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|genre = [[Hip hop]]
|genre = [[Hip hop]]
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|years_active = 1998-present
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1979|05|13}}
|label = The Artist Records
|years_active = 1995-present
|label = The Artist Records, Sumo Records
|associated_acts = [[Mob Figaz]], [[The Jacka]] , AP.9, Fed-x, [[Mac Dre]], [[Cormega]]
|associated_acts = [[Mob Figaz]], [[The Jacka]] , AP.9, Fed-x, [[Mac Dre]], [[Cormega]]
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'''James "Husalah" Ratliff''' (born May 13, 1979),<ref>{{cite web |author=AP9 |title=HAPPY BIRTHDAY HUSALAH!! |url=https://www.siccness.net/xf/threads/happy-birthday-husalah.336471/ |website=The Siccness Network |accessdate=April 1, 2020}}</ref> is an [[United States|American]] [[hip hop music|rapper]] from [[Pittsburg, California|Pittsburg]], [[California]]. He began his career with the Pittsburg group the [[Mob Figaz]], whose first album, ''C-Bo's Mob Figaz'', was released in 1999. Like his close friend [[The Jacka]], Husalah is a [[Muslim]], and frequently references Islam in his lyrics. In 2008 he was arrested with an AK-47 assault riffle and 15 kilos of cocaine. He was charged and arrested by the federal government, he cooperated with authorities and gave testimony against Abel Garcia in exchange for a reduced sentence. <ref>{{cite web|url= https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/ywgnzk/husalah-bay-area-legend-returns-to-rap-with-limitless-wisdom |title=Husalah, Bay Area Legend, Returns to Rap with Limitless Wisdom |author=David Drake |date=July 12, 2017}}</ref>
'''James "Husalah" Ratliff''',<ref>{{cite web |author=AP9 |title=HAPPY BIRTHDAY HUSALAH!! |url=https://www.siccness.net/xf/threads/happy-birthday-husalah.336471/ |website=The Siccness Network |accessdate=April 1, 2020}}</ref> is an [[United States|American]] [[hip hop music|rapper]] from [[Pittsburg, California|Pittsburg]], [[California]]. He began his career with the Pittsburg group the [[Mob Figaz]], whose first album, ''C-Bo's Mob Figaz'', was released in 1999. Like his close friend [[The Jacka]], Husalah is a [[Muslim]], and frequently references Islam in his lyrics. <ref>{{cite web|url= https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/ywgnzk/husalah-bay-area-legend-returns-to-rap-with-limitless-wisdom |title=Husalah, Bay Area Legend, Returns to Rap with Limitless Wisdom |author=David Drake |date=July 12, 2017}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==

Revision as of 00:36, 8 January 2021

Husalah
Birth nameJames Ratliff
GenresHip hop
OccupationRapper
Years active1998-present
LabelsThe Artist Records

James "Husalah" Ratliff,[1] is an American rapper from Pittsburg, California. He began his career with the Pittsburg group the Mob Figaz, whose first album, C-Bo's Mob Figaz, was released in 1999. Like his close friend The Jacka, Husalah is a Muslim, and frequently references Islam in his lyrics. [2]

Career

Husalah began his career with the Pittsburg-based group Mob Figaz. Their first album, C-Bo's Mob Figaz, was released in 1999 and was a minor hit on the Billboard Hip Hop charts, entering in at #63. The album sold fairly well, selling 60,000 units. His first solo album, entitled Dope, Guns, and Religion, was released in 2006 and was one of the most highly anticipated Bay Area hip-hop albums of the time.

Husalah has collaborated with E-40, Lil B The Based God, Yukmouth, Clyde Carson, and Roach Gigz, among others.


Discography

Solo albums

Collaborative albums

With Mob Figaz

Guest Appearances

References

  1. ^ AP9. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY HUSALAH!!". The Siccness Network. Retrieved April 1, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ David Drake (July 12, 2017). "Husalah, Bay Area Legend, Returns to Rap with Limitless Wisdom".
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2012-05-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p734424/charts-awards