Claim: Kurupt is a rapper.

Ricardo Emmanuel Brown -LRB- born November 23 , 1972 -RRB- , better known by his stage name Kurupt , is an American rapper , actor and former Executive Vice President of Death Row Records . He is a member of the rap group Tha Dogg Pound , and is mostly known for his work with Death Row Records . He is also a member of the hip-hop supergroup The HRSMN .