Bubba Sparxxx

Warren Anderson Mathis , better known by his stage name, Bubba Sparxxx, is an American rapper from Troup County, Georgia. He is perhaps best known for his singles Deliverance, Ugly, and Ms. New Booty, the latter of which features the Ying Yang Twins and peaked aton the US Billboard Hot 100.

Mathis was born on March 6, 1977 and grew up in a rural area north of LaGrange, Georgia, a town 65 miles southwest of Atlanta. His father was a school bus driver, his mother a grocery store cashier. His closest neighbor, who lived half a mile away, introduced him to rap music through mixtapes mailed from New York City. The music ofLive Crew was his introduction to hip hop he began listening to West Coast gangsta rap such as N.W.A and Too Short and the Atlanta duo OutKast. With rapping as a hobby, he was a tight end and linebacker for his high schools football team and earned AllRegion honors in his senior year. Steve Herndon, a former offensive lineman for the NFLs Atlanta Falcons and Denver Broncos, played football with him during high school, according to an interview with DownSouth.com. In 2007, he moved from Atlanta to Tampa.

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