The Oakland rapper, turned fashion designer and now group pillar is a Bay Area legend. has created the form of hits that may make a complete nightclub get hyphy, or have individuals shouting the lyrics out the home windows of their automobiles. The album is available for streaming on Apple Music and Spotify.OAKLAND, Calif. Du Bois, Duke Ellington and George Washington Carver. The song titles feature names like W.E.B. The title is a nod to designers of culture. 'No profanity because I don't want to give someone a reason to not listen to it.' He is 40 now and a dad, so the sound is a little different. Just when you think he can't have any more projects, Mistah F.A.B. continues to create jobs and pour back into the community that made him. That's why I'm telling you how I want it.'' 'I used to be like, 'Mom I'm going to buy you a club watch,' and she would say, 'I know baby' and that was her thing. 'She said, 'When I get my club, I'm going to do it like this and it's going to look like this,'' he explained. It's named after his late mother who once managed a club herself. did purchase the building across the street from Dope Era. RELATED: San Francisco honors Earl Gage Jr., 1st Black firefighter hired in 1955 The 'Dope' in Dope Era stands for Developing Opportunity for People to Evolve. RELATED: 'Women of the Movement' creator on how Mamie Till-Mobley woke up the world When people are going through things, they come here and talk.' 'It's not just a clothing store,' Mistah F.A.B. Dope Era has a bright storefront along Broadway in the heart of Oakland's downtown. The brand has exploded and is frequently sported by stars like Snoop Dogg, Stephen Curry and T.I. 'The next thing you know it was 100 shirts, the next order went to 200 shirts, and now I'm riding around and can't even see out the rental because I have all these shirts and sweaters in the back seats. 'We pressed up like 25 shirts and just went to the neighborhood and they bought them up,' Mistah F.A.B. He used that same business model when starting the Dope Era clothing line with his brother and friends. began writing raps and found success selling CD's out of his car. She purchased notepads, dictionaries, and books for her son. He told ABC7 News that she encouraged him to write as a child. Mistah F.A.B.'s mother died about 12 years ago. RELATED: Roots Community Health Center promotes wellness in East Oakland's Black community In the infancy stages of my writing, I began writing about my life and writing about my father, and what it was like growing up as a young Black man with a mother who was recovering from drugs herself.' 'He was a heroin addict using needles and things like that and just trying his best to survive,' Mistah F.A.B. was raised by a single mother in North Oakland after losing his father to AIDS.

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