San Quinn

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San Quinn

Background information
Born	October 24, 1977 (age 30)
Origin	San Francisco, California
Genre(s)	West Coast hip hop, Hyphy
Label(s)	Done Deal Entertainment, LLC
Associated acts	Ya Boy, Done Deal Entertainment, LLC

Quincy Brooks aka San Quinn (born 1977) is an independent rap artist.

1 Early life
2 Career
3 Discography
4 External links

[edit] Early life

He was born and raised in San Francisco's Fillmore District.

[edit] Career

He made his first appearance as an opening to Tupac and Digital Underground at the age of 12 and recorded his first album at only 14 years old. Part of the "Get Low Playaz" with JT The Bigga Figga, and D-Moe. Quinn holds the record for most appearances on different albums as well as most albums sold out of a single store (Rasputin's in San Francisco) on its debut when "I Give You My Word" outsold 50 Cent's "The Massacre."^{[citation needed]} CEO of Done Deal Ent. which consists of Rappers Big Rich, Don Toriano, Boxx Kev and Quinn's cousin Ya Boy who is also signed to Game/JT's label "The Blackwall street." Quinn's most notable track is "Shock the Party" in which the video was filmed in the Uptown Projects.

Quinn moved on from rapping to producing his cousin Messy Marv's solo albums.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Solo albums

Dont Cross Me (1991)
Live n' Direct (1995)
The Hustle Continues (1996)
The Mighty Quinn (2001)
I Give You My Word (2004)
The Rock: Pressure Makes Diamonds (2006)
From a Boy to a Man

[edit] Compilation albums

17 Reasons]] (1998)
4.5.7. Is The Code (2000)
Heated Speeches (2001)
One Moe Reason (2002)
4.5.7. Is the Code Part II (2005)
4.5.7 Is the Code Part III (2006)
The Color of Money (2007)

[edit] Greatest Hits albums

The Best Of San Quinn (2001)
Repossesions (2002)
Quindomaina: The Best Of San Quinn (2004)
Extreme Danger (2007)

[edit] Group albums

Straight Out the Lab (1995) - with Get Low Playaz
Explosive Mode (1998) - with Messy Marv
The Family Business (2000) - with Get Low Playaz
The Package (2000) - with Get Low Playaz
Runs in the Family (2002) - with The Done Deal Family
Explosive Mode 2: Back In Business (2006) - with Messy Marv
Explosive Mode 3: Mob Gets Explosive (2006) - with Messy Marv, Husalah, The Jacka
A Warrior and a King: Lyrical Kingdom (2007) - with T-Nutty