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Infobox musical artist|name = MC Eiht|background = solo_singer|image =|caption = MC Eiht with Compton's Most Wanted|birth_name = Aaron Tyler|alias = MC 8, Eiht|origin = Compton, California|Compton , California , U.S.|birth_date = Birth date and age|1967|5|22|death_date =|genre = Gangsta rap |occupation = Rapping|Rapper |years_active = 1987–present|label = Hi Power (2006-Present) Orpheus Records|Orpheus (1990-2005) Epic Records|Epic (1990-1996) Hoo Bangin' Records|Hoo Bangin' (1998-2000) Real Talk Entertainment|Real Talk (2003-Present) Doggystyle Records|Doggystyle (2006-present) Year Round (2011-present) Eiht Hype (1992-Present)|associated_acts = Compton's Most Wanted , Spice 1 , The Warzone (group)|The Warzone , Brotha Lynch Hung , Boom Bam , Tha Chill , Eazy-E , Ice Cube , MC Ren , Snoop Dogg , DJ Quik , Mack 10 , TQ (singer)|TQ , Tha Dogg Pound , WC (rapper)|WC , Jayo Felony , Xzibit , Scarface (rapper)|Scarface |website = Aaron Tyler (born on May 22, 1967 in Compton, California ), better known by his stage name MC Eiht , is an United States|American rapper. His stage name was partly inspired by the numeral in KRS-One 's name. He chose Eiht for its links to "hood culture", including 8 Ball and .3 8 caliber firearms. http://thugradio.net/mceihtinterview.html Thug Radio. He is a member of the Rap music|rap group Compton's Most Wanted .
Music career
Tyler grew to fame on the West Coast Hip Hop|West Coast as one of two MCs in the four-man crew, Compton's Most Wanted . After enjoying increasing success with the group, which peaked with 1992's Music to Driveby , Eiht took a role in the hit movie Menace II Society as well as a high-profile spot on the soundtrack. The song, " Streiht Up Menace ," which chronicles the unfortunate downturn of the film's protagonist within the pathological conditions of American inner city life, is considered by many critics, to be Eiht's magnum opus .cite web|title=MC Eiht Facebook Page|url=https://www.facebook.com/pages/MC-Eiht/12747462012|publisher=Facebook|accessdate=29 May 2011|author=Blue Stamp Music The movie spurred him into a solo career, although his next two albums We Come Strapped and Death Threatz would be accredited as MC Eiht featuring Compton's Most Wanted. He was also part of the Tragniew Park Compton Crips.
He states that he did not wish to star in comedy films in order to maintain his public image. He later only appeared in the low-budget movies "Reasons," "Thicker Than Water" and "Who Made the Potato Salad? " as well as providing the voice for Lance 'Ryder' Wilson in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas . http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0563810/ MC Eiht biography. Accessed 2007-10-22.
He put out Last Man Standing (MC Eiht album)|Last Man Standing , the first album accredited only to MC Eiht, then broke from the label for Big Beat/ Atlantic Records|Atlantic . Eiht never ended up putting out an album on the label, instead eventually signing to and releasing the album Section 8 (album)|Section 8 on Priority Records|Priority in 1999. http://www.thaformula.com/evil_dee_definition_of_a_dj_day.htm thaformula.com Accessed 2007-10-21. Eiht would hop between record labels and one-off releases in the next years, moving between independent labels Half-Ounce, D3 Entertainment, and Lookin' Up Entertainment from 2001 to 2003. He would put out records with Spice 1 and Brotha Lynch Hung in 2004 and 2006 on Real Talk Ent. , releasing another solo album between them on West Inc./Native Records. His inability to settle at a label contributed to his joining The Warzone (group)|The Warzone , a trio put together by Snoop Dogg and consisting of Goldie Loc , Kam (rapper)|Kam and MC Eiht himself. In 2006, Eiht and the group appeared on the single " Candy (Drippin' Like Water) " on Snoop Dogg 's album Tha Blue Carpet Treatment . MC Eiht also appeared with Young Maylay in Blaq Poet's new street single, ''Ain't Nuttin' Changed (Remix) .
In June 2011, MC Eiht released his single "Fine By Me" accompanied by a music video directed by Director Hugo V. under his new label Year Round/Blue Stamp Records. Year Round Records is owned by New York based hip hop artist DJ Premier .
2012: Which Way Iz Westcite web|url= http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.11275/title.mc-eiht-details-which-way-is-west-album-with-dj-premier|title=MC Eiht Details "Which Way Is West" Album With DJ Premier|date=May 18, 2010|accessdate=May 19, 2010
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MC EihtCompton's Most Wanted Persondata | NAME = | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = May 22, 1967 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = Category:1967 births Category:Living people Category:African American rappers Category:Crips Category:People from Compton, California Category:Priority Records artists Category:Rappers from Los Angeles, California Category:Pseudonymous rappers
