Spice 1

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Spice 1

| background = solo_singer

| image =

| caption =

| birth_name = Robert Lee Greene Jr.

| alias = Fetti Chico, Mr. Bossalini

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1970|7|2}}{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/SpiceOGone/about|title=Robert OG Spice Green - Facebook|website=Facebook |access-date=9 March 2015}}

| birth_place = Corsicana, Texas, U.S.

| origin = Hayward, California, U.S.

| genre = West Coast hip hop, gangsta rap

| occupation = {{hlist|Rapper|record producer|songwriter}}

| years_active = 1988–present

| label = {{hlist|Thug World Music|High Powered|Triple X|Independent Warrior|Hard Tyme|Riviera|Mobb Status|Jive|Triad}}

| current_member_of = Criminalz

| past_member_of ={{hlist| Thug Lordz|The Dangerous Crew}}

}}

Robert Lee Greene Jr. (born July 2, 1970), better known by his stage name Spice 1 (an acronym for "Sex, Pistols, Indo, Cash and Entertainment"),{{cite web |author=King Eric Productions |date=Dec 4, 2011 |title=Classic Spice 1 Interview (Shout to Dubcnn.com) |work=Da Shelter |url=http://escobar300.wordpress.com/2011/12/04/classic-spice-1-interview/ |access-date=9 March 2015}} is an American rapper from Hayward, California.{{cite web |last=Wynn |first=Ron |title=Spice 1 - Music Biography, Streaming Radio and Discography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/spice-1-mn0000744328/biography |access-date=9 March 2015 |work=AllMusic}}{{Cite web |last=Group |first=Jason Sweeney {{!}} Bay Area News |last2=Times |first2=East Bay |date=2007-12-08 |title=Rapper Spice 1 describes shooting from hospital bed |url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2007/12/08/rapper-spice-1-describes-shooting-from-hospital-bed/ |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=East Bay Times |language=en-US}} He began releasing albums in 1991, where he gained popularity as a pioneer of the San Francisco Bay Area hip-hop scene.

Spice 1 released six albums under Jive Records along with one greatest hits album. Three of them, Spice 1, 187 He Wrote and AmeriKKKa's Nightmare, were certified gold.{{cite web |title=Spice 1: Gold & Platinum |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=spice+1#search_section |access-date=23 July 2018 |website=RIAA}}

Personal life

Greene attended Mt. Eden High School in Hayward.{{cite web |last=Lee |first=Henry K. |date=Dec 7, 2007 |title=Rapper Spice 1 shot, recovering in hospital |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/07/BAMJTPN3S.DTL |access-date=9 March 2015 |work=SFGate}}

When Greene received his first large check for his music, he stopped selling drugs and focused on making music instead.{{cite web |date=Oct 16, 2018 |title=Spice 1 on Signing with Too Short at 16, Stealing a Car to Impress Him |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2D5hMmsagE |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/U2D5hMmsagE |archive-date=2021-12-21 |publisher=VladTV}}{{cbignore}}

On December 3, 2007, Greene was shot while sitting in his car outside his parents' home in Hayward, California.