What is Cypress Hill?
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | Name = Cypress Hill | Img = Cypress Hill.jpg | Img_capt = Cypress Hill Live on Bonaroo, 2006 | Img_size = | Landscape = | Background = group_or_band | Alias = | Origin = [[South Gate]], [[California]], U.S. | Genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]], [[rap]], [[gangsta rap]], [[Hardcore rap]], [[Horrorcore]], [[West Coast hip hop]], [[Rap metal]], [[Nu Metal]], [[Hip hop latino]], [[Rapcore]] | Years_active = 1988-present | Label = [[EMI Records]], Priority Records, [[Columbia Records]], [[Ruffhouse Records]], [[Sony Music Entertainment]] | Associated_acts = [[Control Machete]]<br>[[Fermín IV]]<BR>[[Pato Machete]]<br>[[Ice Cube]]<br>[[Cartel de Santa]]<br>Babo<br>[[Dharius]]<br>[[Delinquent Habits]]<br>[[Travis Barker]]<br>[[House Of Pain]]<br>[[Funkdoobiest]]<br>Psycho Realm<br>[[Tego Calderon|Tego Calderón]]<br>[[Snoop Dogg]]<br>[[Mike Shinoda]]<br>La Coka Nostra<br>Locura Terminal<br>[[Rage Against the Machine]]<br>[[Soul Assassins]] |website = {{URL|cypresshill.com/}} | Current_members = [[B-Real]]<br>[[Sen Dog]]<br>[[DJ Muggs]]<br>Eric Bobo | Former_members = }} '''Cypress Hill''' is a group of [[hip hop]] artists from [[Los Angeles]] ([[California]]). It was formed in 1986 and along its wide and successful career have sold more than 46 million albums all over the world. One of the appearances of his popularity is his commitment with the legalisation of the consumption of marijuana or cannabis. Cypress Hill Is the first Latin group in obtaining a disk of platinum, one of gold and a multiplatino. == Career == === Name of the group === The name of the group can do reference to the place where the first members of the band lived, in the Avenue Cypress in South Gate, [[Los Angeles]]. It fits that in said place there are a lot of trees of cypress, a tree of the family Cupressaceae. The original name of the group was DVX but was changed after the exit of Mellow Man Ace (Ulpiano Sergio, the lower brother of Sen Dog) of the group to initiate his career