Redhead Kingpin and the F.B.I. was a Rap/New Jack Swing group best known for their debut single and highest-charting song "Do the Right Thing" from their album A Shade of Red, which peaked at #13 on the UK Singles Chart in 1989.

The group was lead by MC, David "Redhead" Guppy, who also played keyboards. The F.B.I. consisted of Wildstyle, Bo Roc, Lt. Squeak, Buzz and Poochie.[1]

A Shade of Red contained two other singles, "Pump it Hottie", which reached #2 on the US Hot Rap Singles Chart in 1990, and "We Rock the Mic Right".[2] The album was produced by Teddy Riley and was heavily influenced by the New Jack Swing trend at the time.

In 1991 the group released its second and final album, The Album with No Name. Recorded at Hillside Studios, Englewood, New Jersey and Soundtracks Studios, New York The Album with No Namepeaked at 182 on the Billboard Hot 100, while the song "3-2-1 Pump" reached #52 on the The Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

The group also scored a track for the soundtrack to the 1991 film, New Jack City, while that same year, Guppy made his acting debut in the film Strictly Business that also starred Halle Berry.[3]

Later Guppy would re-appear with the Private Investigators on the album Re Act Like Ya Knew in 1993, by then he had changed his name to Dawud Nurrid-Diyn.

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