Lawrence Thomas from Oakland, CA known to most as Pooh-Man, starting writing poetry in elementary school. He was a young teen at the birth of rap, song writing became second nature. This embarked his rap career. Pooh-Man, started his career as MC Pooh, and released his first album, "Life of a Criminal" this sparked a large fan base in the...
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Lawrence Thomas from Oakland, CA known to most as Pooh-Man, starting writing poetry in elementary school. He was a young teen at the birth of rap, song writing became second nature. This embarked his rap career. Pooh-Man, started his career as MC Pooh, and released his first album, "Life of a Criminal" this sparked a large fan base in the Bay Area. This album is the most referenced by his fans today. His lyrics were definitely risqué street poetry, straight from the streets of Oakland. In 1992, he wrote and recorded "Sex, Money, and Murder" which appeared on the soundtrack to the film Juice and his "Funky as I Wanna Be" album, which featured guest appearances of Too Short, Ant Banks and MC Breed. He also appeared in the Hughes Brothers Menace II Society as "Doc" later that year His 13 years of incarceration allowed him to write over 3000 songs. Despite his absence from the music industry, he was welcomed back many, including his fans nationwide and overseas. He planned his top goals precisely. He stayed current on the music industry forecast to prepare him for what had changed. In January of 2014, less than 2 months of his release he was busy building a new life. Pooh-Man started a new record label, Infinite Kaos Productions Inc., with his wife Rena. He returned to the studio with Ant Banks and Stan "The G-Man" Keith. He is the featured artist for the newly established label, based in Central Florida. "Kaos Theory" has been years in the making. It serves as his first official full-length album since 2001, released July 29th. Ant Banks produced 12 tracks and the other titles were produced each by Big Zeke the Politician ("Macaroni") and Stan "The G-Man" Keith ("Free"). Show less «