{{short description|American rapper}} {{For|the circuit simulator program|SPICE 1}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Spice 1 | background = solo_singer | image = | caption = | birth_name = Robert Lee Green Jr. | alias = Fetti Chico, Mr. Bossalini | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1970|7|2}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/SpiceOGone/about|title=Robert OG Spice Green - Facebook|website=Facebook |access-date=9 March 2015}}</ref> | birth_place = Bryan, Texas, U.S. | origin = Hayward, California, U.S. | discography = Spice 1 discography | genre = {{hlist|West Coast hip-hop|gangsta rap}} | occupation = {{hlist|Rapper|record producer|songwriter}} | years_active = 1988–present | label = {{hlist|Thug World Music|High Powered|Triple X|Independent Warrior|Hard Tyme|Riviera|Mobb Status|Jive|Triad}} | current_member_of = Criminalz | past_member_of ={{hlist| Thug Lordz|The Dangerous Crew}} }}
'''Robert Lee Greene Jr.''' (born July 2, 1970), better known by his stage name '''Spice 1''' (an acronym for "Sex, Pistols, Indo, Cash and Entertainment"),<ref>{{cite web |author=King Eric Productions |date=Dec 4, 2011 |title=Classic Spice 1 Interview (Shout to Dubcnn.com) |work=Da Shelter |url=http://escobar300.wordpress.com/2011/12/04/classic-spice-1-interview/ |access-date=9 March 2015}}</ref> is an American rapper from Hayward, California.<ref>{{cite web |last=Wynn |first=Ron |title=Spice 1 - Music Biography, Streaming Radio and Discography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/spice-1-mn0000744328/biography |access-date=9 March 2015 |work=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Group |first=Jason Sweeney {{!}} Bay Area News |last2=Times |first2=East Bay |date=2007-12-08 |title=Rapper Spice 1 describes shooting from hospital bed |url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2007/12/08/rapper-spice-1-describes-shooting-from-hospital-bed/ |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=East Bay Times |language=en-US}}</ref> He began releasing albums in 1991, where he gained popularity as a pioneer of the San Francisco Bay Area hip-hop scene.
Spice 1 released six albums under Jive Records along with one greatest hits album. Three of them, ''Spice 1'', ''187 He Wrote'' and ''AmeriKKKa's Nightmare'', were certified gold.<ref>{{cite web |title=Spice 1: Gold & Platinum |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=spice+1#search_section |access-date=23 July 2018 |website=RIAA}}</ref>
==Personal life== Greene attended Mt. Eden High School in Hayward.<ref name="sf">{{cite web |last=Lee |first=Henry K. |date=Dec 7, 2007 |title=Rapper Spice 1 shot, recovering in hospital |url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/rapper-spice-1-shot-recovering-in-hospital-3299868.php |access-date=9 March 2015 |work=SFGate}}</ref>
When Greene received his first large check for his music, he stopped selling drugs and focused on making music instead.<ref>{{cite web |date=Oct 16, 2018 |title=Spice 1 on Signing with Too Short at 16, Stealing a Car to Impress Him |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2D5hMmsagE |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/U2D5hMmsagE |archive-date=2021-12-21 |publisher=VladTV}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
On December 3, 2007, Greene was shot while sitting in his car outside his parents' home in Hayward.<ref name=sf />
==Discography== {{Main|Spice 1 discography}}
'''Studio albums''' *''Spice 1'' (1992) *''187 He Wrote'' (1993) *''AmeriKKKa's Nightmare'' (1994) *''1990-Sick'' (1995) *''The Black Bossalini'' (1997) *''Immortalized'' (1999) *''The Last Dance'' (2000) *''Spiceberg Slim'' (2002) *''The Ridah'' (2004) *''Dyin' 2 Ball'' (2005) *''The Truth'' (2005) *''Haterz Nightmare'' (2015) *''Throne of Game'' (2017) *''Platinum O.G.'' (2019) *''This Is Thug World, Vol. 1'' (2020) *''Platinum O.G. 2'' (2024)
'''Collaborative albums''' *''Criminal Activity'' (with Celly Cel as Criminalz) (2001) *''NTA: National Thug Association'' (with Bad Boy) (2003) *''The Pioneers'' (with MC Eiht) (2004) *''Thug Lordz Trilogy'' (with C-Bo and Yukmouth as Thug Lordz) (2006) *''Keep It Gangsta'' (with MC Eiht) (2006) *''Criminal Intent'' (with Jayo Felony) (2007) *''Thug Therapy'' (with Bossolo) (2015)
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== *[https://www.facebook.com/TheRealSpiceOne Spice 1] on Facebook
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