Mistah F.A.B.
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| Mistah F.A.B. | ||
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 Mistah F.A.B. on the cover of "The Freestyle King""
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| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Stanley P. Cox | |
| Origin | Oakland, California | |
| Genre(s) | Hyphy | |
| Label(s) | Interscope/Thizz | |
Mistah F.A.B. (born Stanley P. Cox in 1982 [1]) is a hyphy rapper from North Oakland, California. He worked closely with Bay Area rap legend Mac Dre up until Dre's death. Mistah F.A.B. says his name stands for: Money Is Something To Always Have Faeva Afta Bread.[2]
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[edit] Career
Mistah F.A.B. first got national attention when he was featured on MTV2's program My Block: The Bay Area. In this episode he introduced the Thizz movement along with other cultural Bay Area aspects. He is best known for his local hits "Super Sic Wit It" and "N.E.W. Oakland". Mistah F.A.B. is currently signed to Thizz Entertainment, Mac Dre's label. He released the much anticipated Son of A Pimp album on Thizz Ent. After Son of a Pimp, he released a DVD called "The Freestyle King". The (former) Freestyle King DVD included many of his freestyle battles, along with the most infamous battle with the Ruff Ryders Jin Au-Yeung which he got dominated in. In early 2007, Mistah F.A.B. will release his much anticipated Yellow Bus Rydah album. Recently Mistah F.A.B. has signed a recording contract with Atlantic Records.[3] Now with Atlantic records, he has been shooting a video for his first single, Ghostride It, off his highly anticipated album. Ghostride It has been a hit in Northern California radio stations and is soon to be recognized nationwide with the release of the video.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Nig-Latin (2002)
- Son of a Pimp (2005)
- Singles:
- 2002: "Where We At (Oakland)"
- 2005: "Super Sic Wit It"
- 2005: "N.E.W. Oakland"
- 2005: "Kicked Out The Club"
- Thizz Nation, vol. 8 (2006)
- 2006: "Da Yellow Bus"
- The Yellow Bus Rydah (2007)
- Other Singles:
- 2005: "Metros and Chirpers"
- 2005: "The Furley Ghost"
- 2006: "I Don't Know (Shaboobalaboopy)"
- 2006: "Ghost Ride It"
- 2006: "Da Yellow Bus"
hes now signed with atlantic records yadadamean
[edit] Also Known As
Nicknames: Fab, Fabby, F.A.B, Fabby Davis Jr., Fabby Davis Jr. of the Mac Pack, The Yellow Bus Rydah, The Prince of the Bay.
[edit] Notes
- ^ XXL Magazine interview with Mistah F.A.B.
- ^ Two whole panels of the liner notes to his 2002 album Nig Latin are devoted to spelling his name out as an acronym with this meaning.
- ^ http://www.ballerstatus.net/news/read/id/82159190/
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