Crunchy Black

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Crunchy Black
Background information
Birth name	Darnell Carlton
Also known as	Crunchy
Born	1975
Origin	Memphis, Tennessee United States
Genre(s)	Memphis rap, Southern rap, Crunk
Years active	1991—present
Label(s)	Columbia Records/Sony Music (2003-2006) Loud Records(2000-2003) Relativity Records(1997-2000) Prophet Entertainment (1995-1997) Cash Money Records(2006-present)

Crunchy Black (born Darnell Carlton) is a rapper and dancer from Memphis, Tennessee and ,despite extremely limited rapping talent or ability, was once a core member of Oscar winning hip hop collective Three 6 Mafia and is a pop culture icon.

He has since left the group. In an interview with Miss Info, DJ Paul and Juicy J said they haven’t talked to Carlton for several months and weren’t sure what he was up to.^{[citation needed]}

He is known for his dancing, called "Gangsta Walking". He has performed the dance at the 2006 Oscars and on TV talk show appearances.

Yo Gotti, an up and coming Memphis MC, has publicly beefed with Crunchy Black, calling him a "crackhead". Crunchy has yet to respond. Crunchy Black may have left Three 6 Mafia because he "could not wait anymore." [referring to his solo album]

According to an article in Ozone Magazine, Crunchy Black said that half of the songs used for Three Six Mafia's last album Most Known Unknown were originally for his album and he was not getting paid for it. He stated that he had to pay for his own travel and hotel expenses, he was not allowed to go into business meetings with his lawyer, and that Three Six Mafia was behind shady business practices with his money.

As of now, Crunchy Black (along with former Three Six members, Gangsta Boo & Skinny Pimp) has, once again, joined Nick “Scarfo” Jackson (the creator of Prophet Entertainment that was once the home of Three Six) in his new mixtapes & albums with the New Prophet Camp [1].

Crunchy Black's debut solo album entitled "On My Own" was released on September 19, 2006. The album was previously slated to be titled "From Me to You 1 The Hard Way" and had been in the works for years, having been alluded to at least since 2003.

1 Discography
- 1.1 Hypnotize Minds Albums
- 1.2 Compilations & Boxed Sets
2 References
3 External links

[edit] Discography

Album cover	Album information
	On My Own Released: September 19, 2006 Chart positions: RIAA description: 5,000 units sold Singles:

Album cover	Album information
	The Blackness Released: , 2003 Chart positions: RIAA description: Singles:

[edit] Hypnotize Minds Albums

Album cover	Album information
	Body Parts	by Prophet Posse Released: 1998 Chart positions: N/A Last RIAA certification: 100,000+
	CrazyNDaLazDayz	by Tear Da Club Up Thugs Released: 1999 Chart positions: N/A Last RIAA certification:Gold
	Three 6 Mafia Presents: Hypnotize Camp Posse	by Hypnotize Camp Posse Released: 2000 Chart positions: N/A Last RIAA certification:Gold
	Dat's How It Happened To'M	by Da Headbussaz Released: 2002 Chart positions: N/A Last RIAA certification: 100,000+

[edit] Compilations & Boxed Sets

Album Cover	Album information
	Underground Vol. 1: (1991-1994)	Released: March 2, 1999 Chart positions:N/A Last RIAA certification: N/A
	Underground Vol. 2: Club Memphis	Released: August 24, 1999 Chart positions: N/A Last RIAA certification: N/A
	Underground Vol. 3: Kings of Memphis	Released: October 31, 2000 Chart positions: N/A Last RIAA certification: N/A
	Most Known Hits	Released: November 15, 2005 Chart positions: #154 US Billboard 200 Last RIAA certification: N/A
	Smoked Out Music Greatest Hits	Released: October 6, 2006 Chart positions: N/A Last RIAA certification: N/A
	Prophet's Greatest Hits	Released: February 6, 2007 Chart positions: N/A Last RIAA certification: N/A