Their careers began performing at local night clubs and car shows in Sacramento, California rapper's Shotgun, Pook, and Chop are collectively know to the world as; Triple Beam. Triple Beam signed with Black Market Records and released their first album 28g's w/o the bag, March 23, 1999. They attacked radio stations across the nation with their hit single "Parking Lot Pimpin", and opening for acts such as; The Luniz, Suga Free and Daz made 28g's w/o the bag a big success.