Bad Azz (rapper)

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Bad Azz

| image = Bad Azz, Nimapig.jpg

| caption = Bad Azz and Nimapig in 2006

| birth_name = Jamarr Antonio Stamps

| alias =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1975|11|27}}

| birth_place = Hawaiian Gardens, California, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|11|11|1975|11|27}}

| death_place = Murrieta, California, U.S.

| origin = Long Beach, California, U.S.

| genre = Hip hop

| occupation = Rapper

| years_active = 1995–2019

| label = {{hlist|Priority|Double Dollar Sign|Doggy Style}}

| past_member_of = LBC Crew

| website =

}}

Jamarr Antonio Stamps (November 27, 1975 – November 11, 2019), better known by his stage name Bad Azz, was an American rapper and member of hip-hop collective D.P.G.C.

Life and career

Jamarr Antonio Stamps was born in Hawaiian Gardens, California,{{cite web|author=Nima|url=http://www.dubcnn.com/interviews/badazz/|title=Bad Azz Interview|date=June 2003|publisher=DubCNN.com|access-date=March 29, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328230207/http://www.dubcnn.com/interviews/badazz/|archive-date=March 28, 2009|url-status=dead}} and grew up in Long Beach.{{Cite web |last=Osier |first=Valerie |date=2019-11-12 |title=Snoop Dogg, other artists mourn Long Beach rapper Bad Azz after he died in Sheriff custody |url=https://lbpost.com/news/long-beach-rapper-bad-azz-dies-in-riverside-sheriffs-custody/ |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=Long Beach Post News |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2019-11-12 |title='Dogg Pound' Rapper Bad Azz Dies At 43-Years Old, Questions Emerge Surrounding Death Inside Jail |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/dogg-pound-rapper-bad-azz-154638528.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAI4i94CPPDe1V8t_6HDEwuzJHlSwr-ikDK39MSPKEEX4lWcc-rIDfc2-pTuJEVC7Kn1cGunPnuTxfvOHRWlTzf2rgfEfUBfu6ECEhiz4w9wNxdwtVWkv-SKdMvJUoBPytkEyg9ef4RxX6Is6m5i1QCQWhuEGSBkVo_nheBbsp-zn |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=Yahoo Entertainment |language=en-US}} He began his career rapping at house parties and joined the LBC Crew. After having a guest verse on the Tupac song "Krazy" in 1996 he was set to sign to Tupac's proposed record label, Makaveli Records.{{cite web|last=Paine |first=Jake |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.13267/title.bad-azz-techniec-lil-c-styles-lbc-crew-album-to-finally-be-released |title=Snoop Dogg, Soopafly To Be Featured On The LBC Crew's "Haven't You Heard" | Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales |publisher=HipHopDX |date=December 18, 2010 |access-date=September 25, 2015}} After being briefly signed to Snoop Dogg's label Doggystyle Records, Bad Azz made various guest performances before debuting on Priority Records in 1998 with Word on tha Streets.{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p320533/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Bad Azz > Biography|last=Azpiri|first=Jon|year=2001|website=AllMusic|access-date=March 29, 2009}}

In 2001, he followed up with Personal Business whose single "Wrong Idea" (featuring Snoop Dogg, Kokane, and Lil' ½ Dead) reached #75 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Billboard chart.{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p320533/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}}|title=Bad Azz > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles|website=AllMusic|access-date=March 29, 2009}}

In 2009, he released an album with Bizzy Bone, Thug Pound. In mid-2010, he recorded and released a new single "For As Long As I Can". In March 2013, Bad Azz got into a fight with Snoop Dogg's cousin Ray J; Bad Azz said it was revenge for getting jumped by Suge Knight and his entourage a decade earlier.{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/400613/ray-j-in-backstage-brawl-rapper-got-quot-sucker-punched-by-bad-azz-quot-manager-says |title=Ray J in Backstage Brawl: Rapper Got Sucker-Punched by Bad Azz, Manager Says |date=March 22, 2013 |publisher=E! Online |access-date=September 25, 2015}}

He appeared on the 2011 album Haven't You Heard? (We Givin' Something Bacc To Tha Street), which was released by Death Row Records and WideAwake on February 8, 2011.

In 2014, Bad Azz released a music video for a song titled "Baby Wut'z Up", featuring Turf Talk. He announced a new album title The Nu Adventures of Bad Azz, which has released in 2018.

Death

Stamps died unexpectedly on November 11, 2019, at age 43. He had been arrested and jailed at the Southwest Correctional Center in Murrieta, California, on domestic violence charges four days earlier.{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2019/11/bad-azz-dead-at-43|title=Snoop Dogg, Daz Dillinger, and Others Mourn the Death of Bad Azz|first=Abel|last=Shifferaw|work=Complex|date=November 11, 2019|access-date=November 12, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pe.com/2019/11/12/rapper-known-for-work-with-snoop-dogg-and-others-dies-while-in-riverside-county-sheriffs-custody/|title=Rapper, known for work with Snoop Dogg and others, dies while in Riverside County sheriff's custody|website=The Press-Enterprise|date=November 12, 2019 |access-date=May 15, 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://sjcctimes.com/13001/arts-entertainment/in-loving-memory-of-jamarr-antonio-stamps/|title=In loving memory of Jamarr Antonio Stamps|date=December 10, 2019 }}