Larry Dawson, better known by his stage name Hitta Slim (formerly known as The Legendary Laroo), is an American rapper and singer from Richmond, California. He is signed to E-40’s Sick Wid It Records and is the founder and CEO of Timeless Master Entertainment. Raised by a single mother of two in the Bay Area, Hitta attended De Anza high school and Kennedy high school in Richmond where he got heavily into hip-hop. Inspired by a close friend with a passion for the artform, he moved from being an avid listener of influential artists of the time like Tupac and DJ Quik to spittin his own bars and rocking talent shows and freestyle cyphers soon after.
Despite his noticeable talent, a record deal opportunity while he was still a teenager shocked the young rapper: “It was completely unexpected for me because, you know, I was just your average kid trying to figure it out…then I rapped over the phone and played my demo through the phone…they sent me the contracts that day.” After signing his first record deal out of high school to the independent label AWOL Record (home to artists such as C-Bo) he made several guest appearances, most notably on several of fellow Bay rapper E-40’s chart topping studio releases.