J-Dawg and B-Rizzle

J-Dawg (born Jonny Shephard) and B-Rizzle (born Brad Prosser) were a West Coast rap duo existing in the United States during the early 1990s. Both were born in the San Francisco Bay Area on 15th December 1967 and 12th March 1969. The style of music they were involved in, Mobb Music, was compared to the ever-growing and popular G-Funk. Although never making it mainstream and remaining relatively unknown, they contributed greatly to the growth of Mobb Music particularly helped by their relatively large cult underground following.

The duo produced two albums whilst working together, the first being released in February 1991, Let's Ride Let's Ride. However, the album sold poorly selling an estimated 1,000 copies, some of which where sold from the trunks of their cars. The group was dropped from their label Lynx Recordings and soon found themselves involved once again in the street life that they had been trying to get out of with their music. In December 1993 the group surprisingly re-emerged, releasing Back From Tha Streetz in January of 1994. However, once again the album failed to perform selling little more than the 1,000 copies their first album had, resulting in the group's dismissal from their label at the time.

The duo were rumoured to be creating a third LP in November of 1994. However, no results came from this as J-Dawg and B-Rizzle were both killed in a gang shootout later that month. J-Dawg was shot 3 times in the chest and B-Rizzle 9 times in the chest and arms. Both artists were pronounced dead at the scene, and no copies of their music have emerged to this current day due to the poor record sales of both albums.

It is unfortunately particularly hard to cite any references to J-Dawg and B-Rizzle either collecitvely or singularly due to their underwhelming lack of success and predominantly 'underground' status.

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