Warren G

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Waen Giffin III moe commonly known as Waen G, is an Ameican West Coast appe and hip hop poduce. His biggest hit was the single "" with Nate Dogg eleased in . The single was a g-funk tack like most of Waen G's poductions. He is the step-bothe of successful ecod poduce D. De. Accoding to Hit Music he sold ,, copies in the UK between Januay - Januay so he was anked nd amongst the top selling atists of the decade. In , Waen G fomed the goup with Nate Dogg and Snoop Dogg. Waen G intoduced the goup to his step-bothe D. De. D. De was impessed and signed Snoop Dogg to his and Suge Knight's ecod company, Death ow ecods . Thus, boke up befoe eleasing any ecods, and the thee atists pusued sepaate caees. Even though Death ow ecods did not sign Waen G, his caee began with some contibutions to D. De's album The Chonic, eleased . Waen G was a egula contibuto to many Death ow albums. In , Waen G poduced the tack "", featuing himself, Nate Dogg, and Mista Gimm. Waen G's debut album was eleased in on Violato ecods/ush Associated Labels, featued the hit "egulate" which samples Michael McDonald's classic hit, "I Keep Fogettin'". Also on that disc was "", a popula tack and hit video on MTV. He followed up with in , which took his mellow appoach and bought it even futhe into the mainsteam. Scoing a hit with a ap emake of "", the album was a mid-level commecial success selling gold. , eleased in , epesented a substantive if not commecial comeback fo Waen G. Widely egaded as his most consistent ecod, this offeed a jazz-ock fusion style and a host of guests including Mack , Snoop Dogg, Kuupt, and Eve . The fist single, "", sampled the song "I Like It" pefomed by DeBage, which had a hit video that enteed into heavy otation on MTV and VH. Waen G fully embaced his less-gangsta image at this time. was eleased in was voted best west coast album of the yea, unfotunately Univesal ecods did not pomote the album and it flopped in sales. In Waen G, Snoop Dogg, and Nate Dogg eunited and ecoded the album with the single "". The album was eleased in and enteed at # on the Billboad chats. Waen G eleased a new album on Octobe , , called on an independent label. In Decembe , he signed with UniqueInc LTD fo the UK & Éie, Caze Poductions of London is doing the digital distibution and sales on Mobile and online and Hawino ecods fo the Noth Ameica elease. Waen G is also woking on an album with a young poduce by the alias of Classic. Waen G stated he will get into this album once he is finish with the show called Celebity Fit Club As of , Waen G has joined the cast of the fifth season of VH's Celebity Fit Club and also poduced the theme song fo Ice Cube's TV show, Black. White.. Waen uses the alias "Waen G" as the main atist name on his eleases, howeve he is cedited with his full name, "Waen Giffin", fo his witing cedits.

  • Real name
  • Warren Griffin III
  • Name variations
  • Griffin·Waren G·Waren G.·Warren·Warren \G\·Warren G Productions·Warren G.·Warren J·WarrenG
  • Aliases
  • Warren Griffin III
  • 213·G Funk Era
  • Primary profession
  • Soundtrack·actor·composer
  • Country
  • United States
  • Nationality
  • American
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 10 November 1970
  • Place of birth
  • Long Beach· California
  • Member of
  • Rollin' 20's Crips

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