Boom Bam (born Gene Heisser, 1971) is one of the founding members of

Compton's Most Wanted Compton's Most Wanted (C.M.W.) is an American gangsta rap group and part of the early West Coast hip hop scene. The leaders of the group are MC Eiht and Tha Chill. History Formation and early years C.M.W. included rappers MC Eiht, Tha Chill, ...

Yahoo! music. Compton's Most Wanted.
. and underground rap group

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Heisser was born in

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. He met

MC Eiht Aaron Tyler (born May 22, 1971), better known by his stage name MC Eiht (pronounced MC eight), is an American rapper and actor. Many of his songs are based on his life in Compton. His stage name was partly inspired by the numeral in KRS-One's na ...

and

Tha Chill Vernon Johnson (born December 24, 1970), professionally known by his stage name Tha Chill, is an American rapper and record producer. He embarked on his music career in the early 1990s, as a co-founder of the Compton-based West Coast hip hop/ gang ...

while attending Junior High school, and a lifelong friendship developed. In 1987 they created the rap group Compton's Most Wanted and their first album '' It's A Compton Thang!'' was released in 1989. The group quickly became famous on the West Coast, and international fame soon followed. After the group dissolved in 1993, Boom Bam appeared with MC Eiht on several of his solo projects. Bam, Eiht, and Chill formed N.O.T.R. in 1995. Atlantic Records bought the album and subsequently shelved the entire project. Underground copies of the album are all that survived. Boom Bam also had a brief movie career with a minor role in the blockbuster hit ''

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'' and in the movie '' ''Rhyme & Reason''''. He also briefly appeared in the backyard scene of ''

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''.

Later years

Boom Bam is currently in the studio working with Hard Head Productions on his first solo album titled Still Wanted. It was originally scheduled for release in early 2012, however as of 2021, work still continues on the album. The album will feature a track titled ‘No Vasoline #2’, a

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against

inspired by ‘

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’ by

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. He is currently working as an electrician working on alternative energy systems.

References

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