Seed of 6ix
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| Origin | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2014–present |
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| Website | Official website  |
Seed of 6ix is an American hip-hop group from Memphis, Tennessee, composed of Locodunit and Lil Infamous, who are the nephews of the co-founder of hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia, DJ Paul.[1] Lil Infamous is also the son of former co-founder Lord Infamous.[2]
Locodunit and Lil Infamous started the group in late 2014 and released their debut album Faces of Gospel on February 6, 2015. The album is available on various digital platforms.[3] Their style is widely considered as horrorcore, crunk and gangsta rap. The group began in 2014 in Memphis, Tennessee with Lil Infamous (Ricky Dunigan, Jr.) and Locodunit (Thomas Dunigan)[1] for the sake of rapper DJ Paul[clarification needed]. Seed of 6ix released several Mixtapes & EPs starting with Planet 6ix Chpt 3.6 on May 1, 2015. As well as solo projects on Young N Dumb, their independent label. Signed to Scale-A-Ton Entertainment DJ Paul's label in 2018. DJ Paul[4] is responsible for bringing a fault into the reckoning against the group's musical career [further explanation needed] [clarification needed] and has since produced numerous singles and the last work for the group was released the first album Faces of Gospel (2015).[5] The name comes from hip hop group Three 6 Mafia (The Seed of 6ix).
The duo is a collaboration between Lil Infamous and Locodunit, who are well-established individual recording artists in the underground hip hop scene in Memphis, Tennessee.[1] Their first collaboration was on the debut album "Planet 6ix Chpt 3.6" (2016), with them appearing regularly on each other's albums thereafter. [2]
In 2016, the duo released "Seed Of 6ix Chapter 2", which turned out to be the biggest commercial success for both artists.[2] The album was released on Young N Dumb.[6] The album reached number 62 on the Billboard 200, number 10 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number 7 on the Top Rap Albums chart. Earlier, the artists had 2 appearances in the Top R&B / Hip-Hop chart among them, this was the first in the top 10.[2]
The first release of Scale-A-Ton Entertainment was a double singles titled "Break The Law" (2016), "Lyrical Drive By" (2017), "Get Buck" (2018).[1] It was released in 2018 by the independent label.[1]
Locodunit's younger brother, Ant Dunit (Timothy Dunigan), is also a rapper and sometimes appears on Seed of 6ix albums.
