The Regime (stylized as The ReGime) is an American hip hop

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created by

Yukmouth Jerold Dwight Ellis III (born October 18, 1974), better known by his stage name Yukmouth, is an American rapper from East Oakland, Oakland, California. He is the founder of The Regime, Smoke-A-Lot Records and Godzilla Entertainment. He is a mem ...

in 1997, and originally included fellow rappers

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, Phats Bossi, Madmax,

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and Lil Ke also joined. The group is signed to Yukmouth's

Smoke-A-Lot Records Smoke-a-Lot Records, distributed by Rap-a-Lot Records, is a record label founded and owned by rapper Yukmouth and manager Kat Gaynor. The name comes from Yukmouth's Luniz nickname, "Smoke-a-Lot". The label itself is home to artists including Luni ...

, and share that label's dragon logo. The Regime is unique when it comes to rap groups in that the members are from different states and cities around the U.S.. Besides guest appearances on numerous Yukmouth related projects, the group has released three mixtapes in the ''All Out War'' series and have plans for their debut album to be titled ''Regime Dragon Gang''.

Group members

Current members

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*Mr. *Freeze * The Gatlin *Gov Matic *Grant Rice *

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* Jay R Jay *K.P. *Kuzzo Fly *Kenny Kingpin *Lee Majors *Marc Shyst *

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*Monsta Ganjah *Ms. Story *Rahmean *Slam Versatile *Smiggz *

*The Reason *The Fleet *T-Lew *Young Bossi *

*Phats Bossalini *Mad Maxx *Lil Ke

Former members

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*Nyce *Pretty Black *Yung Skrilla

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Dragon Gang'' (2013)

Side projects

* Lil Ke & Mad Max – ''The Regime Presents Thugg Lordz'' (2001)

Mixtapes

* ''All Out War, Volume 1'' (2005) * ''All Out War, Volume 2'' (2005) * ''All Out War, Volume 3'' (2006) * ''The Last Dragon'' (2013)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Regime Hip hop groups from California Musical groups established in 1997 Hip hop collectives Musical quartets African-American musical groups Musical groups from Oakland, California