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==Rap career==
Xzibit got his start as a member of the Likwit Crew, a loose collective of [[West Coast hip hop|West Coast rappers]] including [[Tha Alkaholiks]] and [[King T]]. After touring with them in [[1995]], [[Loud Records]] released the young rapper's [[debut album]], ''[[At the Speed of Life]]'' in 1996. The album quickly became an underground hit. When Xzibit released his follow-up, ''40 Dayz & 40 Nightz'' (1998), he was again heralded as one of the West Coast's most promising talents despite no
He expanded his following with a series of increasingly superstar-laced albums beginning in the late 1990s, ultimately aligning himself with hip hop kingpin [[Dr. Dre]]. Xzibit's big breakthrough came when he joined [[Snoop Dogg]] for the Dr. Dre-produced hit, "Bitch Please." What followed were some high profile guest appearances on Dr. Dre's [[RIAA certification|6x platinum]] ''Chronic 2001'', on songs like "What's the Difference?" and the posse song "Some L.A. Niggaz". By this time, Dre had invited the young rapper to crisscross America during summer [[2000]] with the massive "Up in Smoke" tour, which featured Snoop, [[Eminem]], and [[Ice Cube]], among many others. That winter, Loud released Xzibit's biggest-budget album yet, ''[[Restless (Xzibit album)|Restless]]'' with Dr. Dre as [[executive producer]], which boasted the single "X". The song became the rapper's biggest hit yet, and though it did not top the charts or break him into heavy rotation on MTV, the album did well on urban radio and became his best selling album to date, going platinum.
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