The oldest of three children, Brooks grew up in Long Beach. He was given a keyboard by his father after being inspired by the piano players he saw in church.
Early career During his teenage years, Brooks met rappers
Snoop Dogg and
Dr. Dre. Proving himself with his keyboard skills, Soopafly was assigned his first piece of work for
Death Row Records on the soundtrack
Murder Was The Case. To date, he has released three solo albums.
Westurn Union In July 2006, the rap group called
Westurn Union was formed. It features Soopafly, Damani and Bad Lucc. They made their first appearance on
Snoop Dogg's album
Tha Blue Carpet Treatment and released a street single titled "I Don't Think So", produced by
Rick Rock. In April 2008, a mixtape was released titled
House Shoe Musik, Vol. 1 and was hosted by
DJ Crazy Toones. After inking a deal with
Koch Records and
Doggystyle Records, the official debut album
Snoop Dogg Presents: Dubb Union was released on September 2, 2008. Prior to the release, the group and the labels were approached by the company
Western Union, threatening legal action if the name was not changed. Though there is a difference between Westurn and Western, the labels did not want to spend money dealing with a lawsuit, the name of the group was changed to
Dubb Union. ==Discography==