Chubb Rock

Chubb Rock
Birth name	Richard Simpson
Born	May 28, 1968 (1968-05-28) Kingston, Jamaica
Origin	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Genre	Hip hop
Years active	1988-present
Label	Select Records (1987-1997) Black Jam (1998) Fully-Blown Recordings (2001)
Associated acts	Crooklyn Dodgers, Howie Tee, Wordsmith

Richard Simpson (born May 28, 1968), better known by his stage name Chubb Rock, is a Jamaican-American rapper from Brooklyn, New York. He released several commercially successful albums in the early 1990s. A former National Merit Scholar, Chubb Rock was a pre-med student who dropped out of Brown University to pursue his musical career.

Discography

Studio albums

• 1991: The One
• 1992: I Gotta Get Mine Yo! (Book of Rhymes)
• 1997: The Mind

Collaboration albums

• 1988: Chubb Rock featuring Hitman Howie Tee (with Howie Tee)
• 1989: And the Winner Is... (with Howie Tee)
• 2009: Bridging the Gap (with Wordsmith)