So brehs who was the first RnB thug?

[daemonova]

Donny Hathaway

 

[Yinny]

K-Ci

 

[Yinny]

Smokey was speaking from personal experience here

This is one of my fav songs of all time.


SMOKING THAT SMOKE GIVING UP HOPE

 

[Hitman's Shades]

Before there was Stagga Lee the white rapper, there was Lloyd Price making a gangster R&B/Pop song called "Stagger Lee" in the 1950's that went to no.1. Lloyd Price went on to work in Boxing fights with Don King. He kind of looks like 50 Cent too as a young man.