Anthony Forté, known professionally as Rappin' 4-Tay, is an American rapper born March 2, 1968 in San Francisco, California. After graduating high school, Forté made his first official appearance on the song “Don't Fight the Feelin'” from Too $hort's album Life Is... Too $hort. Following a 10-month prison sentence for selling marijuana, Forté co-founded Rag Top Records and released his debut album Rappin' 4-Tay Is Back in 1991. Forté released his second album Don't Fight the Feelin' in 1994, which produced the singles “Playaz Club”, peaking at number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100, and “I'll Be Around” featuring The Spinners, peaking at number 39. In 1995, Forté contributed the songs “Problems” and “A Message for Your Mind” to the Dangerous Minds soundtrack, with the latter sampling “I Want You Back” by The Jackson 5. Forté featured on Tupac Shakur's 1996 album All Eyez on Me on the song “Only God Can Judge Me”, and released subsequent studio albums including Off Parole (1996), 4 tha Hard Way (1997), Gangsta Gumbo (2003), and That's What You Thought (2007).
