Tunnel Rats is a West Coast underground hip hop collective founded in 1993 in Whittier, California.
 Named after the tunnel rats in the Vietnam war, the mixed-gender, multi-racial collective consists of some seventeen individual members and incorporates four affiliated groups, LPG, Future Shock, Foundation, and New Breed, which have recorded both within Tunnel Rats and independently.
 Several members also formed two additional side-projects, Footsoldiers and The Resistance, which recorded one album in 2006 and collaborated with KRS-One.
 Pioneers in the Christian hip hop genre, Tunnel Rats often met with resistance from church leaders who disliked the collective's aggressive style and felt that Tunnel Rats praised their rapping skills more than glorifying God.
 In the early 2000s, the East Coast group The Cross Movement likewise criticized Tunnel Rats, claiming it did not place enough emphasis on the Gospel.
 Due to a high number of Mexicans in the collective, Tunnel Rats also encountered racism when performing in the South.
 Despite these hardships, Tunnel Rats managed to garner critical acclaim and significantly impacted the Christian hip hop movement.
 The collective has released four albums, plus numerous additional recordings from its affiliated groups and individual members.
 Though currently on hiatus, Tunnel Rats has not disbanded, according to a statement by member Peace 586.
Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, normally shortened to Odd Future and abbreviated to OFWGKTA (stylized OFWGK†Δ with an upside down cross), is an American hip hop collective formed in Los Angeles in 2006-07.
 The collective was originally formed by Tyler, The Creator with Hodgy, Left Brain, Casey Veggies, The Super 3, and Jasper Dolphin.
 Later members include Earl Sweatshirt, Frank Ocean, Domo Genesis, Mike G, and Syd.
 Outside of music, Odd Future had an Adult Swim skit show called "Loiter Squad", a clothing line named Golf Wang, as well as a mobile app called Golf Media which contains exclusive interviews, behind the scenes clips, and cartoons.
 Every year since 2012, Odd Future has held the annual Camp Flog Gnaw in Los Angeles where members of Odd Future, as well as other supporting acts, perform live and host a carnival.
Herbert Brown, better known by his stage name McGruff (also known as Herb McGruff) is an American Hip hop recording artist from Harlem, New York City, New York.
 Brown started rapping in his early teens.
 He embarked on his music career in the hip hop group Bronx Most Wanted, alongside rappers Jay Q and Tee U.B. Brown later became a member of the hip hop collective Children of the Corn.
 As a member of Children of the Corn, Brown worked alongside Big L, Cam'ron, Bloodshed and Mase, all of whom would go on to have successful careers in the music industry.
 After the group disbanded without releasing any material, Brown made his first appearance on Big L's debut album, "Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous" (1995), on the tracks "8 Iz Enuff" and "Dangerzone".
 Eventually, Brown signed a deal with popular hip hop label, Uptown Records and began recording his debut album, "Destined to Be".
 In early 1998, the album's lead single "Before We Start" became a minor hit, charting on several "Billboard" charts.
 In the Summer of 1998, "Destined to Be" was released but failed to sell many copies, only peaking at 169 on the "Billboard" 200, and Brown was released from his contract.
 Brown would make appearances with Heavy D on his album, "Waterbed Hev" and the "Woo" soundtrack.
 In 2009, Brown appeared on Mase's mixtape "I Do the Impossible".
 In 2010, he was featured heavily on The Diplomats mixtape, "The D.I.P. Agenda."
 In 2014, DJ Kay Slay, enlisted Brown, along with Raekwon, Fat Joe, Ghostface Killah, Sheek Louch, N.O.R.E., Lil' Fame, Prodigy and Rell, for a song titled "90s Flow".
Faces is the eleventh mixtape by American hip hop recording artist Mac Miller.
 It was released online via free digital download on May 11, 2014, by REMember Music.
 The mixtape features guest appearances from Rick Ross, Earl Sweatshirt, ScHoolboy Q, Mike Jones, Sir Michael Rocks, Vince Staples, Ab-Soul, Da$H, and King Ralph of Malibu.
Vincent Jamal Staples (born July 2, 1993) is an American rapper from the Ramona Park area of North Long Beach, California.
 He is a member of the hip hop trio Cutthroat Boyz alongside fellow Californian rappers Aston Matthews and Joey Fatts.
 Staples was once a close associate of Odd Future, in particular Mike G and Earl Sweatshirt.
 He is currently signed to Blacksmith Records, ARTium Recordings and Def Jam Recordings.
Hip hop or hip-hop is a subculture and art movement developed in South Bronx in New York City during the late 1970s.
 While people unfamiliar with hip hop culture often use the expression "hip hop" to refer exclusively to hip hop music (also called "rap"), Hip hop is characterized by nine distinct elements or expressive realms, of which hip hop music is only four elements (rapping, djaying, beatboxing and breaking).
 Afrika Bambaataa of the hip hop collective Zulu Nation outlined the pillars of hip hop culture, coining the terms: "rapping" (also called MCing or emceeing), a rhythmic vocal rhyming style (orality); DJing (and turntablism), which is making music with record players and DJ mixers (aural/sound and music creation); b-boying/b-girling/breakdancing (movement/dance); and graffiti art, which he called "aerosol writin'", although many say that the graffiti that hip hop adopted had been around years earlier, and had nothing to do with hip hop culture.
 (visual art).
 Other elements of hip hop subculture and arts movements beyond the main four are: hip hop culture and historical knowledge of the movement (intellectual/philosophical); beatboxing, a percussive vocal style; street entrepreneurship; hip hop language; and hip hop fashion and style, among others.
The discography of Common, an American hip hop recording artist, consists of eleven studio albums, two compilation albums, forty-nine singles (including fifteen as a featured artist) and twenty-nine music videos.
 It also contains the list of Common songs.
 Common sold more than 2.8 million albums in the United States.
 Common released his first album, "Can I Borrow a Dollar?
" (1992), and follow suit with his second album, "Resurrection", which met with critical acclaim, calling the album as one of the classic of the 90s.
 Common released his third album, "One Day It'll All Make Sense", which was a little commercial success, follow suit with his fourth album, "Like Water for Chocolate", which was met with critical acclaim from music critics, calling it the best rap album of the year.
 The album was also a commercial success certifying it gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
 His fifth studio album "Electric Circus" was met with acclaim from music critics.
 However, it failed to meet the commercial succes with "Like Water for Chocolate", which only peaked at number 47 on the US "Billboard" 200.
 In 2005, he was helped by Kanye West to release his 6th album "Be".
 Kanye produced the whole album and was featured on it a few times.
 The album helped Common to get back into the spotlight and sold 185,000 copies in its first week debuting at number 2 on the charts and also it was Common's first album to have commercial succes outside the US, peaking in several territories.
 The album was met with unniversal acclaim and it was described to be Common's best album.
 The album was certified gold by the RIAA.
 His next album "Finding Forever" peaked at number one on the "Billboard" 200 being his first chart-topper.
 His next album "Universal Mind Control"l sold 81,663 in its first week debuting only at number 12.
 The album was promoted by the successful single "Universal Mind Control" which peaked at number 62 on the "Billboard" Hot 100.
 The album was met with mixed reviews.
 His next album "The Dreamer/The Believer" was met with positive reviews from music critics and debuted at number 18 on the charts, selling 70,000 copies in its first week and was promoted by five singles.
 In 2014 Common released his 10th album "Nobody's Smiling" which peaked at number 6 on the charts and had features from Big Sean and Vince Staples and others.
 In 2015 he collaborated with John Legend on the single "Glory" which peaked at number 49 on the "Billboard" Hot 100.
 The single was from the film "Selma".
Isaiah Rashad McClain (born May 16, 1991), is an American hip hop recording artist and record producer from Chattanooga, Tennessee.
 Rashad began taking rapping seriously in tenth grade, where he and his friends would record on laptops.
 He spent the next few years recording at local recording studios.
 His first big break would be touring with rappers Juicy J, Joey Badass and Smoke DZA among others, on the 2012 Smoker's Club Tour.
 He is also a founding member of the Chattanooga hip hop collective The House along with fellow Chattanooga rapper TUT and a member of the Chicago hip hop collective The Village along with artist Kembe X, Alex Wiley and more.
Directors of Photography is the fifth studio album by American hip hop group Dilated Peoples.
 The album was released on August 12, 2014, by Rhymesayers Entertainment.
 The album features guest appearances from Vince Staples, Aloe Blacc, Catero, Gangrene, Sick Jacken, Krondon, Fashawn, Rapsody, Domo Genesis, Vinnie Paz and Action Bronson.
Cutthroat Boyz is an American hip hop group from California, that consists of rappers Vince Staples and Aston Matthews, and rapper-producer Joey Fatts.

Question: Vince Staples was once a close associate of an American hip hop collective that was formed in 2006-07 in what city?
Answer: Los Angeles