[citation needed] He became a member of the Mob Pirus,[3] a "set" (subgroup) of the Bloods street gang, and acquired the nickname "Poochie.

[6] In January 1991, Fouse and his stepbrother, Floyd Damon Boyd, were wanted for their suspected involvement in a home invasion in San Bernardino, in which a man was murdered and his girlfriend was shot in the head and left to die.

[7] In 1994, Reggie Wright Jr., who would later become the head of security at Death Row Records, arrested Fouse for the possession of one pound (0.45 kg) of cocaine and an assault weapon.

"In his book Murder Rap, former detective Greg Kading claims that in 1995, an aspiring rapper from the Bounty Hunters Bloods named William "Rat Dogg" Ratcliffe was pressuring Suge Knight to sign him to Death Row Records.

[11] At 12:30 am on March 9, 1997 (PST), Christopher Wallace, known professionally as the Notorious B.I.G., was leaving an after-party hosted by Vibe Magazine and Qwest Records at the Petersen Automotive Museum.

The driver of the Impala, who was described as a black man, drew a 9mm pistol and fired multiple shots at Wallace's vehicle.

Following Wallace's death, there was much speculation that the murder was linked to the shooting of Tupac Shakur, which occurred six months earlier in Las Vegas.

His investigation concluded that Wallace was shot by Wardell "Poochie" Fouse, whom Suge Knight contacted through his then-girlfriend, Theresa Swann.

Poochie survived a murder attempt in 2000, but was killed just two days after his 43rd birthday on July 24, 2003, after he was shot ten times in the back as he rode his motorcycle in Compton.

[19] Detective Greg Kading has suggested that Fouse was killed as a result of a feud between two Blood sets, stating:[20]He was supposedly killed as a result of in-fighting between the Mob Pirus (Suge's Blood associates) and another Blood gang known as the Fruit Town Pirus.In their book Once Upon a Time in Compton, Tim Brennan and Robert Ladd claim that Fouse was killed on orders from Rodrick Cardale "Lil Rod" Reed from Fruit Town Piru.