Born March 6, 1972 Origin Newark, New Jersey Genre(s) Hip hop Occupation(s) Rapper Years active 1993 — present Label(s) Jive , Interscope , A&M , Trauma Associated acts Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz , DJ Kayslay , Fu-Schnickens , Def Jef , DJ Quik , Erick Sermon From 1993 onward, O'Neal