Mob Figaz

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Mob Figaz
Origin San Francisco Bay Area, California, U.S.
Genres West Coast hip hop, Gangsta rap, Mafioso rap
Years active1997–present
LabelsWest Coast Mafia, Git Paid Entertainment
MembersAP.9
Fed-X
Husalah
Rydah J. Klyde
The Jacka (deceased)

Mob Figaz is a Bay Area hip hop group formed by C-Bo in 1997. The members consist of Husalah, Rydah J. Klyde, and The Jacka from Pittsburg; Fed-X from Richmond; and AP.9 from Oakland, California. [1]

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Their first album, C-Bo's Mob Figaz, was a minor success, reaching #63 on Billboard's Top R&B Albums chart. [2] On February 2, 2015, Mob Figaz member The Jacka was fatally shot by an unidentified gunman in Oakland. [3]

Discography

Guest appearances

YearTitleArtist(s)Album
1998"Ride Til' We Die" C-Bo, 151 Til My Casket Drops
1998"Real"C-BoTil My Casket Drops
1998"Big Gangsta"C-Bo, Laroo, Lil BoTil My Casket Drops
1998"You Created Me" Lunasicc, 151, Killa Tay & C-Bo A Million Words, A Million Dollars
1999"Bad Boyz" 3X Krazy Immortalized
1999"Immortalize"3X KrazyImmortalized
1999"All About Dollarz" Agerman Success Is the Best Revenge
2000"Born Killaz"C-Bo Enemy of the State
2000"Ghetto Desperatos"Mr. SandmanQuicksand
2001"1,2,3"BaBlock Report
2001"Gangsta" Big Lurch, Lil Ric, LarooGangsta Rap Greatest Hits - Northwest Whoride
2002"Intergalactical"Chino NinoKnockem Wit Game
2002"War" The Delinquents & Hittaz On Da PayrollThe Dominion Continues...
2002"Last Dayz"II Sicc, Blac, AP.9 & Fed-XTalez from the Sicc
2003"Sometimes"C-BoWest Side Ryders 3
2004"Fedi's Theme" Mac Dre The Game Is Thick, Vol. 2
2005"Rock Out" Luni Coleone The Narration
2005"Sometimes I"The Jacka The Jack Artist
2005"The Five"RobLoMovement Union
2006"Wild Night"Mac Dre 16 wit Dre, Vol. 2 & The Best of Mac Dre, Vol. 4
2010"Goin' 4 Blood"The JackaThe Dre Area, Vol. 2
2018"All my Enemies"AP.994th n Jack

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References

  1. Thursdays Pick Mob Figaz SF Weekly July 2010 [ dead link ]
  2. Billboard.com, Mob Figaz - C-BO, retrieved 9 October 2009
  3. "Bay Area Rapper 'The Jacka' Killed In Oakland Shooting". KPIX . February 2, 2015. Retrieved February 3, 2015.