the group crowned thugs were formed by n. jamal aka thugboy, producer. they have performed live numerous times and have been known to pack a house and have the crowds hyped. all music was written and composed by n.jamal aka thugboy, who is affilated with bmi. he owns and operates a home based recording studio called uptop productions. he is very knowledgeable of the workings of protools and stienberg neuendo and various keyboard work stations. n. jamal has produced many local artists, has sold many music soundtracks and his own cd's. he writes his own lyrics, his music has the blend of the dirty, dirty south; it's old, it's new and it will have you doing that thang.