Bad Azz (born Jamarr Antonio Stamps, on November 27, 1975 in Long Beach, California) is a rapper and former member of Tha Dogg Pound Gangsta Crips, also known as DPGC (exented group of Tha Dogg Pound, a rap group solely comprised of Kurupt and Daz Dillinger, with brief cuts featuring Snoop Dogg). He was also an original member of the LBC Crew, along with fellow rappers Techniec and Lil C-Style. Although not worldly renowned like some of his Dogg Pound counterparts, Bad remains a popular MC in his native Los Angeles, often heard on the radio stations KPWR and KKBT.
Born in Hawaiian Gardens, a Long Beach commune, Bad grew up with his mother and stepfather, later moving to Long Beach where he attended Woodrow Wilson high school, before getting kicked out due to behavioral problems. It was around this time that Bad Azz met rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg (eventually changing his name to Snoop Dogg after leaving Death Row) at Long Beach's V.I.P. Record Store. This meeting gave Bad Azz new found respect for the rap game and a view at a new possible career. He began freestyling on the eastside of Long Beach, and performing at various house jams. This move won him a place on Snoop's Doggystyle/Death Row, a sub-label of the Death Row recording company, whereupon he briefly joined the L.B.C. Crew. He would later come back to make his solo album titled Word on tha Street under Priority Records in 1998. Bad Azz is also known to consume excessive amounts of Marijuana.
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