rapper · producer

Tommy Wright III

Tommy Wright
Active
1992–present
Neighborhood
Whitehaven
Aliases
TW3 · Mr. Nigga
high
About

Whitehaven rapper and producer who operated as a one-man label, self-producing and self-distributing his tapes entirely outside any collective infrastructure. Led Ten Wanted Men and the Manson Family crew, releasing seminal underground tapes including "Memphis Massacre" (1993) and "Ashes 2 Ashes, Dust 2 Dust" (1994). He ran a call-in phone line for mail-order tape sales, an unusually direct distribution model for the era. A major revival of interest in his catalog emerged online in the 2010s and 2020s, cementing his reputation as a key figure of Memphis underground rap.

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Relationships
family
Lo Key
Cousins
collaboration
Shawty Pimp
'Pushin Powder' (1992) — earliest documented three-way collab
collaboration
MC Spade
'Pushin Powder' (1992)
collaboration
Womack Da Omen
Key member of Tommy Wright III's Ten Wanted Men
collaboration
K-Rock
Tommy Wright III featured on K-Rock The World
collaboration
Maniac
Same North Memphis underground horror tape scene
collaboration
Princess Loko
Core member of Tommy Wright III's Ten Wanted Men on Street Smart Records
collaboration
La Chat
Core member of Tommy Wright III's Ten Wanted Men on Street Smart Records
collaboration
Mac T-Dog
Core member of Tommy Wright III's Ten Wanted Men on Street Smart Records
collaboration
C-9
Core member of Tommy Wright III's Ten Wanted Men on Street Smart Records
collaboration
Lil Ramsey
Core member of Tommy Wright III's Ten Wanted Men on Street Smart Records
collaboration
Project Pimp
Core member of Tommy Wright III's Ten Wanted Men on Street Smart Records
collaboration
Jesse James
Core member of Tommy Wright III's Ten Wanted Men on Street Smart Records
produced for
Mac D.L.E.
Mac D.L.E. produced early-career beats for Tommy Wright III
produced for
Wild Child
Ten Wanted Men / Street Smart Records
produced for
Troublemaker
Ten Wanted Men / Street Smart Records
produced for
Undacova
Ten Wanted Men / Street Smart Records