KXNG Crooked
Dominick Wickliffe, better known by his stage name Crooked I, is an American rapper from Long Beach, California. The name “Crooked I” comes from a shortened version of his original moniker, Crooked Intriago. It has nothing to do with the malt liquor. He is 1/4th of rap supergroup Slaughterhouse (with Joe Budden, Royce da 5’9” & Joell Ortiz), and is currently regarded as one the best rappers on the west coast, after rising to hip-hop prominence with his freestyle series ‘Hip-Hop Weekly’, in which he released a new freestyle over popular industry beats every week for 52 weeks. Crooke ...read more
Dominick Wickliffe, better known by his stage name Crooked I, is an American rapper from Long Beach, California. The name “Crooked I” comes from a shortened version of his original moniker, Crooked Intriago. It has nothing to do with the malt liquor. He is 1/4th of rap supergroup Slaughterhouse (with Joe Budden, Royce da 5’9” & Joell Ortiz), and is currently regarded as one the best rappers on the west coast, after rising to hip-hop prominence with his freestyle series ‘Hip-Hop Weekly’, in which he released a new freestyle over popular industry beats every week for 52 weeks. Crooked I is CEO of his own record label, Dynasty Entertainment, and Senior Vice President of Treacherous Records. Before he became his own boss, he was also signed to Virgin Records, and most notably, Death Row Records, where he spent four years working under the infamous Suge Knight. « hide |
