Cropper began his career working as stage manager on the Nickelodeon series Kenan & Kel, All That and The Amanda Show before moving on as an assistant director on the series Cousin Skeeter, Popular, Arli$$, That Was Then, Six Feet Under and Monk .
In the mid-1980s Pattie released singles on the Easy Street label, including a contribution to the 1985 Emilio Estevez movie That Was Then... This Is Now.