Mr. Pookie

Mr. Pookie Born Bryan Jones On March 27 1978 Is An American Rapper From The North Side Of The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex Area. He Is Most Notable For Having The Biggest-Selling According To Soundscan Independent Rap Album From Dallas Thus Far 1999’s Tha Rippla. Mr. Pookie Records Both Individually And With His Rap Partner Mr. Lucci With Whom He Also Co-Owns Both Their Labels Crawl 2 Ball Records Which Is Now Stoney Crook Records And The Music Publishing Company/ Production House Stoney Crook Music. Jones Attended L.V. Berkner High School Where He Was Later Kicked Out At 11th Grade In Richardson Texas. Mr. Pookie Recorded In 1998 On Tha Rockla The Only Solo Release By K-Roc On Icon Recordings Later Iconic Out Of Dallas. Hailing From North Dallas The Two Paired Along With A Crew Dubbed Stoney Crook – Named For The Rough-And-Tumble Stoney Brook Apartment Complex Off North Audelia Road Where The Crew Lived And Rapped Together. Featured On Such Local Underground Hits As "Hittin’ Hard" And "Unfu*kwitable" Mr. Pookie Became A Standout In The Burgeoning Texas Rap Music Scene. In Late 1999 Mr. Pookie Released His Own Solo Album Tha Rippla The Dirty South Rap Classic CD Featuring Guest Appearances By K-Roc Remontis Later Renamed Mr. Montis C-Pone Chuck/Juwell Solo Plus A Then Unknown 15-Year-Old Rap Prodigy Named Mr. Lucci. The Album Fueled By Hits Such As “Crook 4 Life” And The Popular Underground Pro-Marijuana Hit “Smoke One” -- Went On To Sell Over 90 000 Copies Of Its Regular And Chopped-And-Screwed Versions Combined And Is Considered An Essential Album On Both Allmusic And Amazon.Com. The Next Year Jones Returned The Favor To His Young Protégé Mr. Lucci By Making Several Key Appearances On Lucci’s Solo Debut Diabolical. The Iconic Recordings Exclusively Featured The Production Of Its Owner Kevin A. Mr. Pookie & Mr. Lucci Were Originally Affiliated With Iconic Recordings But Left To Form Their Own Label Crawl 2 Ball A Short Time Later After A Bitter Protracted Dispute With The Label Owner Over Non-Payment Of Royalties. In 2003 The Duo Mr. Pookie & Mr. Lucci Independently Released Both The Regular Double-Disc And The Chopped & Screwed Single-Disc Versions Of My Life Which Peaked At #59 On Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Album Charts In April 2004 Selling The CDs Hand-To-Hand Out Of The Trunks Of Their Cars And Hand-Delivering Them Personally To Small Mom-And-Pop Record Stores In Texas Louisiana Arkansas And Beyond And Moving Over 40 000 Units By Themselves And Local Distribution. Mr. Pookie Along With Mr. Lucci Also Collaborated With Paul Wall In 2004 On “What Cha Gon’ Do” A Track On Wall’s Last Independent Solo Album Chick Magnet. Pookie Also Appeared On Several Popular Local And Regional Mixtape CDs Including An Underground Homemade Best Of Mr. Pookie CD/DVD Combination In 2005. His January 2006 Label Debut Return Of Tha Rippla On Crawl 2 Ball / Boss Entertainment Distributed By Fontana Distribution / Universal Music Group Has Already Produced A Lead Single “Don’t Test Us” Featuring Mr. Lucci & Mr. Montis Which Has Charted On 3 Billboard Charts Peaking At #6 On The R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales Chart And #19 On The Hot 100 Singles Sales Chart. As Of August 2009 None Of Their Albums Can Be Found In Store read less