Gripsta

Brandi Younger, professionally known by her stage name Gripsta, is an Oakland-born female rapper. Discovered by Ice-T at the age of 13, she was featured on song titled "Funky Gripsta" off of his 1993 album Home Invasion and later signed to Tuff Break/A&M Records in the 1990s. Her debut single "Pop Goz the 9" was partially leaked in January 1994, its music video was directed by Ice-T. However Gripsta's debut single was never officially released. The Tuff Break label on A&M Records was dropped before her scheduled release date. She was later featured on Ice-T's seventh solo studio album The Seventh Deadly Sin, as well as numerous features on record label Def Jam's The Murder Squad album. She worked with many artists under that association. She was featured on song "Knock on Wood" alongside Grammy award winning L.V. of South Central Cartel South Central Cartel, B.G. Knocc Out, Dresta, Jayo Felony, Young Murder Squad and Sh’killa. Gripsta was also featured in a principal role in the movie Dangerous Minds in which she played one of the many troubled teens that actress Michelle Pfeiffer sought to reform. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gripsta) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)