{{short description|American hip hop group}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = WC and the Maad Circle | image = Wc-and-the-madd-circle.jpg | caption = WC {{small|(middle)}}, Big Gee {{small|(left)}} and DJ Crazy Toones {{small|(right)}} | image_size = | landscape = yes | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | instrument = | genre = {{hlist|West Coast hip-hop|political rap|G-funk}} | years_active = 1990–1995 | label = {{hlist|Priority|Payday}} | website = | past_members = * WC * Coolio (deceased) * Big Gee * DJ Crazy Toones (deceased) }} '''WC and the Maad Circle''' was an American hip hop group from Los Angeles, California that consisted of WC, Big Gee, Coolio and DJ Crazy Toones.<ref name="Ducker">{{cite web|first=Jesse|last=Ducker|url=https://www.albumism.com/features/tribute-celebrating-wc-and-the-maad-circle-aint-a-damn-thang-changed|title=TRIBUTE: Celebrating 25 Years of WC and the Maad Circle's Debut Album 'Ain't a Damn Thang Changed'|publisher=Albumism|date=2016-09-16|access-date=2019-12-01}}</ref>
==History== Following the dissolution of Low Profile, the rapper WC formed the group and released the albums ''Ain't a Damn Thang Changed'' in 1991 and ''Curb Servin''' in 1995. The albums spawned some popular singles, notably "Dress Code", "West Up!" and "The One".
WC would later leave the group and form the gangsta rap supergroup Westside Connection with Ice Cube and Mack 10. WC and Crazy Toones continued working together at Ice Cube's Lench Mob Records.
On January 9, 2017, Crazy Toones died at age 45 of a heart attack.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theboombox.com/dj-crazy-toones-dies-at-45/|title=DJ Crazy Toones Dies at 45; Snoop Dogg, Kam, DJ Premier and Others React|first=Trent|last=Fitzgerald|work=TheBoombox.com|date=January 9, 2017|access-date=January 9, 2017}}</ref>
On September 28, 2022, Coolio was found unresponsive on a friend's bathroom floor and died of an apparent heart attack,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-09-29 |title=Coolio: Gangsta's Paradise rapper dead at 59 |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-63070138 |access-date=2022-09-29}}</ref> later confirmed to be from an accidental overdose of fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine.
==Discography== ===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Title ! rowspan="2"| Release ! colspan="3"| Peak chart positions<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p135223|pure_url=yes}}|title=Albums chart positions|publisher=Allmusic|access-date=2008-04-01}}</ref> |- ! scope="col" style=font-size:90%;"| US ! scope="col" style=font-size:90%;"| US<br/>R&B ! scope="col" style=font-size:90%;"| US<br/>Heat |- ! scope="row"| ''Ain't a Damn Thang Changed'' | 1991 |align="center"| — |align="center"| 52 |align="center"| 29 |- ! scope="row"| ''Curb Servin''' | 1995 |align="center"| 85 |align="center"| 15 |align="center"| — |}
===Singles=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Title ! rowspan="2"| Release ! colspan="3"| Peak chart positions<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r224059|pure_url=yes}}|title=Singles chart history|publisher=Allmusic|access-date=2007-11-01}}</ref> ! rowspan="2"| Album |- ! scope="col" style=font-size:90%;"| US ! scope="col" style=font-size:90%;"| US<br />Rap ! scope="col" style=font-size:90%;"| US<br />R&B |- ! scope="row"| "Dress Code" | 1991 |align="center"| — |align="center"| — |align="center"| — |''Ain't a Damn Thang Changed'' |- ! scope="row"| "West Up!" <small>(featuring Mack 10 and Ice Cube)</small> | 1995 |align="center"| 88 |align="center"| 16 |align="center"| 50 |rowspan="2"|''Curb Servin''' |- ! scope="row"| "The One" | 1996 |align="center"| — |align="center"| 40 |align="center"| 76 |- | colspan="6" align="center" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart. |}
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