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"),[2] is an American rapper from Hayward, California.
[3][4] He began releasing albums in 1992, where he gained popularity as a pioneer of the San Francisco Bay Area hip-hop scene.
Three of them, Spice 1, 187 He Wrote and AmeriKKKa's Nightmare, were certified gold.
[6] When Greene received his first large check for his music, he stopped selling drugs and focused on making music instead.
[7] On December 3, 2007, Greene was shot while sitting in his car outside his parents' home in Hayward, California.