Lil' ½ Dead

Lil' ½ Dead
Birth name	Donald Smith
Also known as	Lil Half Dead
Born	September 13, 1972
Origin	Long Beach, California, United States
Genres	Hip hop
Occupation(s)	Rapper
Years active	1993–present (in Nine Inch Dix group)
Labels	Priority (1993-1996) Doggystyle (1999-present) Death Row (partially)
Associated acts	Tha Dogg Pound, Dubb Union, Snoop Dogg

Donald Smith^[1] (born September 13, 1972), better known by his stage name Lil' ½ Dead, is an American hip hop recording artist from Long Beach, California. Smith's moniker is based on the character Half Dead, in the 1979 film Penitentiary. He is the cousin of fellow hip hop artists Nate Dogg, Butch Cassidy, and Snoop Dogg.^[2]

The song "Lil Ghetto Boy" (from Dr. Dre's The Chronic) has a brief reference to Smith, as do "Fuck You" and "Housewife", both from Dr. Dre's 2001, as well as "Hennesey N Buddah" from Snoop Dogg's Tha Last Meal.

Discography

Albums

Album information
The Dead Has Arisen Released: 1994 Label: Priority
Steel on a Mission Released: 1996 Label: Priority
Showtime EP Released: 2004
Dead Serious Released: 2012

Singles

• "Southern Girl" (1996)
  • U.S Rap # 38

Filmography

• DPG Eulogy (2005)

References

1. Campus Times, March 10, 2000
2. Josh Grossberg; Ken Baker (September 18, 2008). "Cousin: Nate Dogg Was on Life Support". E! Online. UK: E! Entertainment Television, Inc. Archived from the original on 2008. Retrieved June 24, 2009. Donald Smith, [Nate] Dogg's cousin and a fellow emcee who goes by the moniker Lil' Half Dead