Bucwheed

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Bucwheed
Rashaan Jackson as Buc Fifty
Background information
Birth name	Rashaan Jackson
Also known as	Buc Fifty Buckwheat Da Bad Guy
Born	1973 (Age 34)
Origin	New Rochelle, New York Los Angeles, California
Genre(s)	Hip hop
Occupation(s)	Rapper
Years active	1992 - present
Label(s)	Delicious Vinyl, Priority, Battle Axe, Ruthless, Columbia
Associated acts	The Wascals The Pharcyde Eazy-E Fatlip The Alcjemist J-Swift
Website	Buc Fifty at Battle Axe

Rashaan Jackson (Born in 1973), better known as 'Bucwheed, Buc Fifty or Buckwheat is an American rapper currently signed to Delicious Vinyl Records. He has also worked for Ruthless Records and Battle Axe Records. Jackson has also been a member of The Wascals and the Soul Assassins.

Contents 1 Early Years: Delicious Vinyl: 1992-1994 2 Battle Axe Records: 1997-2004 3 Return to Delicious Vinyl: 2004-Present 4 Discography 4.1 Solo 4.2 With The Wascals 4.3 With The Soul Assassins

[edit] Early Years: Delicious Vinyl: 1992-1994

Jackson was born in 1973 in New Rochelle, New York, where he began rapping at the age of 12. In 1989, at the age of 16, Jackson moved to Los Angeles, California and along with friends Spit-Anky, St. Imey and Alphie, Jackson formed a rap group called The Wascals and took the name Buckwheat (later changed to Bucwheed) due to his resemblance of Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas. During this time Buckwheat was approached by Ruthless Records and appeared on Eazy-E's EP, 5150: Home 4 tha Sick on the track titled "Merry Muthafuckin' X-Mas". Ruthless attempted to sign Bucwheed and the Wascals but ultimately, Buchwheed and the group signed with Delicious Vinyl. Buchwheed would go on th appear on The Pharcyde's Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde on the tracks "I'm That Type of Nigga" and "On the DL". After those guest appearances, The Wascals recorded their debut album, Greatest Hits and released three singles, "The Dips", "Class Clown" and "Dream and Imaginate". However just before the release date in 1994 the group broke up after a disagreement and the album was shelved.

[edit] Battle Axe Records: 1997-2004

Bucwheed resurfaced in 1997 to record an album with Pharcyde member Fatlip, however Fatlip backed out of the project and that album was shelved. In 1998 Bucwheed changed his name to Buc Fifty and collabarated with producer The Alchemist and released two singles, "Still Breathing" and "Dead end Street" for the Soul Assassins. After this he signed on with Battle Axe Records. Buc Fifty appeared on various compilation albums for the label until finally releasing his solo debut, Bad Man in 2000. Buc Fifty would released another album for Battle Axe entitled Serve The Devil, Praise The Lord before rejoining Delicious Vinyl.

[edit] Return to Delicious Vinyl: 2004-Present

Buc Fifty returned to Delicious Vinyl in 2004 and changed his name back to Bucwheed. In 2005, Delicious Vinyl released his third solo album, The Rethuglican and two years later The Wascals long awaited album Greatest Hits was released. Bucwheed remains with Delicious Vinyl to this day and is expected to release more albums in the coming future.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Solo

Album information
Bad Man Released: November 23, 2000 Chart positions: N/A Last RIAA certification: N/A Singles: "Bad Man", "Still Getting Over"
Serve The Devil, Praise The Lord Released: June 15, 2004 Chart positions: N/A Last RIAA certification: N/A Singles: "Say It Ain't So", "Live By the Gun", "Live No More"
The Rethuglican Released: June 21, 2005 Chart positions: N/A Last RIAA certification: N/A Singles: "The Rethuglican", "Kiss My Ass", "Tattoos"

[edit] With The Wascals

Album information
Greatest Hits Released: June 19, 2007 Chart positions: Last RIAA certification: Singles: "The Dips", "Class Clown", "Dream and Imaginate"

[edit] With The Soul Assassins

Album information
Soul Assassins II Released: October 3, 2000 Chart positions: #178 US, #64 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Last RIAA certification: Gold Singles: "Back Up Off Me"