Anthony H. Forté (born March 2, 1968), better known by his stage name Rappi… Read Full Bio ↴Anthony H. Forté (born March 2, 1968), better known by his stage name Rappin' 4-Tay, is an American rapper from San Francisco, California.

Anthony Forte was born March 2, 1968 and grew up in San Francisco's Fillmore District. He has a twin sister. He has a son as well as three daughters.

Right after high school, 4-Tay made his debut on the Too Short album Life Is...Too Short. He was later convicted on drug charges and served ten months in prison. Upon his release from prison he released his debut album Rappin' 4-Tay Is Back in 1991, and followed up in 1994 with Don't Fight the Feelin', which included the hits "Playaz Club" (which sampled the song "Private Number" by William Bell and Judy Clay and hit number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100), the "Dank Season" featuring Seff Tha Gaffla, and "I'll Be Around" (which hit number 39 on the US Hot 100, number 59 in Australia, and number one in New Zealand).

In 1995, two Rappin' 4-Tay songs—"Problems" and "A Message for Your Mind"—were featured on the Dangerous Minds soundtrack. "A Message For Your Mind" sampled "I Want You Back" by The Jackson 5.

Rappin' 4-Tay's mainstream success has been scarce since then, but he was featured on 2Pac's All Eyez on Me album on the track "Only God Can Judge Me" in 1996 and Master P's West Coast Bad Boyz II compilation in 1997. 4-Tay was also an original member of Bay Area supergroup T.W.D.Y. in 1999.

In 2003 Rappin' 4-Tay released the album Gangsta Gumbo with the single "Burning, Burning", followed up by the album That's What You Thought in 2007. In 2010 He was featured on R&B Artist E. Broussard's song titled Big Game Droppin'.

He was featured on the song "My Alphabets" on fellow Bay Area rap veteran Mac Dre's 2004 album The Genie of the Lamp. Dec 06 2011 Rappin' 4-Tay, E-40 and Playalitical collaborated on a song entitled "Bounce It Like a Bad Check" which was featured on the Political Playboy Music album released by Playalitical. In 2012 Rappin' 4-Tay collaborated on the song "Picture a Nigga" with Lil' Gang$ta, as well as helping with his debut album.

In 2013, he headlined the main stage of Seattle Hempfest with artists Ditch, Tony Tag, Brian Meyers and more.

In May 2014, he appeared with E Bone415 in a music video about Alcatraz Island.

Tear The Roof Off
Rappin' 4-Tay Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'Tear The Roof Off' by these artists:

Busta Rhymes Yea, hmmm Alright now Yea After the ultimate world blast tha…
Busta Rhymes ft Roots Yea, hmmm Alright now Yea After the ultimate world blast tha…
D.I.N.G.O [Intro: Thin C] Let it burn (burn, haters, burn) Uh, uh, let…
D.I.N.G.O. [Intro: Thin C] Let it burn (burn, haters, burn) Uh, uh, let…
George Clinton & Parliament Tear the roof off, we're gonna tear the roof off…
George Clinton And Parliament Funkadelic Tear the roof off, we're gonna tear the roof off…
George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelics Tear the roof off, we're gonna tear the roof off…
George Clinton and The Parliament Funkadelic Tear the roof off, we're gonna tear the roof off…
L.A.P.D. I'm a ride with the roof off with like 500…

L.A.P.D./KoRn I'm a ride with the roof off with like 500…
M.E.D. & J.Rocc I'm a ride with the roof off with like 500…
Method Man [Redman] Yo man glorious This is protected (?) [Method Man] …
Parliament & George Clinton Tear the roof off, we're gonna tear the roof off…
PARLIAMENT FUNKADELICS Tear the roof off, we're gonna tear the roof off…
Parliment/Funkadelic Tear the roof off, we're gonna tear the roof off…
Triumph Everybody, welcome to the show I gotta message that you oug…

We have lyrics for these tracks by Rappin' 4-Tay:

25-2-Life Welcome to San Quentin Prison Westblock And you don't run a…
360 Degrees [Featuring E 40 Rappin 4 Tay Spice 1] Weeble lations!!…
A Message For Your Mind Ain't nobody gettin no younger, man, we're just gettin older…
Ain't Nobody Trippin' Heavenly Father make me patient, make me kind Let me be…
All Night Long I'ma stay on my hustle 'till I'm at the top I'ma…
Back Again Get a dose of my brand new twist For your tape…
Boogie Bang Bang We started on time Drop that, yo line yah Drop…
can u buckem You got me feening Every-time I cough and breathe in Can you…
Dank Season It's the dank season for nineteen ninety four Seff the Gaffl…
Dreams (Wouldn't it be great if that little red hair girl…
For You You and your beautiful mind Would you let me go for…
I Don't Know You don't know me, but I do Niggas hoe me, but…
I got to go Tell me something that I won't do Lie li li lie I Lie…
I Paid My Dues Testing one, two, three, four Rappin 4-tay, Rag Top records,…
I'll Be Around Ragtop records, may I help you Can I speak to Fo One…
Lay Ya Gunz Down (Verse 1): I be poppin' this game with the most infamous Rid…
My Number One Testing one, two, three, four Rappin 4-tay, Rag Top records,…
Never Talk Down You see you never talk down on a player I spray…
New Trump New trump I'ma kick a hole lot of doze wide open…
Off Parole I wonder why there's so much hatred in this world…
Only God Can Judge Me Only God can judge me (that right?) Only God, baby (can…
Phat Like That Shawty please don’t be like that (Ayy) Why you tweaking now …
Playa 4 Life (feat. Master P) [intro: Master P (4-Tay)] Whatsup Frank…
Playaz Club Me and my homies, we tighter than a glove We chop…
Playaz Dedication (feat. 2Pac) [Intro: Sway Of Kmel interviewing 2Pac] […
Problems No, I can’t run, I can’t hide from all of…
Put It On Me And that's hard baby Leave you with some scars baby Soft bab…
Rumors Saturday, steppin' into the club Somebody wanna tell DJ to t…
Sweet Love When you make the Kool-Aid You put your own amount of…
The Gift Real Talk No Putting up a facade So before My Shit…
The Intro They say the money make it better then So why these…
Think It Over Let me tell you something about myself I'mma tell you someth…
Thugged Out Yo! Let's do this! Uh! Uh-oh, uh-oh! Ha! Uh-oh, uh-oh! Ha! U…
Two's Up Bihh I'm tapped in mr get u touched Forever throwing 4s…
What's Wrong Wit The Game [Intro: Rappin' 4-Tay] + (E-40) Uh, (you tell me) [Chorus: …
Where You Playin' At I made some sacrifices, now I'm livin righteous Where were…

Win Or Loose [Intro: Talking] The Bay Area, the yay-yay That's right, f…

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