Husalah
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Husalah is an American rapper from Pittsburg, California
Pittsburg, California
Pittsburg is a city located in eastern Contra Costa County, California, the outer portion of the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. The population was 63,264 at the 2010 census....

. He began his career with the Pittsburg group the Mob Figaz
Mob Figaz
Mob Figaz is a hip hop group from the Bay Area, California, that was formed by C-Bo. The original members include The Jacka, Husalah, Rydah J. Klyde and Fed-X from Pittsburg, California, and AP.9, from Oakland....

, whose first album, C-Bo's Mob Figaz, was released in 1999. Like his close-friend, The Jacka
The Jacka
Dominic Newton, better known by his stage name The Jacka , is an American rapper from Richmond, California. The Jacka got his start in Pittsburg, California with his group, Mob Figaz, whose first album, C-Bo's Mob Figaz, was released in 1999. The Jacka also converted to Islam at a very young age...

, he is a devout Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...

, which contributes much in his lyrics.

Career

He began his career with the Pittsburg group Mob Figaz, their first album, C-Bo's Mob Figaz, was released in 1999 and was a minor hit on the Billboard Hip Hop chart entering in at #63 but it sold fairly well making 160,000 units sold. His first solo album entitled Dope, Guns, and Religion was released in 2006 was one of the most anticipated albums in the bay at the time.

Prison Term

In 2006 Husalah was serving time on a five-year sentence for selling cocaine. Whilst Husalah was in prison rumors arose that he had died being stabbed in prison. This proved however to be an Internet hoax, when Husalah's prison discharge papers were posted on the Internet, and when World Star Hip Hop released a video of Husalah the day he was released, talking about how false the rumors were.

Albums

  • 2006 : Dope, Guns, and Religion
  • 2007 : Huslin Since Da 80's
  • 2008 : The Tonka Boyz
  • 2010 : Tha Furly Ghost Volume 3 (August 17)

With Mob Figaz

  • 1999: C-Bo's Mob Figaz
    C-Bo's Mob Figaz
    - Personnel :* Executive Producer - C-Bo* Mastered By - Ken Lee* Mixed By - Jason "J-Dino" Moss** Other [Layout & Design] - Ghostribe Graphix* Producer - Kezo , Lev "Berlak"* , One Drop Scott...

  • 2001: The Comp
  • 2002: Camp Mob Figaz - Street Soundtrack
  • 2003: Mob Figaz

Collaboration Albums

  • 2005 : 3 Da Hard Way (With The Jacka
    The Jacka
    Dominic Newton, better known by his stage name The Jacka , is an American rapper from Richmond, California. The Jacka got his start in Pittsburg, California with his group, Mob Figaz, whose first album, C-Bo's Mob Figaz, was released in 1999. The Jacka also converted to Islam at a very young age...

     and Marvaless)
  • 2006 : Mob Trial (With Ap.9, The Jacka
    The Jacka
    Dominic Newton, better known by his stage name The Jacka , is an American rapper from Richmond, California. The Jacka got his start in Pittsburg, California with his group, Mob Figaz, whose first album, C-Bo's Mob Figaz, was released in 1999. The Jacka also converted to Islam at a very young age...

    )
  • 2007 : The Mob Gets Explosive Explosive Mode 3 (With The Jacka
    The Jacka
    Dominic Newton, better known by his stage name The Jacka , is an American rapper from Richmond, California. The Jacka got his start in Pittsburg, California with his group, Mob Figaz, whose first album, C-Bo's Mob Figaz, was released in 1999. The Jacka also converted to Islam at a very young age...

    , Messy Marv
    Messy Marv
    Marvin Watson, better known by his stage name Messy Marv, is an American rapper from Pittsburg, CA, but represents the Fillmore Area of San Francisco, CA.Messy Marv is affiliated with the blood gang...

     & San Quinn
    San Quinn
    Quincy Brooks IV better known by his stage name San Quinn, is an American rapper from San Francisco, California.-Career:Born in Oakland, California, Quincy moved to the Fillmore district of San Francisco at the age of three...

    )
  • 2007 : Without My 5 (With Ap.9)
  • 2008 : The Tonka Boyz(With B-Luv) (*R&B Albums #57 *Top Heatseekers #49)

External links

  • Husalah at Discogs
    Discogs
    Discogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...

  • [ Husalah] at allmusic
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