X-Raided

X-Raided (Anerae VeShaughn Brown) was born in Sacramento, California. At 16 years old, he was discovered by Cedric Singleton, CEO of Black Market Records, a union that resulted in the creation of X-Raided's debut album, Psycho Active [1992]. Having one foot in the music industry and the other in the streets resulted in a 17 year old X-Raided being arrested and charged with gang-related homicide. During a lengthy, controversial trial, X-Raided made Hip-hop history as the first rapper to have his lyrics used against him in a court of law. He was convicted in 1996 and sentenced to 31 years to Life in prison, yet continued to release popular records from behind bars, including Xorcist [1995] and The Unforgiven Vol. 1, [1999], which hit 14 on Billboard's Heatseekers Chart.