Vernon Johnson (born December 24, 1970), professionally known by his

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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 Compton may refer to: Places Canada * Compton (electoral district), a former Quebec federal electoral district * Compton (provincial electoral district), a former Quebec provincial electoral district now part of Mégantic-Compton * Compton, Que ...

-based

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/ gangsta rap group

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, ...

, along with frontman Aaron "

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 ...

" Tyler. During his childhood, Johnson dropped out of high school and hooked up with neighbourhood friend MC Eiht, to form the group.

Career

C.M.W.–1990s

During the recording of the debut CMW's album, ''

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'', Tha Chill was arrested for " joy riding" but was released a few weeks later on

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and finished recording his remaining verses on the songs of the album. He had missed his appearance on the group's two following full-lengths, 1991 ''

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'' and 1992 ''

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'', because he was sentenced to three years' imprisonment. However, he was subsequently a featured performer on the reunion album, ''

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'', which the group released after an eight-year hiatus. After serving over 2 years in prison, Johnson, together with Gene "

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. Tha Chill heavily contributed within

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. Since 1998, he has been producing tracks for the likes of 213, Above The Law,

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, and MC Eiht's solo efforts.

2000s–present

Johnson started his own record label called Bigfutt Entertainment and planned to release his debut solo album, ''Tha Wind Chill Factor'', which was supported by 2003

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"Smoke Dis F-N-J". It was set to be released in 2000s, but was delayed until the actual release date of October 13, 2009. In early 2010, Johnson joint a venture deal with Chad Kiser’s Hoopla Media Group for his Bump Johnson Inc. record label. He managed to release two mixtapes and an

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before he was dropped off the label in 2012 after the rapper was sent to prison over a domestic violence issue. Since February 2011, Tha Chill is a part of hip hop supergroup 1st Generation with fellow rappers MC Eiht, Jayo Felony,

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King T Roger McBride (born December 14, 1968), better known by his stage name King T (formerly known as King Tee), is an American West Coast Hip hop rapper from Compton, California. Emerging as one of Compton's earliest hip hop artists, he was signed ...

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, Gangsta of

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, and producers

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and

DJ Battlecat Kevin Gilliam (born April 20, 1968), better known by his stage name Battlecat, is an American hip hop record producer and DJ from South Los Angeles, California. Biography He started out as a battle DJ, notably competing in the 1988 New Music ...

. The group contributed on Tha Chill's sophomore full-length, ''Chillafornia'', which was released in 2012 via Big Homie Music/Cycadelic Records, a follow-up to his 2010 ''Chillafornia EP''. His semi-

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third solo album was released on September 10, 2013. Tha Chill, Kurupt,

Tray Deee Tracy Lamar Davis (born April 27, 1966), better known by his stage name Big Tray Deee (formerly Tray Deee and Tracy Deee), is an American rapper signed with Snoop Dogg's label Dogghouse Records. Career Before becoming a rapper, Davis was an ac ...

Tha Eastsidaz Tha Eastsidaz is a hip hop trio consisting of Snoop Dogg, Tray Deee and Goldie Loc. Their first appearance was on Tommy Boy Records' ''The Ride: Music from Dimension'' with Crooked Eye Q on a Battlecat-produced song called "Feels So Good" in 19 ...

, Weazel Loc of the Pomona City Rydaz, and Kokane formed a five-piece supergroup Diirty OGz. The group has released its debut album, ''We Got Now and Next'', on October 28, 2016 through

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. On November 2, 2018, Tha Chill released his fourth solo album titled ''4Wit80''. The sixth Compton’s most wanted album, ‘''Gangsta Bizness’ was released'' in 2019.

Discography

Solo

;Studio albums ;Extended plays ;Mixtapes

Collaborations

;with

*1996: ''Killafornia Organization'' ;with tha Wanted Gang *2010: ''Big Homie Muzic, Vol. 1'' (mixtape) ;with Diirty OGz *2016: ''We Got Now and Next''

References

External links

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