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28-419: Earl Tywone Stevens Sr. (born November 15, 1967), better known by his stage name E-40 , is an American rapper. Stevens is a founding member of the rap group The Click and the founder of Sick Wid It Records. He has released 26 studio albums to date, appeared on numerous movie soundtracks, and has also done guest appearances on a host of other rap albums. Initially an underground artist, his 1995 solo album In

56-632: A season 4 episode of the scripted comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine . The black and white music video, produced by production company Immigrant Films, was directed and edited by Bernard Gourley and lensed by cinematographer David Claessen. Filmed at the abandoned 16th Street station in West Oakland , it features cameo appearances from D-Shot , B-Legit , Dem Hoodstarz , Haji Springer, Too Short , Lil Jon , Rick Rock , The Federation , Battle Loco, Lil Scrappy , J. Valentine , Mistah F.A.B. , Big Rich, Turf Talk , The Crest Creepaz, Frank D. and

84-600: A Major Way opened him up to a wider audience. Beginning in 1998, he began collaborating with mainstream rappers outside the San Francisco Bay Area . He rose to higher mainstream popularity in 2006 with his single " Tell Me When to Go ", which was produced by Lil Jon . Stevens was born in Vallejo, California . He grew up with his siblings raised by a divorced mother who worked three jobs, and he became interested in hip hop after hearing " Rapper's Delight " by

112-464: A moscato and high-alcohol fortified wine called "Mangoscato." The wines are branded using the rapper's real name, Earl Stevens. In December 2014, he released a premixed cocktail beverage called Sluricane Hurricane, inspired by the 1995 hit song "Hurricane" from his group the Click. In December 2015, E-40 released a line of malt liquor called "E-40", available in 24 oz. cans and 40 oz. glass bottles. E-40

140-542: A second album, Down and Dirty , and in 1993 E-40 made his solo album debut. 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 distributor. In 1993, the Click had mainstream hit, " Captain Save a Hoe " (radio edit "Captain Save Them Thoe"). They moved back to Vallejo and teamed up with D-Shot, E-40's brother, to form

168-410: A weekly program on San Francisco hip-hop radio station KMEL that showcased Bay Area hip hop. KMEL regularly broadcast the program until 2008. After completing a deal with Jive Records he signed with Lil Jon 's BME Recordings and Reprise Records . After the signing, he appeared on Lil Jon's single " Snap Yo Fingers ", also featuring Sean P of YoungBloodZ , which became a hit reaching the top 10 of

196-406: Is a first cousin of the trio. The group released three studio albums. Prior to their first studio album, the group released an EP under the name, "M.V.P." in 1990. Despite members having worked together on several respective solo projects, the only reunion effort to date is a 2018 release of the collaborative album, " Connected and Respected ", by E-40 and B-Legit, which features one song with

224-478: Is also an investor and has his own investment company. He was an early investor in social media apps Clubhouse and Convoz . E-40 lives in Danville, California , with his wife Tracey. They married in 1991 and have two children who grew up to become rappers: Earl Jr. (who performs as Droop-E ) and Emari (Issue). E-40 is a longtime San Francisco 49ers , San Francisco Giants and Golden State Warriors fan, and

252-401: Is no confirmed release date for the three albums, but the artwork for all three volumes and the triple album box set was released on June 12. On May 21, he released the first single from the three albums, "Ripped" featuring Lil Jon. On July 18, he premiered the second single "All My Niggaz" featuring Danny Brown and Schoolboy Q . The song was released to iTunes on August 20, 2013. On August 26,

280-568: Is one of three that earned Ariola a DGA best commercial director nomination in 2017 . "Tell Me When to Go" was performed live, the day before the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards in a club in New York City . This performance featured E-40 and Lil Jon rapping, while a rock instrumental was played by Metal Skool . The event was held at Snitch, a rock-themed club. The official remix features a new verse from E-40 and features Kanye West , Ice Cube , and The Game . The "Bay Area Remix" includes

308-707: The Billboard Hot 100 . Afterwards, his single " Tell Me When to Go ", featuring Oakland rapper Keak da Sneak , became popular throughout the United States, and E-40 appeared on MTV 's Direct Effect and BET 's 106 & Park . Publicity for E-40 was achieved through the MTV special My Block: The Bay . He later released " U and Dat " in April 2006, featuring T-Pain and Kandi Girl and produced by Lil Jon . His album My Ghetto Report Card debuted at #1 on

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336-541: The Billboard Hot 100 . He had been working nearly exclusively with rappers from the Bay Area until 1997, when he released the double disc compilation Southwest Riders featuring exclusively rap acts from the Bay Area and the south. His collaboration with southern rappers continued in 1998, when he was given guest appearances on albums by Southern rappers, including Lost by Eightball , and MP da Last Don by Master P . In 2003 E-40 began hosting E-Feezy Radio ,

364-714: The Gathering of the Juggalos . In 2012, E-40 released three solo albums: The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil series 1 , 2 , and 3 , and released a collaboration album with Too Short. The first single from the second Block Brochure album is " Function " featuring YG , Iamsu! & Problem. It peaked at #21 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, #62 on the Hot R&;B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, and #22 on

392-613: The Top R&;B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and #3 on the Billboard Hot 200 on March 14, 2006. Released through Sick Wid It/BME/Warner Bros. Records, the album was produced by Lil Jon , Rick Rock , and E-40's son, Droop-E. On March 30, 2010, E-40 released two albums called Revenue Retrievin': Day Shift and Revenue Retrievin': Night Shift . Both include guest appearances from Too Short , Snoop Dogg , Gucci Mane, Bobby V , and more. They debuted at numbers 47 & 49 respectively on

420-476: The 200, while Mob debuted at #72. He made a cameo appearance in the music video for Young Jeezy 's song " R.I.P. " featuring 2 Chainz in March 2013, and was also featured on the song's official "G-Mix" also featuring Snoop Dogg and Too Short. It was revealed that the 4th, 5th and 6th editions of The Block Brochure would be released exactly one year after the release date of the first three volumes. However, there

448-670: The 200. The first single from the Day Shift album is " Bitch " featuring Too Short . On March 29, 2011, E-40 released two albums called Revenue Retrievin': Overtime Shift and Revenue Retrievin': Graveyard Shift . They include guest spots from Lil Jon, Bun B , Slim Thug , Tech N9ne & more. They both entered on the 200 chart at #'s 42 & 40. In November 2010, E-40 and Too Short announced that they would release two collaborative album in Summer 2012 entitled History: Mob Music and History: Function Music . E-40 also performed at

476-625: The Architeckz turf dancing crew with choreography by Jeriel Bey. In 2016, director Dante Ariola and cinematographer Chris Soos recreated the music video for a Beats Studio Wireless headphones commercial, also titled – and set to – "Tell Me When to Go", starring Golden State Warriors ' power forward Draymond Green and featuring E-40 and cameos by Green's then-Warriors teammates Ian Clark , Brandon Rush , and Shaun Livingston as well as Oakland natives Gary Payton and Brian Shaw . The 90-second version also features Keak da Sneak. The spot

504-537: The Hyphy Movement. Another remix was done by Chingo Bling entitled "Tell Me When to Go (Remix)" from the album "They All Want Him, But Who Can Afford Him" Another popular remix was done by producer Trackademicks entitled "Tell Me When To Go (Trackademicks Remix)", released in February 2006 on his independently released compilation, 'The Spring Progress Report'. In March 2022, a music documentary about

532-561: The Rap Songs chart, becoming his most successful single in years. The volumes include Snoop Dogg, Too Short, Kendrick Lamar , Juicy J , Tech N9ne, Twista , Brotha Lynch, Andre Nickatina, 2 Chainz , & T-Pain as guests. They each debuted at #'s 58, 59 & 72 on the Billboard 200, respectively, and the triple album box set that contains all three Block Brochure volumes debuted at #44. History: Function Music debuted at #63 on

560-761: The Sugarhill Gang . Beginning in fourth grade, Stevens played the snare and bass drum . He graduated from Hogan High School in Vallejo in 1985. Stevens played baseball in high school, recorded music with his siblings, and sold their recordings from the back of a car. After high school, Stevens enrolled at Grambling State University in 1986 with his cousin Brandt Jones and attended the school for one year. Stevens made his rap debut as E-40 in 1986 with his cousin B-Legit , sister Suga-T , and brother D-Shot in

588-401: The entire Hyphy roster. It features Too Short , B-Legit , Clyde Carson , Turf Talk , Richie Rich , San Quinn , The Federation , Hoodstarz, Messy Marv , Mistah F.A.B. , Yukmouth , Big Rich, PSD , J-Diggs and rap group Balance. At the start of the song, E-40 proclaims "RIP Mac Dre , Dre you supposed to be on this one baby", referring to rapper Mac Dre, who is considered the originator of

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616-406: The entire group, "Blame It". Studio albums Compilation albums Extended plays Soundtrack appearances Tell Me When to Go The song samples "Dumb Girl" by Run-DMC . The song is featured in the 2007 Xbox 360 / PlayStation 3 video game Def Jam: Icon . E-40 is a playable character in the video game and provides his own voice and likeness. It also appeared in “The Fugitive”,

644-475: The group MVP or Most Valuable Players. E-40's gospel singing uncle (Saint Charles) helped them put out the record. Suga-T was then added to the group to form the Click . Although having a large following on the West Coast , E-40 did not have a large mainstream audience, so only two of his songs released under Jive Records, " 1-Luv " featuring Levitti and "Things'll Never Change" featuring Bo-Roc , charted on

672-480: The group Most Valuable Players. After impressing fellow students with a rap remix of the school song and a Grambling State talent show, Most Valuable Players released a single, "The King's Men". The group later became The Click and released the EP Let's Side in 1990. The EP was co-produced by Mike Mosley and Al Eaton and was released on Sick Wid It Records, an independent label founded by E-40. In 1992 they released

700-561: The team gave away 15,000 bobblehead figures of him to visitors at a Giants game on June 25, 2022, where he also made the ceremonial first pitch of the game. Studio albums Collaborative albums In 1989, E-40 formed independently-owned hip hop record label Sick Wid It . The Click (band) The Click was an American hip hop group from Vallejo, California . Members included E-40 (Earl Stevens), B-Legit (Brandt Jones), D-Shot (Danell Stevens), and Suga-T (Tanina Stevens). Earl, Danell and Tanina Stevens are siblings. Jones

728-516: The video for "Off the Block" featuring Stressmatic and J. Banks was released and confirmed to be on the album. On Facebook E-40 announced that parts 4, 5 and 6 would be released on December 10, 2013. In 2018, E-40 announced the "Definitions" album trilogy. He released his twenty-fifth studio album The Gift of Gab on August 23, which was followed by his twenty-sixth studio album Practice Makes Paper on July 26, 2019. The third album, Rule of Thumb ,

756-485: The volume has not yet been released. He is also a spokesperson for Landy Cognac, and he opened the now-defunct Ambassador's Lounge, a nightclub in Downtown San Jose . In late 2007, E-40 announced a new line of energy drinks called "40 Water." He also has a number of other ventures in the beverage industry, including the wine industry, where he has released three wines including a red blend called "Function,"

784-471: Was released on November 17, 2023. In 2019, he made a guest appearance in the music video of "West Coast", performed by G-Eazy , Blueface , ALLBLACK and YG . Along with former NFL player Chester McGlockton , E-40 opened a Fatburger franchise in Pleasant Hill, California , which has now been shut down. E-40 has promoted a forthcoming publication, E-40's Book of Slang , since 1998, but as of 2013

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