CJ Mac
{{Short description|American rapper and actor (born 1966)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
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| birth_name = Bryan Ross
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| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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| genre = Hip hop
| occupation = {{hlist|Rapper|actor}}
| years_active = 1990–present
| label = {{hlist|Rap-A-Lot|Hoo-Bangin'}}
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Bryan Ross, also known as CJ Mac is an American rapper and actor.
Music career
He released his independent debut EP, Color Me Funky, in 1991, under the name "CJ Mack." The disc is out of print. He returned in 1995 and released his second album, True Game on Rap-A-Lot Records, in 1995 with producer Mad, the duo billed as Mad CJ Mac.
He appeared in the movie Thicker than Water with Mack 10 and Fat Joe, playing a drug lord called Gator.{{cite news
| url = http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=181484
| title = Thicker Than Water
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| publisher = Movie section, New York Times
| year = 1999
| first=Manohla
| last=Dargis
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303184030/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/181484/Thicker-Than-Water/overview
| archive-date=March 3, 2009
| access-date=November 12, 2024
}}
His third album, Platinum Game (1999), was released through Mack 10's Hoo-Bangin' Records. It featured various rappers and peaked at number 77 on the R&B/Hip-hop album chart.[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p375590/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic charts]
CJ Mac also directed a documentary called On the C-Walk (2003).{{cite news
| url = http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/286575/C-Walk-It-s-a-Way-of-Livin-/details
| title = C-Walk: It's a Way of Livin'
| work =
| publisher = Movie section, New York Times
| year = 2003
| first=Manohla
| last=Dargis
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071127021928/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/286575/C-Walk-It-s-a-Way-of-Livin-/details
| archive-date=November 27, 2007
| accessdate=November 12, 2024
}} He is also known for working with Death Row Records in late 2000 with his song "I Ain't Fuccin Wit' Cha" (from Too Gangsta for Radio), in which he insulted Dr. Dre for leaving the label and declaring gangsta rap dead.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
Discography
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Category:21st-century American rappers
Category:African-American male actors
Category:African-American rappers
Category:American male film actors
Category:Death Row Records artists
Category:Male actors from Los Angeles
Category:Rap-A-Lot Records artists
Category:Rappers from Los Angeles
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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