Major Norton III, also known as Dubee AKA Sugawolf, reneged on a letter of intent to play football for Washington State University to pursue a rap career after rushing for 1,543 yards for San Francisco City College in 1994. At the time, Dubee was third on City College’s single-season rushing list (OJ Simpson was fourth.)

Dubee was signed to Young Black Brotha Records by Khayree after Mac Mall left for Relativity Records. Khayree’s intention was for Dubee to be his “Mac Mall killer”, but the sentiment was not shared by Dubee, who was a longtime friend of Mall. Mall ended up being featured on Dubee’s debut album, Dubee AKA Sugawolf.

After nine solo albums and a number of group albums, Dubee was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute MDMA.