After releasing a couple solo platinum albums and plenty of top 10 collaborations, Atlantabased rapper Young Jeezy kept his street cred in check by hooking up with rappers Blood Raw and Slick Pulla and forming the crew U.S.D.A. (United Streets Dopeboys of America). Besides being longtime friends of Jeezy's the three had even lived together for a time the two upandcomers of the group had previously been hits on the underground mixtape circuit; Blood with the DJ Dramahelmed Indictment Papers and Slick with 4th Ward Day.