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Government Name
Eric Breed (Born June 12, 1971 in Flint, MI - Died November 22, 2008 in Ypsilanti, MI (kidney failure))

See Also: DFC

Albums
MC Breed - Presents The Thugz Vol. 1

Singles
MC Breed - Gotta Get Mine (Single)

Also Featured On...
Ant Banks - Big Thangs
Cellblock Compilation II: Face Off
George Clinton - Hey Man...Smell My Finger
George Clinton - Paint The White House Black (Single)
George Clinton And The P-Funk All-Stars - T.A.P.O.A.F.O.M.
The D.O.C. - Helter Skelter
The D.O.C. - Deuce
The Dangerous Crew - Don't Try This At Home
The Dayton Family - Family Feud
DFC - Things In Tha Hood
Gang Tapes
The Hit List
Mob Tales
Proof - Electric Kool Aid Acid Testing EP
Proof - Big Proof Mixtape
Proof - Searching For Jerry Garcia
Rappin' 4-Tay - Off Parole
Slum Village - Detroit Deli: A Taste Of Detroit
Snoop Dogg Presents The West Coast Blueprint
Spice 1 - The Black Bossalini (A.K.A. Dr. Bomb From The Bay)
Suga T - Gettin' It
Too $hort - Cocktails
Too $hort - Gettin' It (Album Number Ten)
Too $hort - Chase The Cat
Obie Trice - Bottoms Up
2Pac & The Notorious B.I.G. - Runnin' (Single)
2Pac - The Way He Wanted It
2Pac - The Way He Wanted It Book 2

Bio From AllMusic.Com
One of the first rappers to come out the Midwest in the early '90s, MC Breed experienced modest success while based in Flint, MI, before leaving the Midwest to work with the D.O.C. in L.A. and Too $hort in Atlanta. Breed's debut album, MC Breed & DFC, was released on the tiny independent label SDEG (4103) and pictures Breed and da Flint Crew (DFC) in their b-boy stances, donning gaudy Detroit Tigers apparel. The album merged the East and West Coast sounds of the time, being both lyrical and funky; it also spawned a successful single, "Ain't No Future in Yo' Frontin'," which was later sampled for Ice Cube's "Wicked," and helped keep the album on Billboard's R&B chart for a whopping 52 weeks. Following this initial success, unprecedented at the time for a Midwestern rap act, Breed adopted more of a West Coast gangsta sound like many success-hungry rappers of the time. He began working with D.O.C., who helped write and produce some of the songs on Breed's third album, The New Breed.

By this point, the Flint native had left the Midwest and DFC behind and was networking on all coasts. His efforts proved successful when his fourth album, Funkafied, peaked at number nine on the Billboard R&B chart in summer 1994. However, Breed would never match the success of that album, and subsequent releases throughout the '90s — many of them featuring Too $hort, who Breed became close with when the two re-located to Atlanta — didn't chart nearly as well, partly because Breed never signed a major-label contract. Nonetheless, he remained prolific as an underground rapper, releasing generally an album a year and aligning himself with the Dirty South movement. — Jason Birchmeier

Official Site: MySpace