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multiple issues|original research=February 2009|refimprove=November 2010|more footnotes = February 2009Infobox musical artist|name = Kokane|image = Kokae.jpg|caption = Kokane|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Jerry B. Long, Jr.|alias = Mr. Kane, Koka|Born = May 11, 1969 (age 42)|death_date =|origin = Pomona, California |instrument = Vocalist |genre = West Coast hip hop , Rhythm & Blues|R& B |occupation = Rapper , Vocalist , Singer |years_active = 1990& ndash;present|label = Ruthless Records|Ruthless (1991& ndash;1996) Doggystyle Records|Doggystyle (2000& ndash;2003) Koch Records|Koch (2006& ndash;2009) Bonzi Records / Fontana Distribution (2009& ndash;present)|associated_acts = Eazy-E Above The Law N.W.A. Snoop Dogg Brotha Lynch Hung Cypress Hill |website =|current_members =|past_members = Kokane , also known as Jerry B. Long, Jr. (born 1969), is a rapping|rapper from Pomona, California best known for his co-appearances on Dr. Dre|Dr. Dre's album 2001 (Dr. Dre album)|2001 and the work on G-funk album Funk Upon A Rhyme and his backup work with Snoop Dogg in Tha Last Meal album, who signed him to Dogghouse Records, bringing a renewed sense of promise to Kokane's long-running career. He is the son of Motown composer "Jerry Long, Sr.". He started his career at Eazy-E 's Ruthless Records , co-writing songs for N.W.A and Above the Law (band)|Above the Law . He released his first solo album under the name "Who Am I? ". He signed with Koch Records , forming a new group, The Hood Mob, led by him, joined by Cricet and Contraband. They released an album on July 3, 2006.
Career
His first release, Addictive Hip Hop Muzick in 1991 was credited as "Who Am I? ". Kokane's life has always included music, though it is the old school funk of the 1970s that most influences his style. His eccentric vocal approach is half fluid rapping and half weird P-funk-influenced singing. He began his career as a vocalist in the mid-1980s as rap was first appearing in his native Los Angeles before eventually signing to Eazy-E 's Ruthless Records label in 1991. His first solo single, "Nickel Slick Nigga," appeared on the Deep Cover soundtrack. In addition to co-writing "Appetite for Destruction" for N.W.A. 's Niggaz4life , Kokane also contributed to other West Coast gangsta rap albums such as Above The Law 's Black Mafia Life . In his second album, Funk Upon a Rhyme , he completely changed his style, incorporating a great deal of singing and packin' it with G Funk. Two years later, Kokane was a free agent. He left Ruthless right after Eazy-E death. He reappeared in late 1999 with a solo album on Eureka Records, They Call Me Mr. Kane , yet this album never escaped the underground. Ironically, it was on the L.A. posse track found on Dr. Dre 's 2001 (Dr. Dre album)|2001 album, "Some L.A. Niggaz," that Kokane scored big; this encounter with Dre's camp led to his relationship with Snoop Dogg . Though Kokane had been involved with the West Coast rap scene since the dawn of gangsta rap, he was never able to secure any substantial success for himself until 2000 when he played a major role in the success of Snoop's Tha Last Meal . He has worked with artists such as Above The Law , N.W.A. , Eazy-E , Snoop Dogg , Dr. Dre , Tha Eastsidaz , Cypress Hill , Ice Cube , E-40 , Kurupt , Nipsey Hussle , among others. He continues to make music today and still contributes to the West Coast rap scene.
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