Lady of Rage
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{{Infobox_band | band_name = Lady of Rage | image = Image:Ladyofragealbum.jpg | caption = Lady of Rage on the cover of his debut album. | years_active = 1991- present | origin = Farmville, Virginia | music_genre = West Coast hip hop | record_label = Boss Lady Entertainment | website = }}
The Lady of Rage (born Robin Allen) is a rapper best known for collaborations with several Death Row Records artists, including Snoop Doggy Dogg on the seminal album Doggystyle. Dr. Dre discovered Lady of Rage in Farmville, Virginia, and she soon appeared on They Come in All Colors (The L.A. Posse, 1991, 1991 in music) and then had a hit single with "Afro Puffs" (from the soundtrack to Above the Rim). Her debut solo album, Necessary Roughness, was released in June of 1997 (see 1997 in music). She has been a hairdresser to members of Tha Dogg Pound.
After the release of her album and a guest-appereance with Gang Starr alongside Kurupt ("You Know My Steez (Three Men and a Lady Remix)") in 1998, Rage left Death Row Records and the music industry generally to focus on acting, appearing in an episode of The Kenan & Kel Show. The Lady of Rage also went on to be featured in several television sitcoms. Most notable as Coretta Cox on the WB's "Steve Harvey Show" from 1996 to 2002. She also had a small part in Next Friday as Baby D, little big sister of Day Day's ex girlfriend.
In 2000, she made another rapping appearance on Snoop Dogg's "Set It Off" on his album Tha Last Meal. In the coming years, Rage would once again go off the radar, only appearing in 2002 with a solo track "Unfucwitable" on Snoop Dogg Presents...Doggy Style Allstars Vol. 1 and the comical "Batman & Robin", which appeared on Snoop Dogg's Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$-album.
Rage truly returned in 2005 when she started her own label, Boss Lady Entertainment, and creating a mixtape called From VA to L.A. while also being part of a Dogg-Pound-renaissance, as evidenced by her appearance on Welcome to tha Chuuch - Da Album.
Discography
- Necessary Roughness, 1997
- From VA 2 LA,2005