Outlawz

The original Outlaw Immortalz started off as the "Thoroheadz" or the "Young Thugs" on the song "Flex" on the single "Holla if Ya Hear Me" and changed their name to "Dramacydal" on the same song "Flex" and both released on the single "I Get Around" off the album Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. The original members were Malcolm Greenridge-Big Malc, Katari Cox-K-Dog, and Yafeu Fulu-Young Hollywood. Mutah Beale-Lil Mu joined the group in 1994 first appeared on the song "Outlaw". "Dramacydal" first appeared on the title song "Me Against the World" and the song "Outlaw" on the album "Me Against the World". They switched their name to the "Outlaw Immortalz" on the album "All Eyez On Me". The original members were Mopreme Shakur aka Komani and Big Syke aka Mussolini from Thug Life, Hussein Fatal, Napoleon, E.D.I. Mean, Kastro, Yaki Kadafi, and Storm, all recruited by Tupac Shakur after he was released from prison and signed to Death Row Records. They performed on two of 2Pac's albums in 1996, All Eyez on Me and The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory; three members, Hussein Fatal, Yaki Kadafi, and E.D.I. Mean, appeared on the 1996 2Pac song "Hit 'Em Up".

"Immortalz" was dropped from the name after 2Pac and Yaki Kadafi were both shot dead in 1996, and the group continued as "Outlawz".

Shortly after joining the group, Mopreme and Big Syke severed all ties with Death Row and left the Outlawz for financial and personal reasons. Two months after the death of Shakur, Kadafi was killed in a housing project in New Jersey; after two years, Napoleon convinced his cousin to turn himself in for shooting Kadafi.

Though Tupac had told them specifically to never sign to Death Row Records and were originally going to sign to Makaveli Records, but after his death, the leftover members of the Outlawz decided to do just that. As a result, Fatal left the group, claiming they were not being loyal to 2Pac. Napoleon left the group due to his conversion to Islam and is now traveling all around the globe to spread the teachings of Islam. While managing and working on her solo project, Tupac was looking for solo deals for Storm. And Young Noble as well. She left the group around late 1998.

The Outlawz are also known for their longtime relationship with Brooklyn's Boot Camp Clik, a relationship that begun as a result of 2Pac's friendship with Boot Camp's Smif-n-Wessun and Boot Camp Clik, while working on the yet unreleased "One Nation" album. Despite stylistic differences and divergent fanbases, the two crews maintained connections on the basis of personal relationships. Members of the Outlawz were featured on Boot Camp releases like Heltah Skeltah's "Magnum Force" and Rock's "Veterans' Day."

In 1999, the Outlawz released their first album as a group with original unreleased recordings of 2Pac, entitled Still I Rise. The album was released on Death Row Records. Member Hussein Fatal did not appear on any of the album as he was edited out of the original recordings due to issues with the record labels. Storm was also edited out of some of the original recordings for unknown reasons. Original member Big Syke also appeared on the album. It wasn't until late 2000, though, that they finally got the go-ahead to release their debut album, Ride Wit Us Or Collide Wit Us. Unfortunately, the album didn't prove to be much of a success, and neither did the group's follow-up album a year later, Novakane, also released on the group's Outlaw Recordz label (distributed by Koch). In 2008 they signed a short deal with Young Buck's Ca$hville Records. In 2009, Kastro had confirmed he had left the Outlawz to pursue a solo career. He reunited with the group on Outlaw The Lost Songs Volume 1 & 2 in March 2010. Later the members went to release solo albums and collaborations with other artists.

In 2009, the Outlawz reunited with former member Hussein Fatal, who had left the group following the deaths of Makaveli and Kadafi.

The Outlawz sixth studio album Perfect Timing was released on September 13, 2011 on 1Nation Entertainment. The album features guest appearances from many big name rappers including Bun B, Tech N9ne, Scarface, Krayzie Bone, Young Buck, Lloyd, among others and production from Focus..., Cozmo, Maxwell Smart, The Network and CyFyre.

In 2011, some of the remaining members of The Outlawz made peace with longtime rival enemy Lil Cease of Junior Mafia. They both recorded a track called "Bury the Hatchet", on a DJ Kay Slay album. They also confirmed the longstanding rumor that they smoked Tupac's ashes.[5]

In 2014, Outlawz released a single named Karma featuring Snoop Dogg on June 5, 2014.

In 2015, Hussein Fatal died in a car crash.[6]

In 2016, Mussolini died at his home in California.[7]

• Outlawz discography at Discogs