Brotha Lynch
| Brotha Lynch Hung | |
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| Birth name | Kevin Danell Mann |
| Born | January 10, 1969 |
| Origin | Sacramento, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1986 – present |
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| Website | TheRealBrothaLynchHung.com |
Kevin Danell Mann (born January 10, 1969), better known by his stage name Brotha Lynch Hung, is an American rapper and record producer from Sacramento, California. Since the release of his debut EP 24 Deep in 1993, Brotha Lynch Hung has sold 2.7 million CDs independently, and has been described as an innovator of horrorcore and one of the forefathers of the genre.
Mann grew up listening to rappers such as Rakim and Slick Rick on Hot 97. He started rapping at the age of 13. A member/affiliate of the 24th St. Garden Blocc Crips during his youth, though it is locally disputed about his true affiliation with the gang because of his affiliation with another south Sacramento street gang, Elder Creek Mob aka Double E Mobb, because of his song with Sicx "Creek Mobb's Loadin' Em Up," though Lynch mentions this in his song "24 Deep" with lyrics that say at about 0:58 of the song, "...I'm all up in this shit and ain't even claiming, trying to survive in the hood is hard enough cause them niggas already think I'm claiming Creek Mobb, tripping off getting snuffed in the View, smoked in the Gardens, staying out the Creek cause it's hot...". Lynch also had a feud with another local south Sacramento rapper Mr K-Geeta, a Meadowview Blood gang member who dissed Lynch due to his affiliation with the 24th St. Garden Blocc Crips and Elder Creek Mobb in another song called "Funk Central Haterz," by another local Sacramento rapper named Gangsta Dre, who was a Loma Verde Piru gang member. With lyrics saying "...Ms. Doc and Sista Lynch cause ya'll both a couple bitches make me wanna holler, hollows ripping through your collar from my fully auto, you bang the Blocc but you used to be from the Creek..." . He was shot in the side when he tried to break up a confrontation between a fellow Crip and a Bloods gang member at a party. Mann still has the bullet inside him to this day and the incident motivated him to leave gang culture behind.
Mann got his first start with his brother Sicx in 1986 when they were in a group called "The Street Talk Crew", with Lynch being "Ice Cold" and Sicx being "Strobe Light". Mann was influenced by KZ appeared on and produced 11 of the 12 tracks on X-Raided's 1992 debut album Psycho Active. He was also featured on the song "Ho's E Schemin Too" as well as a skit with his brother Sicx on KRD's album Sac-Town Funk. Performing as the Street Talk Crew, Brotha Lynch Hung, X-Raided, and Sicx released the cassette Niggaz in Blacc in 1991. It is regarded by Mann as "some of my best work."
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