Pooh-Man
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Pooh-Man | |
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 Pooh-Man in 2014 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Lawrence Lee Thomas |
| Also known as | MC Pooh |
| Born | January 25, 1972 |
| Origin | Oakland, California, U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1985-present |
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Lawrence Lee Thomas (born January 25, 1972),[1] also known as Pooh-Man, MC Pooh and MC Pooh-Man, is an American rapper.[2] With lyrics focused on topics of sex, money and murder, his namesake song ("Sex, Money & Murder") appeared on the soundtrack to the 1992 film Juice.[3] He also played Doc in the 1993 film Menace II Society.
Active since the early 1990s,[4] he signed with Jive Records to release his first two albums, Life as a Criminal (1990) and Funky as I Wanna Be (1993); the latter marked his only entry on the Billboard 200 and gained notoriety for its risque cover art.
On February 28, 2000, Thomas pleaded guilty to one count of bank robbery and was sentenced to 6 years in prison.[5]
Discography[edit]
| Year | Title | Label | Peak chart positions | |
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| US R&B/HH [6] |
US [6] | |||
| 1990 | Life of a Criminal | Jive | 39 | — |
| 1992 | Funky As I Wanna Be | Jive | 38 | 158 |
| 1993 | Judgement Day | Scarface | 57 | — |
| 1994 | Ain't No Love | In-A-Minute | 85 | — |
| 1997 | State Vs. Pooh-Man Straight from San Quentin | In-A-Minute | — | — |
| 2001 | Fukin' Wit Dank 2001 | Killa Kali | — | — |
| 2014 | Kaos Theory | Infinite Kaos | — | — |
| 2017 | Cookies n'Drank | No More Tears | — | — |
References[edit]
- ^ Family Tree Legends
- ^ Pooh-Man Discography. Allmusic.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (1995). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Guinness Pub. p. 2769
- ^ Pooh-Man on Undergroundwestcoastrap.com Archived 2008-02-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ United States of America, Appellee, v. Lawrence E. Thomas, Appellant,, 361 F.3d 653 (D.C. Cir. 2004)
- ^ a b "Pooh-Man". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
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Categories:
- 1969 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American rappers
- 21st-century American male musicians
- African-American male rappers
- American male rappers
- American people convicted of robbery
- American prisoners and detainees
- Gangsta rappers
- G-funk artists
- Jive Records artists
- Rappers from the San Francisco Bay Area
- West Coast hip hop musicians
- 21st-century African-American musicians
- 20th-century African-American people