J-Diggs, Blue DaVinci

J-Diggs (Jamal Diggs) is a prolific Bay Area rapper and co-CEO of Thizz Entertainment, the influential label founded by the late Mac Dre that became instrumental in popularizing the style of hip-hop known as hyphy. As with many hyphy artists, Diggs' laid-back raps are typically focused on subjects such as fast cars/motorcycles, drugs, sex, and city life. Diggs has become at least as notorious for his numerous prison sentences and feuds with fellow rappers (including J-Kwon and Mac Shawn) as for his own music. Starting with 1999's Both Sides of the Gate, Diggs has released over...