Stocks McGuire

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Stocks McGuire
Genre(s) Rap
Occupation(s) Rapper, Producer, Writer
Label(s) 6th Boro Records
Associated acts Stu-B-Doo
Website http://www.myspace.com/stocksmcguire

Stocks McGuire (formerly known as Drauma) is an American rapper born and raised in New York City. Influenced at a young age by jazz and soul music, by age 13 he started writing lyrics. In 1994 Stocks was introduced to Death Row producer Sam Sneed in New York who brought him to LA to work on his own solo album. Stocks left Death Row with Dr Dre to work at Aftermath where he collaborated on various platinum hits, including several songs on Dr Dre’s up coming album

Stocks co-wrote platinum hits with Dr Dre including The Grammy Award winning song “No Diggity” Blackstreet. In May 1998, Stocks received BMI’s Certificate of Achievement in 1997 for the platinum album single No Diggity on the Blackstreet Album.

Stocks has also collaborated with a rappers such as Nas, Foxy Brown, AZ, and Nature (The Firm), Scarface, (Hand On) & “Intro-Aftermath” Dr. Dre (Aftermath), Puppetmaster (Soul Assassin) and Zoom from the Bulworth movie soundtrack.

[edit] Discography

Album Cover Album information
Entrepreni**a
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: City Housing Ent.
  • Singles: School You
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Ghost Writer
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: 6th Boro Records
  • Singles: I'm Different

[edit] Miscellanea

  • Did ghost work on Dr.Dre's 2001 album.
  • Co-wrote Blackstreet's track "No Diggity".