction to Mackin"
*2003: "Gangsta Gumbo"
*2007: "That's What You Thought"
*2007: "Ghetto Visa" (with Squirrel)
*2007: "The World Is A Ghetto"External links
* [http://wm07.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:3xftxqe5ldde Allmusic entry]
* [http://www.worldwideconnected.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=675 Rappin' 4-Tay interview with WorldWideConnected]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Rappin%27+4-Tay Discogs entry]For shiz
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