Warren G Biography
Summary
"Warren Griffin III" (born November 10, 1971 in Long Beach, California) better known as "Warren G", is an American West Coast rapper and hip hop producer. His biggest hit was the single 'Regulate' with Nate Dogg released in 1994. The single was a G-funk track like most of Warren G's productions. He is the step-brother of successful record producer Dr. Dre. According to Hit Music he sold 1,080,000 copies in the UK between January 1990 - January 1999 and was ranked 92nd amongst the top selling artists of the decade.
Music career
In 1991, Warren G formed the group 213 with Nate Dogg and Snoop Dogg. Warren G introduced the group to his step-brother Dr. Dre. Dr. Dre was impressed and signed Snoop Dogg to his and Suge Knight's record company, Death Row Records. Thus, 213 broke up before releasing any records, and the three artists pursued separate careers. Even though Death Row Records did not sign Warren G, his career began with some contributions to Dr. Dre's album "The Chronic", released 1992. Warren G was a regular contributor to many Death Row albums.
In 1993, Warren G produced the track "Indo Smoke" featuring himself, Nate Dogg, and Mista Grimm.
Warren G's debut album "Regulate... G Funk Era" was released in 1994 on Def Jam, featured the hit 'Regulate' which samples Michael McDonald's classic hit, 'I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)'. Also on that disc was 'This D.J.,' a popular track and hit video on MTV.
He followed up with 'Take a Look Over Your Shoulder (Reality)' in 1997, which took his mellow approach and brought it even further into the mainstream. Scoring a hit with a rap remake of 'I Shot the Sheriff,' the album was a mid-level commercial success selling gold.
"I Want It All," released in 1999, represented a substantive if not commercial comeback for Warren G. Widely regarded as his most consistent record, this offered a jazz-rock fusion style and a host of guests including Mack 10, Snoop Dogg, Kurupt, and Eve. The first single, 'I Want It All,' sampled the song 'I Like It' performed by DeBarge, which had a hit video that entered into heavy rotation on MTV and VH1. Warren G fully embraced his less-gangsta image at this time.
"Return of the Regulator" was released in 2001, but Universal did not promote the album and it flopped in sales. In 2003 Warren G, Snoop Dogg, and Nate Dogg reunited 213 and recorded the album "The Hard Way" with the single 'Groupie Luv'. The album was released in 2004 and entered at #4 on the "Billboard" charts.
Warren G released a new album on October 11, 2005, called "In the Mid-Nite Hour" on an independent label. In December 2005, he signed with UniqueInc LTD (UK) for the UK & Éire, Craze Productions of London is doing the digital distribution and sales on Mobile and online and Hawino Records for the North America release. Warren G is also working on an album with a young producer by the alias of Classic. Warren G stated he will get into this album once he is finished with the show called Celebrity Fit Club
In 2006, Warren G produced the theme song for Ice Cube's TV show, "Black. White.".
Media appearances
Warren G has acted in several movies, including the 1999 racing film "Speedway Junky".
In 2006, Warren G appeared on the fifth season of VH1's "Celebrity Fit Club". In 2007, he was the celebrity mentor for Countess Vaughn on the MTV series "Celebrity Rap Superstar, Warren also appeared in two episodes of Flavour of Love 2".
He provided his character and voice for the video game "Def Jam: Fight for NY". (... more) . His character was also in Rap Jam: Volume One.
Discography
Albums
[[213 (group)|213]]
"The Hard Way" (2004)
Awards
Grammy Award nominations
Warren G has been nominated for one Grammy Award but has not yet won an award as of 2007.
Filmography
"All of Us" (2005)
"The Strip Game" (2003)
"Old School" (2003)
"Little Richard" (2000)
"Speedway Junky" (1999)
Trivia
JVC & Warren G collaborated together to make a line of speaker systems. (... more)
The week between Aug. 1-6 2005 was dedicated as the 'Warren G Week' by the Mayor of Long Beach. (... more)
Is managed by his uncle Wron G (... more)
Current live DJ is DJ Rectangle since 1993. (... more)
Height is 6'3' (... more)
Collaborated with Malaysian Hip-Hop duo Too Phat in the song 'Just a Lil' Bit' from Too Phat's album "360 degrees". (... more)
Warren G made a cameo appearance in the music video to 'Fuck Wit Dre Day' by Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg
External links
(Warren G) at Rolling Stone
Credit
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