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| '''J Stalin''' is a ] artist from |
'''J Stalin''' is a ] artist from ], ].{{fact}} | ||
| In 2007 J. Stalin signed to the "Zoo Entertainment" production company (not to be confused with now-defunct BMG subsidiary) run by ] artist Mekanix, who described his style as a variant of ] known as "Go".<ref>{{cite news|publisher=Murder Dog Magazine|author=Black Dog Bone|title=The Mekanix (Dotrix & Tweed)|date=June, 2007}}</ref> He has released roughly 7 ] and had 4 or so releases slated from 2007.<ref>{{cite web | |||
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| |title=Column: Ruling Party | |||
| |date=April 25, 2006 | |||
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| According to an interview featured on the ] release entitled "Early Morning Shift", J Stalin was born into poverty and earned money as a child by selling candy bars on the ] trains. Later, he began selling drugs in his local housing projects. Around age 13, he began recording and selling rap music.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.stashonline.com/blaster.php?xnewsaction=getcomments&newsarch=032007&newsid=7|publisher=SLASH magazine|title=Love in these streets: West Oakland|date=March 10, 2007}}</ref> | |||
| In a recent interview in issue #2 of STASH magazine, he remarked about his home and lifestyle, "This is West Oakland, man. This is the bottom right here." He remarked that the crime rate was so high, that the city had remodeled the housing units to remove all of the back doors. This way, potential criminals couldn't escape from home raids by the police. | |||
| J Stalin has since recorded and performed with artists such as G-Stack<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfbayview.com/20070626240/News/Panel/Purple_Mane_an_interview_wit_G-Stack_of_the_Delinquents.html|publisher=San Francisco Bayview|title=Purple Mane: an interview wit’ G-Stack of the Delinquents|author=Minister of Information JR|date=June 26, 2007}}</ref>, ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and others. | |||
| Mekanix and Zoo Entertainment released "On Behalf of the Streets" in early ] ].<ref>{{cite news|publisher=San Francisco Bay Guardian|title=The post-2Pac pack:Did the death of Tupac Shakur throw Bay Area hip-hop into a tailspin? And is there really a "New Bay" rising?|author=Garrett Caples|url=http://www.sfbg.com/39/24/cover_post_2pac.html}}</ref> | |||
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J Stalin is a rap artist from Oakland, California.