![]() Lewis-Ivie was a postal worker and Wright was employed by Southern Metal and Plastic. welcomed their only child into the world. On May 6, 1976, Erma Lewis-Ivie and Tommy Wright Jr. Between 19, he recorded five solo tapes and CDs, two more with the group Ten Wanted Men, and produced a number of albums and EPs for his own Street Smart Records, including Riverside Click’s Runnin In Da Wind, Niggaz of Destruction’s self-titled debut and the soundtrack for an as-yet-unreleased documentary, Behind Closed Doors. Among the many young Memphis rappers of the 1990s, Wright cut an especially gifted, ambitious and prolific figure. Wright is now 42 and white hairs are creeping into his thin beard, but for gangster rap fans of a certain stripe, his legend is more potent than ever. Though it’s sweltering hot, and the air is thick with humidity and Mississippi River mosquitos, his perm is impeccable. ![]() On the table in front of him lies a pile of crumpled napkins, each sacrificed so that his T-shirt – which reads “FLY” in shiny silver letters – and his pre-distressed denim shorts remain pristine. ![]() ![]() Tommy Wright III is wearing white and eating barbecue. ![]()
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