Hood Surgeon

In the mid- to late 2000s, both New York and California rappers found themselves struggling to make their respective coasts relevant again in light of the South's domination of urban and popular radio. Compton rapper and self-proclaimed West Coast revivalist Hood Surgeon already had a leg up in that department, being the son of the West Coast's most venerated hip-hop producer, Dr. Dre. Born in December 1981 in Paramount, CA, Curtis Young and his mother relocated to Compton when he was very young and attending elementary school. He grew up in Compton just like his old man, but ...