Koopsta Knicca

Koopsta Knicca (whose real name is Robert Cooper, born (April 27, 1975 – October 9, 2015) is most notably as being one of six of the original members of legendary Memphis Hip Hop Three 6 Mafia (originally known as Triple Six Mafia prior to the release of their first commercially-released album Mystic Stylez in 1995). Koopsta last appeared on the group’s album When The Smoke Clears: Sixty 6, Sixty 1 before leaving the group due to being in constant legal trouble and missing events for the group. As a solo artist, he struggled to reach the success that his former group was having at the time. Koop accused them of having an influence on Hot 107.1 DJ’s (in Memphis, Tennessee) not playing his music.

In 2006, Koop got involved into more legal trouble where he robbed Justin “Lil' J” Thurman at gun point, who has been identified in a two-part video of Koopsta dissing his former group (click here for part one, click here for part two. He was in jail while Three 6 Mafia won an Oscar Award for their song “It’s Hard Out Here For A Pimp”.

The beef was squashed when all of the members of the original Three 6 Mafia (excluding Juicy J) reunited to form the spin-off group Da Mafia 6ix.

Koopsta’s distinct flow and sound has remained alive in the current generation of Hip Hop through artists such as A$AP Ferg. His most recognized work Da Devil’s Playground has been viewed as DJ Paul and Juicy J’s best production. Back when the album was originally released as a mixtape in 1994, rappers in New York were rapping about the Five-Percent Nation and preaching their ideology. Not many recognize that the Hip Hop scene in Memphis had somebody like Koopsta Knicca who was borderline preaching Satanism in their raps (as Koopsta had a stint in worshiping the Devil, contrary to popular belief that none of the members of Three 6 Mafia ever worshiped Satan). He states in his New World Order documentary that he meant everything that he said in his music and his main goal was to make the black population “comfortable with Satan”, as he blamed God for his under-privileged childhood.