909 Boyz

The 909 Boyz were a Southern California hip-hop group based out of the Inland Empire from the city of Banning. Prior to the group forming, the Banning-based hip-hop artist Emil "Freeze (30)"/"E (28)" Kincey had made a name for himself locally recording mixtapes around the late 1980's/early 1990's. His notoriety caught the attention of another aspiring artist Rozano "Seo-Loc" Falls. The two connected together in hopes of recording music. Two other locals artists, Ozine "O-Dog (4)" Matthews and Marcus " Y.G. Seriaz" Best, began collaborating with Freeze (who would be later known as "E") and Seo-Loc, where they started recording homemade mixtapes rapping over instrumentals and making a name for themselves performing at local house parties. The newly formed four-man crew eventually became known as the 909 Boyz, and released their first single in 1997 "11560160" with help from group member Freeze who established the record label Poker Productions. The group managed to sell copies of their cassette tape single and built momentum to release a full-length album in the year 2000 titled "1807534". They have performed at many local hip-hop shows across the west coast from Palm Springs, California to Portland, Oregon, opening for hip-hop acts such as DJ Quik, Suga Free, The 2 Live Crew, and others. The group released a second album, 4736538, before splitting apart. However group members Seo Loc and E collaborated to form the group Double Trouble (25) and released their own album in 2004. Seo Loc continued to record hip-hop records, this time as a solo artist, with his debut album Da Park in 2010 and a follow up Bangtown Project in 2017.