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They moved back to Vallejo and teamed upwardly with D-Shot, E-40's brother, to form the group MVP or Most Valuable Players.

In 1993, the Click had mainstream hit, "Captain Save a Hoe" (radio edit "Helm Save Them Thoe"). Federal, a nine-track LP/14-track CD produced by Studio Ton and released by Sick Wid It Records in association with SMG (Solar Music Group), a regional benefactor. In 1992 they released a second album, Downwardly and Muddy, and in 1993 E-xl made his solo album debut. The EP was co-produced by Mike Mosley and Al Eaton and was released on Sick Wid It Records, an independent label founded by Eastward-40.

The group subsequently became the Click and released the EP Let'south Side in 1990. After impressing fellow students with a rap remix of the school song and a Grambling Country talent show, Most Valuable Players released a single, "The King'due south Men". Stevens made his rap debut as East-40 in 1986 with Jones (performing every bit B-Legit), sister Suga T, and brother D-Shot in the group Well-nigh Valuable Players. After high school, Stevens enrolled at Grambling State Academy in 1986 with his cousin Brandt Jones and attended the schoolhouse for 1 twelvemonth. Stevens played baseball game in high school, recorded music with his siblings, and sold their recordings from the back of a car. Outset in 4th grade, Stevens played the snare and bass drum. He grew upward with his siblings raised by a divorced mother who worked 3 jobs, and he became interested in hip hop later hearing "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang. Early life Įarl Tywone Stevens was born in Vallejo, California. He rose to higher mainstream popularity in 2006 with his single "Tell Me When to Go", which was produced by Lil Jon. Beginning in 1998, he began collaborating with mainstream rappers outside the San Francisco Bay Area. Initially an underground artist, his 1995 solo album In a Major Way opened him up to a wider audience. He has released 28 studio albums to date, appeared on numerous moving picture soundtracks, and has also washed guest appearances on a host of other rap albums.

He is a founding member of the rap group the Click, and the founder of Ill Wid It Records. (born Nov 15, 1967), better known by his stage name E-40, is an American rapper.