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MC Breed / by David Harris / The Flint Journal  11/24/08

FLINT, Michigan — MC Breed, a rapper who grew up in Flint and some considered a “pioneer” in the industry, died Saturday of kidney failure.Breed, born Eric Breed, died in Ypsilanti. He was 36.The rapper is most famous for his 1991 hit “Ain’t No Future in Yo’ Frontin’” He recorded 13 albums, including his most recent, “The New Prescription,” released in 2004.His first album, “MC Breed & DFC,” from which the single “Frontin’” was released, was estimated to have sold 2.5 million to 4 million records.Carter McWright, owner of Music Planet, called Breed “a musical legend of Flint.”“One thing about Breed is he had that flow, that rhythm,” he said. “He knew how to flow with it.”Breed grew up in Flint, attending Gundry Elementary and Flint Northern before receiving his GED from Flint Community School in 1990. 

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