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Biography
About|a rapper|the automatic weapon|MAC-10Infobox musical artist | name = Mack 10| image =|300px| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Dedrick Rolison| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|1971|8|9|mf=y| birth_place =| death_date =| death_place =| origin = Inglewood, California|Inglewood , California , United States|U.S. | instrument =| genre = Hip hop music|Hip hop | occupation = Rapper , actor | years_active = 1994& ndash;present| label = Hoo-Bangin' Records , Fontana Records , Cash Money Records | associated_acts = Xzibit , Westside Connection , Ice Cube , WC (rapper)|WC , Big Pun , Fat Joe , MC Eiht , Snoop Dogg , Scarface (rapper)|Scarface , TQ (singer)|TQ |website =| notable_instruments = Dedrick Rolison , (born August 9, 1971), better known by his stage name Mack 10 is an United States|American rapper and actor. He was a member of hip hop trio Westside Connection , along with Ice Cube and WC (rapper)|WC . He is of African American and Mexican descent.
Mack 10 made his first appearance on Ice Cube's " Bootlegs & B-Sides " compilation on the track "What Can I Do? (Remix.)"
Rolison married Tionne Watkins|Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins , from R& B trio TLC (band)|TLC in 2000. They have one daughter name Chase Rolison, born on October 20, 2000.cite web |url= http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12038739 |title=TLC news on Yahoo& #33; Music |date=October 23, 2003 |accessdate=2007-09-02 In 2004, T-Boz filed for divorce and a restraining order against him.cite news |url= http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_1_106/ai_n6153236 |title=T-Boz and Mack 10 divorce |date=July 5, 2004 |accessdate=2007-09-02 | work=Jet
Rolison is also the founder of independent record label Hoo-Bangin Records .
Career
During the mid-'90s, when West Coast rap reigned supreme, Mack 10 emerged as a close associate of Ice Cube he debuted on the Friday soundtrack (1995) with "Take a Hit" and enjoyed several years of considerable commercial success before his popularity faded toward the end of the decade. The Los Angeles-area rapper's greatest success came early in his career, on the albums Mack 10 (1995) released by Priority Records , Bow Down (1996) with the supergroup Westside Connection a collaboration with Ice Cube and WC (rapper)|WC (of WC and the Maad Circle). Based On A True Story (1997), and The Recipe (1998), which between them included a string of notable hits ("Foe Life," "On Them Thangs," "Bow Down," "Gangstas Make the World Go Round," " Backyard Boogie ," "Money's Just a Touch Away"). Mack 10's fortunes began to fade with The Paper Route (2000), his first album to fall short of either platinum or gold sales status, and his first to not spawn a significant hit. Bang Or Ball (2001), released by Cash Money Records , signaled a new direction for Mack 10, though it too failed to rival the commercial success of his mid- to late-'90s output. In subsequent years, he jumped back and forth from independent to major-label status and struggled to re-establish himself in a substantially altered rap marketplace where West Coast gangsta rap had fallen out of favor.
Discography
Main|Mack 10 discography; Studio albums
Mack 10 (album)|Mack 10 (1995)
Based on a True Story (Mack 10 album)|Based on a True Story (1997)
The Recipe (1998)
The Paper Route (2000)
Bang or Ball (2001)
Ghetto, Gutter & Gangster (2003)
'' Hustla's Handbook (2005)
Soft White (2009)
2000-1-0 (2012)
; Collaboration albums
Money Music (April 12, 2011) (with Glasses Malone ) http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.12327/title.mack-10-glasses-malone-ready-collaborative-album-for-january
Tours
Up In Smoke Tour (co-act)
Filmography
Year
Title
cite web>title=Mack 10 filmography credits
Notes
1997
'' I'm Bout It
Perry's Cousin
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1999
Thicker Than Water
DJ
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2001
Out
Tacoma Bleed
Dark Angel season 1, episode # 10
2002
Random Acts of Violence
Lynch
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2003
Cutthroat Alley
Brian Stokes
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2004
Def Jam: Fight for NY
Himself
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2005
Halloween House Party
Star
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2005
Apocalypse and the Beauty Queen
D.K
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2006
''It Ain't Easy
The Mack
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2010
Holiday Jam Session
Himself
Concert in San Bernardino, California
References
Reflist
External links
MTV artist|mack_ten
IMDb name|0532924
Mack 10Westside ConnectionCash Money Records Persondata |NAME=Mack 10 |ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Rolison, Dedrick (real name) |SHORT DESCRIPTION=American rapper and actor |DATE OF BIRTH=August 9, 1974 |PLACE OF BIRTH= |DATE OF DEATH= |PLACE OF DEATH=
Category:1971 births Category:Living people Category:Actors from Los Angeles, California Category:African American film actors Category:African American rappers Category:Bloods Category:Cash Money Records artists Category:Priority Records artists Category:Rappers from Los Angeles, California
