Xzibit Trivia

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Birth name: Alvin Nathaniel Joiner

Date of birth: 8 January 1974

Place of birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA

Nickname: X, X to the Z

Height: 6′ 0½” (1.84 m)

Member of rap supergroup Golden State Warriors with Ras Kass and Saafir.
Has a son, Tremaine.
Always has braids or corn rows.
Has a husky voice.
In 2003 he found himself in a tug of war between his current label Columbia and Eminem’s label Shady Records. Columbia was willing to release him, until they heard that Eminem wanted him. (50 Cent was signed to Columbia who released him before an album was released only to have Eminem sign him and make his debut album the fastest selling album of all time.)
Xzibit has appeared in several acting roles on the big screen. He has portrayed Duncan in Full Clip in 2004 and Dexter in Derailed in 2005, and he played Chief Grizzly in the animated movie Hoodwinked that year.
He also played Zeke in XXX: State of the Union in 2005, and in 2007 he co-starred along with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in the movie Gridiron Gang.
He also had a cameo role as a freestyling co-worker of Eminem’s at New Detroit Stamping in 8 Mile.
He played an FBI agent in 2008′s The X-Files: I Want to Believe.
Xzibit’s latest role is as the character of Darrell Hughes in the 2009 film American Violet.
He has also done some baseball voiceovers for the MLB. In Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, he portrays a mob boss named Big Fate.