Ronnie Hudson

A funk musician who left his mark in Washington, D.C. and Memphis, Tennessee prior to achieving his greatest success in Los Angeles, California, Ronnie Hudson is known most for "West Coast Pop Lock," the classic 1982 single that linked Zapp to 2Pac. Originally from D.C., bassist Hudson performed with Chuck Brown and Al Johnson before he relocated to Memphis, where he recorded during the '70s with Isaac Hayes (as heard on part of the Shaft soundtrack and the entirety of Black Moses), Luther Ingram (the number three pop hit " I Don't Want to Be Right"), and Rufus Thomas (includi...