Tweedy Bird Loc
| Tweedy Bird Loc | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Richard Johnson |
| Also known as | Tweedy Bird Gangsta Tweed Blood Killa |
| Origin | Compton, California, United States |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Years active | 1992–Present |
| Labels | Dangerous Records |
| Associated acts | Bloods & Crips, Young Soldierz, Att Will |
Richard Johnson (born August 4, 1967), better known by his stage name Tweedy Bird Loc, is an American rapper from Compton, California. Johnson and producer Ronnie M. Phillips organized the hip hop project Bloods & Crips, a collaboration between members of the California-based Bloods and Crips street gangs. Johnson is a Crip himself, affiliated with the Kelly Park Compton set.
Tweedy Bird Loc and Eazy-E were friends who grew up in the same neighborhood. When Eazy-E became a gangsta rap pioneer with N.W.A and Ruthless Records, Tweedy Bird Loc had started working a project called "Bangin' On Wax". Tweedy Bird sent some demos to Eazy-E and asked if he could be signed to Ruthless Records. Eazy said it was too difficult to make this decision. Angered, Tweedy Bird Loc formed Dangerous Records with producer Ronnie Phillips. In 1995, shortly before Eazy's death, the two made peace.
Tweedy Bird Loc, with the help of Ronnie Phillips, began recording his solo debut album 187 Ride By in 1992. He was still beefing with Eazy-E at the time; when Tweedy Bird Loc overheard Eazy on an interview saying that he won't sign Tweedy Bird Loc to Ruthless, Tweedy felt very disrespected so he and his fellow rappers Big D Mark, Nini X and Notorious Joe wrote a vicious diss track aimed at Eazy and his manager Jerry Heller, and his protegee Kokane titled "Hoe is a Bitch" in which he attacks and criticizes Eazy of selling out, being sexist towards women, and from Tweed's point of view, brown-nosing his manager Jerry Heller for fame. "Hoe is a Bitch" would eventually be recorded on 187 Ride By.' Eazy-E never responded to the track. Tweedy Bird Loc also aggressively insults the all female hip hop group H.W.A. who were affiliated with Eazy at the time. Kokane and H.W.A. never responded to the track either.
Tweed was also having a feud with Bronx MC Tim Dog for dissing Tweedy's city and the West Coast hip hop scene in general on his "Fuck Compton" track. Tweedy would eventually respond to this with his single "Fucc the South Bronx" (also a diss aimed at other East Coast rappers such as KRS-One), and another Tim Dog diss: "What's Really Goin' On". Tweedy Bird Loc also had a single from 187 Ride By called "Comin' Out the Cage". 187 Ride By was released officially on September 14, 1992.
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