Pooh-Man

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Pooh-Man

| background = solo_singer

| image = Lawrence Thomas aka PoohMan.jpg

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| caption = Pooh-Man in 2014

| birth_name = Lawrence Lee Thomas

| alias = MC Pooh

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|01|25}}

| origin = Oakland, California, U.S.

| death_date =

| genre = {{hlist|Hip hop|gangsta rap}}

| occupation =

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| years_active = 1985-present

| label = {{hlist|Jive|Scarface| In-A-Minute|Killa Kali| AniraMusic}}

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Lawrence Lee Thomas (born January 25, 1969), known professionally as Pooh-Man or MC Pooh, is an American rapper.[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p23961/discography|pure_url=yes}} Pooh-Man Discography]. Allmusic. With lyrics focused on topics of sex, money and murder, his namesake song ("Sex, Money & Murder") appeared on the soundtrack to the 1992 film Juice.Larkin, Colin (1995). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Guinness Pub. p. 2769 He also played Doc in the 1993 film Menace II Society.

Active since the early 1990s,[http://www.undergroundwestcoastrap.com/poohman.htm Pooh-Man on Undergroundwestcoastrap.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080210060106/http://www.undergroundwestcoastrap.com/poohman.htm |date=2008-02-10 }} he signed with Jive Records to release his first two albums, Life as a Criminal (1990) and Funky as I Wanna Be (1993); the latter marked his only entry on the Billboard 200 and gained notoriety for its risque cover art.

On February 28, 2000, Thomas pleaded guilty to one count of bank robbery and was condemned to 6 years in prison.[http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/361/653/582058/ United States of America, Appellee, v. Lawrence E. Thomas, Appellant,, 361 F.3d 653 (D.C. Cir. 2004)]

Discography

class="wikitable" ! scope="col" rowspan="2"\|Year ! scope="col" rowspan="2"\|Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"\|Label ! scope="col" colspan="2"\|Peak chart positions
scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"\| US R&B/HH {{Cite magazine \|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pooh-man \|title=Pooh-Man \|magazine=Billboard \|access-date=2018-11-08}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"\| US
1990 \| Life of a Criminal \| Jive \| 39 \| —
1992 \| Funky As I Wanna Be \| Jive \| 38 \| 158
1993 \| Judgement Day \| Scarface \| 57 \| —
1994 \| Ain't No Love \| In-A-Minute \| 85 \| —
1997 \| State Vs. Pooh-Man Straight from San Quentin \| In-A-Minute \| — \| —
2001 \| Fukin' Wit Dank 2001 \| Killa Kali \| — \| —
2014 \| Kaos Theory \| Infinite Kaos \| — \| —
2017 \|Cookies n'Drank \|No More Tears \| — \| —

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scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| US
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{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pooh-man |title=Pooh-Man |magazine=Billboard |access-date=2018-11-08}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| US

1990

| Life of a Criminal

| Jive

| 39

| —

1992

| Funky As I Wanna Be

| Jive

| 38

| 158

1993