Katari Terrance Cox (born December 30, 1976) better known by his

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Kastro, is an American rapper. A cousin of Tupac Shakur, Kastro would perform alongside him in the former's rap group, the Outlawz,http://www.2pacinfo.com/tupac/family.shtml and is featured on many of the late rapper's songs such as " Made Niggaz", & "

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". When he was in

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, he introduced his friend, and future Outlawz rapper, Malcolm Greenridge, later named

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, to his cousin.

Career

Kastro started rapping with the name "K-Dog". He was in a rap group with Big Malcolm (

), and Young Hollywood ( Yaki Kadafi) in the beginning and began rapping in some of

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's songs during the ''

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'' sessions. They then added Mutah (

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) to the group and became known as Dramacydal. On March 14, 1995, K-Dog was featured on 2Pac's 3× Platinum album '' Me Against The World'', on the song "Outlaw". The next year, on February 13, 1996, he was featured on Tupac's 10× Platinum Double LP '' All Eyez On Me'' on the songs "Tradin War Stories", "When We Ride", & "Thug Passion". It was around the time of this album's recording sessions when Tupac gave K-Dog his name "Kastro". He was named after

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for the Outlawz anti-American leader theme On June 4, 1996, Kastro was featured in 2Pac's " Hit 'Em Up" music video, along with the rest of the Outlawz. The song was the B-side to Shakur's " How Do U Want It" single and was a vicious diss song aimed at Bad Boy Entertainment,

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, &

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. The song is widely considered the most aggressive hip-hop diss tracks ever recorded. The same year Kastro was featured on Shakur's 4× Platinum album The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory, on the songs "Hail Mary" & "Life of An Outlaw" On September 7, 1996, Tupac was fatally wounded by gunshots on the Las Vegas Strip and was rushed to a hospital at the

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. He died six days later on September 13, 1996, at the age of 25. Kastro was present when the shooting took place. He was in the car directly behind Tupac but could not identify the shooters.

Discography

With Outlawz

;Studio Albums: *'' Still I Rise'' (1999) *''

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'' (2000) *'' Novakane'' (2001) *''

Neva Surrenda ''Neva Surrenda'' is the third studio album by hip hop group Outlawz. It was released on October 22, 2002 on Outlaw Recordz Outlawz (formerly known as Outlaw Immortalz) are an American hip hop group founded by rapper Tupac Shakur in late 19 ...

'' (2002) *'' Outlaw 4 Life: 2005 A.P.'' (2005) *'' We Want In: The Street LP'' (2008) ;Mixtapes: *''Outlaw Warriorz Vol. 1'' (with DJ Warrior) (2004) *''New World Order'' (with DJ Ipodd) (2005) *''Can't Turn Back'' (2007) *''Outlaw Culture Vol. 1'' (2009) *''Outlaw Culture Vol. 2'' (2009) *''Outlaw Culture Vol. 3'' (2009) ;Other Albums: *''Still I Rise (Part 2)'' (2002) *''Retribution: The Lost Album'' (2006) *'' Ghetto Monopoly'' (2007) *''The Lost Songs Vol. 1'' (2010) *''The Lost Songs Vol. 2'' (2010)

With
E.D.I. Malcolm Greenidge (born July 7, 1974), known as E.D.I. Mean and EDIDON, is an American hip hop artist and a member of the Outlawz. The name is a play on the name Idi Amin, former president of Uganda. While in the third grade, Malcolm became fri ...

;Studio Albums: *'' Blood Brothers'' (2002)

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