Hussein Fatal

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Hussein Fatal

Background information
Birth name Bruce Washington
Also known as Dirty Bruce, Dizza and Fatalveli
Born April 3, 1973[citation needed]
Origin Montclair, New Jersey
Genre(s) Gangsta Rap
Occupation(s) Rapper
Years active 1995 - present
Label(s) Thugtertainment
Associated acts The Plague
2Pac
Outlawz
HakMob
Website Thugtertainment.net

Hussein Fatal (also known as Dirty Bruce, Dizza and Fatalveli, after Tupac Shakur's Makaveli alias), born Bruce Washington on April 3rd, 1973[citation needed] in Montclair, NJ, is an African-American rapper. Washington sometimes reverses his name, going by Fatal Hussein.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Childhood

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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 A. Fula later known as Yaki Kadafi, Godbrother of famous rapper 2Pac; in 1995, when 2Pac 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 visited 2Pac on regular basis 2Pac promised Fatal that when he gets released from jail he would be working with him and will be part of his crew.at That time Fatal did not belive 2Pac, but when 2Pac was released after 9 months in jail Fatal was called up by 2Pac and the first track they recorded was "All Bout U," which was released on All Eyez on Me album.

[edit] The Outlawz

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He was inducted into 2Pac's group The Outlawz, and Shakur gave him his alias, based on the name of the late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. He appeared on various Outlawz projects (including infamous diss song "Hit 'Em Up") the All Eyez On Me album & other 2Pac projects. 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.

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. While on Relativity Records he was featured on Three 6 Mafia's side project album 'Tear Da Club Up Thugs' on the track 'paper chase'. 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, two of which were diss tracks towards 50 Cent and G-Unit. There were rumors that Hussein Fatal had signed to The Inc. Records, but the rumors were not true.

Hussein fatal launched his own independent record label in 2004 called Thugtertainment.

[edit] Current projects

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He is currentley working on a new mixtape titled New Jersey Giant which will be hosted by Nu Jerzey Devil and should be released soon. He is featured on three tracks on the new 2Pac album, Pac's Life. He has released a collaboration album titled Thug in Thug Out with Young Noble of The Outlawz. He is also set to release a solo album titled Born Legendary, which was due to drop in 2007, but was delayed. The album is now scheduled to be released before August 2008, which has been confirmed by Thugtertainment The first single to be released for the album will feature rapper Jim Jones. Fatal has also starred in movie titled Cash Rules which should be released in 2008.

[edit] Discography

Main article: Hussein Fatal discography

[edit] Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2002 Outlawz: Worldwide himself Documentary DVD
2003 Eyes On Hip Hop - The Chronicle Vol.1 himself Documentary DVD
Beef himself Documentary DVD
2004 All Access Vol.5 himself Documentary DVD
2007 Smooth, Game Is Dead - Motion picture debut
2008 Cash Rules - Motion picture debut
The Money Kept Coming himself Documentary DVD

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Hussein Fatal
Albums
Singles
"All Bout U" · "Everyday" · "Getto Stars" · "Poppin' Early" · "Blocka Blocka" · "Call Em Up" · "1090 Official" · "Pop Like Me" · "Wut You Talkin Bout"
Filmography
Outlawz: Worldwide · Eyes On Hip Hop: The Chronicle Vol.1 · Beef · All Access Vol.5 · Ca$h Rule$ · Smooth, Game Is Dead · The Money Kept Coming
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