Al "Purple" Hayes

Confident that his nickname out-cools just about anyone else's, Al "Purple" Hayes is going into his second decade of collaborations on rap and R&B projects, easily earning his golden age status. As would befit anyone with a moniker referencing Jimi Hendrix, Hayes has picked both guitar and bass on sides such as Ice Cube's AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, Juvenile Hell by Mobb Deep, and Closer Look by ...more