Bad Azz

Bad Azz
Birth name	Jamarr Antonio Stamps
Born	27 November 1973 (age 43) Hawaiian Gardens, California, United States
Origin	Long Beach, California, United States
Genre	Hip hop, West Coast hip hop, g-funk
Occupation(s)	Rapper
Years active	1995-present
Label	Makaveli (1996) Doggystyle (1998) Priority (1998-2003) Doggystyle (2003) Out of Bounds (2003) Double Dollar Sign (2003-present) Liquid 8 (2004) Enchanted Entertainment (2004)
Associated acts	Bizzy Bone, Tha Eastsidaz, Kokane, LBC Crew, Snoop Dogg

Jamarr Antonio Stamps (born 27 November 1973), better known by his stage name Bad Azz, is an American rapper from Long Beach, California. He began his career as a member of LBC Crew, and spent brief stints on Tupac Shakur's Makaveli Records and Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle Records in the mid-1990s. In 1998, he signed to Priority Records and released his debut studio album Word on the Streets.

His second album Personal Business featured the successful single and his best known song "Wrong Idea" featuring Snoop Dogg, Kokane and Lil ½ Dead, which reached #75 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. He left Priority Records in 2003 and released his third album, Money Run, in 2003 and his fourth album, Executive Decision (Business, Never Personal), in 2004 on independent labels. His last album was the Bizzy Bone collaboration Thug Pound.

DiscographyEdit

• 1998: Word on the Streets
• 2001: Personal Business
• 2003: Money Run
• 2004: Executive Decision (Business, Nothing Personal
• 2009: Thug Pound (with Bizzy Bone