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  • Active: '90s, 2000s
  • Genres: Rap
  • Instrument: Vocals
  • Representative Albums: "Don't Fight the Feelin'," "Introduction to Mackin'," "Off Parole"

Biography

San Francisco-based Rappin' 4-Tay (aka Anthony Forté) was fresh out of high school when he debuted on record on Too Short's "Don't Fight the Feelin'" (from Life Is...Too Short). A conviction for selling marijuana landed him in prison for ten months, but he returned in 1991, forming Rag Top Records with friends Franky J and Fly. In January 1992, they released his debut, Rappin' 4-Tay Is Back!!!. His second album, Don't Fight the Feelin', made him a local favorite, due to his hardcore style, which didn't romanticize the ghetto. After 1995's I'll Be Around, 4-Tay returned a year later with the celebratory Off Parole. 4 tha Hard Way followed in 1997, and he resurfaced two years later with Introduction to Mackin'. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide
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Rappin' 4-Tay
Birth name Anthony Forté
Born March 2, 1968 (age 41)
Origin San Francisco, California
Genre(s) Hip hop
Occupation(s) Rapper
Years active 1988 - present
Website Rappin' 4-Tay at MySpace

Anthony Forté, better known by his stage name Rappin' 4-Tay (born March 2, 1968) is an American rapper from the Fillmore District of San Francisco, California.

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Music career

4-Tay made his debut on the Too Short album Life Is...Too Short, right after high school. Later he was convicted on drug charges and served ten months in prison.[1] Upon his release from prison he released his debut album Rappin' 4-Tay Is Back in 1991, and followed up in 1994 with Don't Fight the Feelin', which included the hits "Playaz Club" (which sampled the song "Private Number" by William Bell and Judy Clay and hit #36 on the Billboard Hot 100), the "Dank Season" featuring Seff Tha Gaffla and "I'll Be Around" (which hit #39 on the Billboard Hot 100).

Rappin' 4-Tay's mainstream success has been scarce since then, but he was featured in 2Pac's All Eyez on Me album on the track "Only God Can Judge Me" in 1996 and Master P's West Coast Bad Boyz II compilation in 1997. 4-Tay was also an original member of Bay Area supergroup T.W.D.Y. in 1999.

In 2003 Rappin' 4-Tay released the album Gangsta Gumbo with the single "Burning, Burning", followed up by the album That's What You Thought in 2007.

Discography

  • 1991: Rappin' 4-Tay is Back
  • 1994: Don't Fight the Feelin'
  • 1995: Dangerous Minds OST - Problems
  • 1996: Off Parole
  • 1997: 4 Tha Hard Way
  • 1998: Bigga Than Da Game
  • 1999: Derty Werk (with T.W.D.Y.)
  • 1999: Introduction to Mackin
  • 2003: Gangsta Gumbo
  • 2007: That's What You Thought
  • 2007: Ghetto Visa (with Squirrel)
  • 2007: The World Is A Ghetto
  • 2008: At All Costs - 20/20 Vision
  • 2009: Rappin 4-Tay Presents At All Costs "Delusions Of Grandeur"

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