Mistah F.A.B.

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Mistah F.A.B.

Background information
Birth name Stanley P. Cox
Origin Oakland, California
Genre(s) Rap,Hyphy
Label(s) Faeva Afta/Thizz/Atlantic

Mistah F.A.B. (born Stanley P. Cox on January 23, 1982) [1] is an African-American rapper from Oakland, California. Fab (short for Mistah Fab) attended Oakland Tech High School. He is signed to Bay Area rap legend Mac Dre's label, Thizz Entertainment and Atlantic Records.

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Mistah F.A.B. first got national attention when he was featured on MTV2's program My Block: The Bay. 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 Faeva Afta / Thizz / Atlantic Records. He released Son of a Pimp on Thizz Ent and later released a DVD called "The Freestyle King". The Freestyle King DVD included many of his freestyle battles, along with the most infamous battle with Jin Au-Yeung. In May, Mistah F.A.B. will release his next album Da Yellow Bus Rydah, a double disk album, featuring one disk of hyphy music and one disk of politically and socially conscious music. After seven-months, Mistah F.A.B. signed a label deal with Atlantic Records.[2] He has shot a video for his first single, Ghost Ride It. Ghost Ride It has been a hit in Northern California radio stations. The music video for "Ghost Ride it" hit number one on a recent countdown of Rap Videos on MTV. F.A.B. also hosts "Yellow Bus Radio" Friday nights from 10pm-Midnight on Wild 94.9/KYLD-FM.

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[edit] Also Known As

Nicknames: Fabby, F.A.B., Fabby Davis Jr. of the Mac Pack, Da Yellow Bus Rydah, The Prince of the Bay, the freestyle king.

Acronym: Mistah F.A.B. stands for Money Is Something To Always Have Foreva After Bread

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