One of the more visible Chicano rappers and the founder and CEO of Southland Records, Mister D debuted his particular style of Latino culture-focused gangster rap with his 2000 album, Deep in the Game. Heading the label, he was able to foster the careers of many other Chicano rap artists while steadily releasing new music of his own, and the label became home to a family of like-minded artists and collaborators like Sleepy Malo, Solo, A Lighter Shade of Brown, and many others. Mister D had a huge hit with his track "Gangstas Get Lonely Too" in 2004, and had several singles fea...