Timothy Blair (January 3, 1967 – February 14, 2013), better known by his
stage name Tim Dog, was an American
rapper from
the Bronx,
New York, who rose to prominence during the early 1990s with his debut LP
Penicillin on Wax and the celebrated
diss track "
Fuck Compton." Tim had already appeared on songs with the
Ultramagnetic MCs and went on to form a duo,
Ultra with member
Kool Keith. "Fuck Compton" appeared in
XXL magazine's "Top 25 Diss Tracks of All Time" and earned Tim Dog critical acclaim from progressive hip-hop producer
Blockhead, who said Tim Dog's "The Dog's Gonna Getcha" (off
Penicillin On Wax) is "quite possibly the hardest song ever made."
Nas shouts out Tim Dog on his track "Where Are They Now?" from his 2006 Album
Hip Hop Is Dead, and, despite Tim Dog's beef with
Dr. Dre,
Eminem (whom Dre had discovered) name-checked him on the track "Ricky Ticky Toc."