HIp Hop Weekly Reloaded Week 11 (Hard In The Paint) f. Joell Ortiz Crooked I Freestyle

planetcob.com Dominick Wickliffe, better known by his stage name Crooked I is an American rapper from Long Beach, California. The name “Crooked I” comes from the malt liquor beverage St. Ides, whose logo has a crooked letter “I” on the label. The “I” also stands for Intriago, an adopted gangster moniker common amongst Hip-Hop MC’s like Nas (aka Escobar) and The Notorious BIG (aka Frank White). Crooked I is currently CEO of his own record label, Dynasty Entertainment, and Senior Vice President of Treacherous Records. Before he became his own boss, he was also signed to Virgin Records, and most notably, Death Row Records, where he spent four years working under the infamous Suge Knight. It was the start of a second dynasty at the newly reborn Tha Row Records. Crooked I was joined by an incredible roster of legends such as Kurupt and Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes as well as new comers such as Eastwood and Spider Loc. It is a little known fact that Crooked I was signed to the label as not only a recording artist, but a part of the Triple 7 production team as well. The team consisted of Crooked I, his god brother Jim Gittum and Tha Row’s former head of production Darren Vegas. During his time on Tha Row, Crooked I recorded over four albums worth of material including the legendary titles Untouchable and Say Hi To The Bad Guy. A notable song from Say Hi To The Bad Guy was Crooked I’s single titled So Damn Hood which featured an appearance from R&B singer Sisqo of Dru Hill …