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Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.

The Los Angeles based Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. are oneof the early influential acts from the West Coast rapscene. Emerging from the same era of West Coasthip hop greats such as Cypress Hill and Ice Cube,the Boo Yaa T.R.I.B.E. are one of the moreunderground legendary acts, but command muchrespect from the hip hop community and hardcorehip hop fans. They are known for incorporatingheavy metal and Funk into their hip hop. The T.R.I.B.E. (Too Rough International Boo-YaaEmpire) originally consisted of six SamoanAmerican brothers from Los Angeles, California,including Paul “Ganxsta Ridd” De ...read more

The Los Angeles based Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. are oneof the early influential acts from the West Coast rapscene. Emerging from the same era of West Coasthip hop greats such as Cypress Hill and Ice Cube,the Boo Yaa T.R.I.B.E. are one of the moreunderground legendary acts, but command muchrespect from the hip hop community and hardcorehip hop fans. They are known for incorporatingheavy metal and Funk into their hip hop. The T.R.I.B.E. (Too Rough International Boo-YaaEmpire) originally consisted of six SamoanAmerican brothers from Los Angeles, California,including Paul “Ganxsta Ridd” Devoux, Ted“Godfather” Devoux, Danny “O.M.B.” Devoux,Roscoe “Murder One” Devoux, David “E.K.A.”Devoux, or Kobra, and Donald “Don L” Devoux. Aseventh brother, Vincent “Gawtti” Devoux, wouldjoin later on. One of the unique aspects of the group that setsthem apart from most West Coast acts and hip hopgroups is that the brothers can all play musicalinstruments, making them an interesting live act.They often insist on playing their own instrumentson their albums as well as on stage. Introduced tomusic via the Baptist church, Gawtti, the youngest,explained, ” Our father was a minister of a churchand we had to learn instruments to play at hisservices. We’d go in the morning and set up theinstruments and play a lot of funk before folk camein.” Despite their religious background, the brothers fellinto the local west coast gang lifestyle. Theybecame members of the Samoan Mob Piru Bloods,and eventually all of the brothers had at some pointserved prison time on drug and/or weaponscharges. It was the death of their younger brother,Robert ‘Youngman’ Devoux, in a 1987 shooting thatbecame the turning point in their lives. The brothersquit the gang-banging lifestyle cold turkey.Godfather explained, “The gangsta way of life cameat a high price. At the time me and family was atwar with different enemies and he got caught up inthe cross fire…… y’know, you gotta understand, yougrow up in life with your brothers, and even thoughyou’re in a war zone you don’t think about losingsomeone, and when it happens to you, you can dotwo things: you can get madder or you gotta runwith it.” This changed all the brothers lives, Gawttiexplained “It made us choose whether we wantedto go war or to music. We chose the music becausethat’s what he would have wanted.” « hide

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LPs
West Koasta Nostra
2003

2.5
1 Votes
Mafia Lifestyle
2000

3
1 Votes
Angry Samoans
1997

2.9
5 Votes
Occupation Hazardous
1995

Doomsday
1994

New Funky Nation
1990

3.5
1 Votes
EPs
Metally Disturbed
1996

Compilations
Business As Usual
2006

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