31 Facts About E-40

E-40 is a founding member of the rap group the Click, and the founder of Sick Wid It Records.

E-40 has released 26 studio albums to date, appeared on numerous movie soundtracks, and has done guest appearances on a host of other rap albums.

E-40 rose to higher mainstream popularity in 2006 with his single "Tell Me When to Go", which was produced by Lil Jon.

E-40 grew up with his siblings raised by a divorced mother who worked three jobs, and he became interested in hip hop after hearing "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang.

E-40 graduated from James J Hogan High School in Vallejo in 1985.

In 1992 they released a second album, Down and Dirty, and in 1993 E-40 made his solo album debut.

E-40's gospel singing uncle helped them put out the record.

Synonymous with Bay Area rap, E-40 garnered a regional following, and eventually a national one, with his flamboyant raps, while his entrepreneurial spirit, embodied by his homegrown record label, Sick Wid It Records, did much to cultivate a flourishing rap scene to the east of San Francisco Bay, in communities such as Oakland and his native Vallejo.

E-40 had been working nearly exclusively with rappers from the Bay Area until 1997, when he released the double disc compilation Southwest Riders featuring exclusively rap acts from the Bay Area and the south.

In 2003 E-40 began hosting E-Feezy Radio, a weekly program on San Francisco hip-hop radio station KMEL that showcased Bay Area hip hop.

Publicity for E-40 was achieved through the MTV special My Block: The Bay.

E-40 later released "U And Dat" in April 2006, featuring T-Pain and Kandi Girl and produced by Lil Jon.

E-40 was featured on DJ Shadow's new album The Outsider, on a track called Dat's My Part.

E-40 is listed in the credits as one of the writers.

E-40 was featured on the song "Kush Is My Cologne" on Gucci Mane's 2009 album The State vs Radric Davis.

On March 30,2010, E-40 released two albums called Revenue Retrievin': Day Shift and Revenue Retrievin': Night Shift.

On March 29,2011, E-40 released two albums called Revenue Retrievin': Overtime Shift and Revenue Retrievin': Graveyard Shift.

In 2012, E-40 released three solo albums: The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil series 1,2, and 3, and released a collaboration album with Too Short.

On Facebook E-40 announced that parts 4,5 and 6 would be released on December 10,2013.

On December 9,2014, E-40 released Sharp On All 4 Corners: Corner 1 and Sharp On All 4 Corners: Corner 2.

E-40 collaborated with G-Eazy on the song "Nothing to Me", released in December 2015 on G-Eazy's album When It's Dark Out.

On Lecrae's album, Church Clothes 3, E-40 is featured on the track "Can't Do You".

On November 18,2016, E-40 released The D-Boy Diary Parts 1 and 2.

E-40 released his twenty-fifth studio album The Gift of Gab on August 23, which was followed by his twenty-sixth studio album Practice Makes Paper on July 26,2019.

E-40 has promoted a forthcoming publication, E-40's Book of Slang, since 1998, but as of 2013 the volume has not yet been released.

E-40 is a spokesperson for Landy Cognac, and he opened the now-defunct Ambassador's Lounge, a nightclub in Downtown San Jose.

In December 2015, E-40 released a line of malt liquor called "E-40", available in 24 oz.

E-40 is an investor and has his own investment company.

E-40 is known for being one of the earliest investors in social media apps Clubhouse and Convoz.

E-40 is a longtime San Francisco Giants and Golden State Warriors fan, and gave away 15,000 figures of himself to visitors at a Giants game on June 25,2022, where he made the ceremonial first pitch of the game.

In 1989, E-40 formed independently-owned hip hop record label Sick Wid It.