Earl Stevens Selections, the rapper’s eponymous line of flamboyant wines and spirits, includes a Mangoscato dessert wine, a bright red premixed Sluricane cocktail, and as of early 2016, a 10 percent ABV malt liquor available in 40-ounce bottles. Valid for shipping anywhere within Arizona only. I've been asking all over Tracy. Order arrives within 3-5 business days. Photo: Phil Emerson Bay Area rap legend E-40 finds success in beverage world BETA See how BevMo! When it comes to his prolific music career, one of his favorite sayings is that he tries to “make like a pregnant lady and drop an album every nine months.” He has stayed true to form, releasing at least two albums each year between 2010 and 2014 — and has at least two planned for this year, the latest installments of his “Sharp On All 4 Corners” series.At 48, he’s achieved true staying power and a rare relevance in today’s rap world, a youth-driven culture that has been frequently accused of ageism. Two decades after rhyming about Carlo Rossi wine, E-40 conquered the wine business.
Rapper E-40’s brew arrives in 24-ounce cans and 40-ounce bottles, above. Order arrives within 3-5 business days. Not valid when shipping to any other state. "in January 2001. On the streets, he’s known as E-40, a Vallejo rapper who has spent more than two decades hustling in the hip-hop game.
Order arrives within 3-5 business days. Year round, alcohol chain BevMo runs its 5 cent wine sale, a promotion that stipulates that if you buy one bottle of certain wines, you get the second bottle for just 5 cents.
The fruit -centric finish is long and delicious and begs for the next sip. The Vallejo native whose records led to empty shelves at Tower Records, Sam Goody and Virgin Megastore is now prompting re-orders at Safeway, Costco and BevMo.“I’m a little man on the totem pole in this world,” he says of jumping into the booming Bay Area beer industry. Valid for shipping anywhere within California only. That’s really my job.”It’s approaching 30 years since Stevens started slinging addictive, unorthodox slang and selling infectious albums throughout the Bay Area on his Sick Wid It record label, first out of his car trunk and eventually through partnerships with larger indie labels like Jive Records.A year in the making, the beer is Stevens’ latest and highest-profile foray into a quickly growing independent beverage empire that has mirrored the grassroots success of his independent music career.That “one day” happened in the next two weeks.