Brandon C. Rodegeb

Brandon C. Rodegeb, better known as B-12 (born on October 9 1977) is a music executive, film maker and rap artist. Brandon was born in San Francisco, CA at San Francisco General Hospital and raised in the public housing projects between Palou and Oakdale Avenue in the Hunter's Point District of San Francisco, California. Living in an area rich in cultural and hip-hop history gave Brandon access to hip-hop music and the streets at an early age. The youngest son of a single mother with two brothers (one murdered in 1994) and a sister, B-12 was interested in music when very young.

Growing up around such rap legends as Too Short, 11/5, RBL Posse, and others, B-12 was able to get into music early. Success followed, although not immediately, and after his family moved to the nearby suburb of Vallejo, California in 1991; B-12 broke into rap music shortly thereafter.

After run ins with the law and spending time in various youth facilities, B-12 eventually changed his act and quickly moved up the ranks from street promoter to record producer to rap artist to full-blown music executive. Having worked with everyone from N2DEEP to Ginuwine to Boo-Yaa TRIBE to MC Eiht, B-12 has proved himself a staple in the independent music business.

B-12 no longer represents a wide array of artists choosing to focus his energy on films, and his artist, West Coast young gun A-Wax.

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www.siccness.net
www.a-wax.com
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