Dino Hawkins, known by his stage name Volume 10, is an American rapper from Los Angeles, California.^[1] He was a member of the Heavyweights crew along with Freestyle Fellowship, Ganjah K, and Medusa, among others.^[2]

History

Volume 10 was featured on Freestyle Fellowship's 1993 album, Innercity Griots.^[3]

Volume 10's debut solo single "Pistolgrip-Pump" was released in 1993 to critical acclaim, despite being edited for radio and referred to simply as "Pump" in 1994.^[4] The single was later recorded by Rage Against the Machine for their album, Renegades.^[5]

He released his first album Hip-Hopera in 1994.^[6] The second album, Psycho, was released in 2000.^[7]

Discography

Albums

• Hip-Hopera (1994)
• Psycho (2000)
• Pawn Shop (2007)
• Still in the Game (2012)
• Street Rhymes And Rhythms (2015)
• Brain Damage (2020)
• Akhenaton (2021)
• Volume 10 As Dean Hawkins (2022)

EPs

• Servin' and Dippin' (1998)

Singles

Guest appearances

• Freestyle Fellowship - "Heavyweights" from Innercity Griots (1993)
• DJ Honda - "Bread + Jerry" from h (1996)
• The Whoridas - "Top Notch" from High Times (1999)
• Fat Jack - "Hooray!" from Cater to the DJ (1999)
• The A-Team - "O.G. Crew (Heavyweights Round 3)" from Who Framed the A-Team? (2000)
• Abstract Rude + Tribe Unique - "Heavyweights Round 4" from P.A.I.N.T. (2001)
• Casual - "Take It Back" from Truck Driver (2004)
• Fatlip - "Freaky Pumps" from The Loneliest Punk (2005)
• Neila - "Mercy Refused" from Better Late Than Never (2009)
• Otherwize - "Big Girls Don't Cry" from Point of View (2010)
• Self Jupiter & Kenny Segal - "Altered States" from The Kleenrz (2012)

Compilation appearances

• "Heavyweights Round 2" on Project Blowed (1995)
• "Liquor Store Run" on Rhyme & Reason (1997)
• "Raised In The Hood (with Roni Size)" on Marvel's Blade II: Bloodhunter (2002)
• "What It Do?" on Project Blowed 10th Anniversary (2005)