MC Breed

MC Breed was a pioneering rapper from the Midwest who gained attention in the early '90s for merging East and West Coast sounds in his music. His debut album, MC Breed & DFC (1991), featuring the hit single "Ain't No Future in Yo' Frontin'," achieved notable success, keeping it on Billboard's R&B chart for a remarkable 52 weeks. Transitioning to a West Coast gangsta sound, Breed collaborated with influential artists like the D.O.C. and Too Short, achieving his peak with the album Funkafied (1994), which reached number nine on the Billboard R&B chart. Despite subsequent releases not matching the same level of success, Breed remained active in the underground rap scene until his untimely death in 2008 due to kidney failure.