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Also known as Earl Stevens, Earl Tywone Stevens Sr.

Earl Tywone Stevens (born November 15, 1967), better known by his stage name E-40, is an American rapper. Stevens is a founding member of the rap group the Click and the founder of Sick Wid It Records. He has released 27 studio albums to date, appeared on numerous movie soundtracks, and has also done guest appearances on a host of other rap albums. Initially an underground artist, his 1995 solo album In a Major Way opened him up to a wider audience. Beginning in 1998, he began collaborating with mainstream rappers outside the San Francisco Bay Area. He rose to higher mainstream popularity in 2

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Acting · Vallejo, California, USA

Earl Stevens (born November 15, 1967), better known by his stage name E-40, is an American rapper and entrepreneur from Vallejo, California. He is also part of the rap group The Click and the founder of Sick Wid It Records. His solo debut album, Federal, was released in November 1992, after The Click's debut album "Down and Dirty" came out in May 1992. E-40's 1995 solo album In a Major Way opened…

Known for

  • Hip-Hop @ 50: Rhythms, Rhymes & Reflections – A Soul of a Nation Presentation — Self2023
  • The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports — Self2023
  • A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop — Self2023
  • Amazon Music Live — Self2022
  • The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self - Guest2022
  • Rap Mentors — Self2021
  • VERZUZ — Self2020
  • Don't Get Caught — Dre2018
  • Lil B, Believe in Earth: A Very Rare and Based Visual Experience2017
  • Mac Dre: Legend of the Bay — Self - Interviewee2015

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1967
cali rapgangsta raphip hophyphymobb musicoakland hip hop

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685,252
Total plays
8,217,576

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Earl Stevens (born November 15, 1967 in Vallejo, California) is best known by his stage name E-40. Stevens is "known" by the new generation of hip-hop as a Hyphy rapper from the Bay Area of California. However, E-40 is also an old school veteran who has done collabos with rap icons such as Tupac Shakur, Too $hort, Lil' Jon, C-BO, Snoop Dogg, Spice 1, Richie Rich, Mac Dre, Mac Mall, The Luniz, The Outlawz, and many more. E-40 is a self-proclaimed "O. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/E-40">Read

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Key facts

Musical artist.name
E-40
Musical artist.image
E-40.jpg
Musical artist.caption
E-40 in 2007
Musical artist.birth_name
Earl Tywone Stevens
Musical artist.birth_place
Vallejo, California, U.S
Musical artist.years_active
1986–present
Person.child
yes
Person.children
2
Person.signature
E-40 sig.svg
Record label.name
Sick Wid It
Record label.image_size
250px
Record label.status
Active
Record label.founded
1989
Record label.founder
E-40
Record label.distributor
Caroline Distribution
Record label.genre
West Coast hip hop, hyphy
Record label.country
United States
Record label.location
Vallejo, California

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Encyclopedic overview

17 sections
Contents
  • Early life
  • Music career
  • 1986–1999
  • 2000–2010
  • 2011–present
  • Business career
  • Personal life
  • Discography
  • Filmography
  • Film
  • Television
  • Sick Wid It Records
  • Notable artists
  • Former
  • Discography
  • References
  • External links

Earl Tywone Stevens (born November 15, 1967), better known by his stage name E-40, is an American rapper. Stevens is a founding member of the rap group the Click and the founder of Sick Wid It Records. He has released 27 studio albums to date, appeared on numerous movie soundtracks, and has also done guest appearances on a host of other rap albums. Initially an underground artist, his 1995 solo album In a Major Way opened him up to a wider audience. Beginning in 1998, he began collaborating with mainstream rappers outside the San Francisco Bay Area. He rose to higher mainstream popularity in 2006 with his single "Tell Me When to Go", which was produced by Lil Jon.

==Early life== Stevens was born in Vallejo, California. He grew up with his siblings raised by a divorced mother who worked three jobs, and he became interested in hip hop after hearing "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang. Beginning in fourth grade, Stevens played the snare and bass drum. He graduated from Hogan High School in Vallejo in 1985. Stevens played baseball in high school, recorded music with his siblings, and sold their recordings from the back of a car. After high school, Stevens enrolled at Grambling State University in 1986 with his cousin Brandt Jones and attended the school for one year.

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