Hussein Fatal
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| Hussein Fatal | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Bruce Washington | |
| Also known as | Dizza, Fatalveli | |
| Born | 1974 | |
| Origin | Montclair, New Jersey | |
| Genre(s) | Rap, Gangsta rap | |
| Occupation(s) | rapper | |
| Years active | 1995 - present | |
| Label(s) | Thugtertainment | |
| Associated acts |
The Plague The Fugees Tha Outlawz |
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Hussein Fatal (also known as Dizza and Fatalveli, after Tupac Shakur's Makaveli alias), born Bruce Washington in 1974 in Montclair, NJ, is an African-American rapper. Washington is sometimes erroneously identified as Fatal Hussein.
Bruce Washington began rapping at a young age, briefly joining a group called The Plague, associated with New Jersey group.
The Plague latter became the Fugees.
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[edit] Childhood
As a young rapper fatal looked up to legendary KRS-One and MC Shan, honing his skills and donning the name Fatal. Entering local underground rap battles, he developed a reputation around New Jersey as a hot up and coming rapper and battler. At the same time, he was earning another reputation on the streets, dealing cocaine for a living between 1987 and 1989. Fatal was arrested a total of twenty four times as a minor, charged with various crimes including assault, robbery, drug trafficking, possession of narcotics, illegal firearms and trespassing. As an adult, he has been arrested at least twenty-five more times.
Fatal went to high school with Yafeu Akiyele Fula later known as Yaki Kadafi, Godbrother of famous rapper 2Pac; in 1995, when Tupac was incarcerated in the Clinton Correctional Facility, Kadafi asked Washington to accompany him on a visit to the prison. Bruce thought Kadafi was playing a joke on him, and declined. Later, Kadafi's mother mentioned the friendship between her son and Shakur, and Washington reconsidered.
Fatal went with 2Pac to Death Row Records but was waiting to get signed to Makaveli Records as he began record Fatal-N-Felony with Kadafi.
[edit] The Outlawz
"They call me Hussein fatal, it's a two game table I'm robbin ya niggaz cradle wit a knife in your navel..."
—Hussein Fatal from When We Ride.
He was inducted into 2Pac's group Tha Outlawz, and Tupac gave him his alias, based on the name of the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. He appeared on various Outlawz projects (including infamous diss song "Hit 'Em Up") over the next year. Though he and Pac became good friends, they had a rocky relationship; Shakur rumoredly sent him back to New Jersey numerous times for acting out-of-line. An oft-cited example is when Fatal apparently borrowed Shakur's Land Cruiser without permission and crashed it. Eventually, Fatal apologized for his actions and calmed down; shortly after, he left California for a court date. The next day, Shakur was assassinated. 2 months later, Kadafi was killed as well. Hussein went in a downward spiral, quitting the Outlawz and quit rapping for a short period.
[edit] Trouble
He resorted to crime; eventually he started up again, appearing on Cormega's shelved Def Jam debut album, The Testament. He signed with Relativity Records, releasing his first album, In the Line of Fire in 1998, which didn't do too well. He left Relativity and signed with Rap-A-Lot Records, and began recording for a second album; in 1999, before its completion, he was arrested for assault and jailed.
[edit] Murder Inc Records
He was released in 2001 to a halfway house, then got out on parole in 2002. The next year he allied with Ja Rule, just in time for the escalation of the beef between Ja and Aftermath Entertainment/G-Unit/Shady Records. Fatal was featured on 4 tracks on Ja rule's album Blood In My Eye of which two were diss tracks towards 50 Cent and Gunit. There were rumors that Hussein Fatal had signed to The Inc. Records but the rumors were not true.
Hussein Fatal has launched his own New Jersey independent record label Thugtertainment.
[edit] Current Projects
He has currently released his double disc set mixtape titled Section 8 - The Mixtape Vol.1 and features on three tracks on the new 2Pac album, Pac's Life. He is also working on a collaboration with Young Noble and is also releasing a mixtape titled 1090 The Mixtape which is a collaboration with the group The Hardtimerz which is due 2007. He is also set to release a solo album titled Born Legendary which is due to drop early 2007.
