The Re-Up Gang Biography

The Re-Up Gang Biography

The Re-Up Gang was created in early 2004, during Clipse's long hiatus between their first and second albums. The group includes Clipse themselves, as well as long-time friend Ab-Liva of Major Figgas and fellow Philadelphia native Sandman. Pusha T is credited with founding the group, and was responsible for enlisting the help of mixtape DJ Clinton Sparks to put together their first mixtape in an ongoing series, We Got It 4 Cheap: Vol. 1. The group is signed to Clipse's own record label imprint, Re-Up Records. While a Re-Up Gang album is planned, no specifics have been released due to Clipse's legal issues with Jive Records Recently, the group has announced that they will in fact release an album on Koch Records. The album, titled The Clipse Presents: The Re-Up Gang, is set to be released August 5, 2008 and will feature nine brand new songs and three unreleased remixes from We Got It 4 Cheap Vol. III. The Clipse, or one half of the Re-Up Gang has announced that the drop date for the groups debut album, Clipse Presents: Re-Up Gang, will be on August 5th 2008. Although the album will first become available on the online music store iTunes on July 29th.