Rising to prominence in the early 1990s as the frontman and co-founder of
Florida rap crew Poison Clan, Jeffrey “JT Money” Thompkins (born in Miami on
September 14th, 1972) came up under the tutelage of music mogul Luther “Luke”
Campbell, who signed both him and the collective to his renowned Southern
hip-hop label, Luke Records. Amassing a solid local fan base in the following
years with a string of albums, Poison Clan found national success in 1992 with
the Poisonous Mentality single “Shake Whatcha Mama Gave Ya’”, a booming
breakbeat number later named by XXL as one of the best...