Hip-Hop/Rap
United States
J-Hood
![Listen to Mighty D-Block (2 Guns Up) [feat. Jadakiss, Styles P & J-Hood] by Sheek Louch, see lyrics, music video & more!](/mkimage/image/thumb/Music118/v4/64/cd/46/64cd4667-9d4c-37d8-1493-4008a4dd8b2b/00602557694833.rgb.jpg/375x375bb.webp "Listen to Mighty D-Block (2 Guns Up) [feat. Jadakiss, Styles P & J-Hood] by Sheek Louch, see lyrics, music video & more!")
![Listen to Freestyle (feat. Sheek Louch, Styles P & J-Hood) [Kiss Response] by Jadakiss & Beanie Sigel, see lyrics, music video & more!](/mkimage/image/thumb/Music211/v4/e7/33/03/e7330346-9339-911b-f5e8-67ac1e6d88c5/cover_4062851162449.jpg/375x375bb.webp "Listen to Freestyle (feat. Sheek Louch, Styles P & J-Hood) [Kiss Response] by Jadakiss & Beanie Sigel, see lyrics, music video & more!")
About J-Hood
Hometown
Yonkers, NY, United States
Born
January 30, 1984
Genre
Hip-Hop/Rap
Rapper J-Hood followed the LOX and DMX out of Yonkers with a hard-headed style that has sustained him since the early 2000s with numerous underground mixtapes and dozens of featured assists, most notably Sheek Louch's "Mighty D-Block" (2003), a number 65 R&B/hip-hop hit. Originally from Newport, North Carolina, the rapper born Joshua Hood moved to Yonkers, New York during early childhood and as an adolescent fell hard for hip-hop, inspired most by 2Pac, Nas, and Jay-Z. Through DMX, Hood connected with Sheek Louch, instigating a period of several years in which he recorded extensively with the LOX members as part of D-Block. After Hood jumped on the charting single "Mighty D-Block (2 Guns Up)" and reached a nationwide audience, he released a mixtape, Hood Stripes (2004), on the D-Block label. Hood regularly appeared on affiliate mixtapes across the next few years but left D-Block acrimoniously, frustrated with shortcomings of the label's distribution deal with Universal. The rapper established himself outside D-Block with The Hood Is Back (2007) and Judgement Day (2008), which led to a few independent titles the following decade, including Fair Warning (2011) and Fair Warning 2 (2013), 4th Lok (2017), and the Yukmouth collaboration Savages (2018). ~ Andy Kellman
J-Hood has also released music as a member of D-Block.
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