King Tee, also spelled King T, (born Roger McBride in Compton, California), is an American West coast rapper from Compton, California. Born in 1969, Tee began his rap career on Capitol Records in 1988, with Act a Fool. Some of Tee's first tracks were produced by The Unknown DJ, who also produced Ice T's earliest gangster rap tracks[citation needed]; this album, however, was entirely produced by eventual Dogg Pound-affiliate DJ Pooh in some of the producer's earliest work.