A rapper from
Hayward, California. Can rap
fast or slow and was known for his gangster hits such as:
Tha Murda Show
Strap On The Side
The Thug In Me
Face Of A Desperate Man
Welcome To The Ghetto
Trigga Gots No Heart
Hard To Kill
187 Proof
his best song is 'Jealous Got Me Strapped' with 2pac
2pac was a big fan of Spice 1 and said he was one of the realest out there and was in a few of his videos such as:
Strap On The Side
Trigga Gots No Heart (Where he had the fight with the Hughes
Brothes)
Spice 1 is known for putting East Bay area on the map. He was founded by the rapper Too Short.
Spice 1 was shot in the chest on the morning of December 3, 2007, while sitting in his Cadillac Escalade outside his parents' home in Hayward. The shooting is believed to be motivated by robbery, rather than any sort of rivalry. He suffered a collapsed lung.
Spice 1:
But now the street is a place you could be swallowed by death
Brothers
takin each other’s lives
And going to
rest in peace
I wonder if heaven got a ghetto
My cousin died last year
And I still
can’t let go
from the song 'Welcome To The Ghetto'