GHETTO BOYS- MINDS PLAYING TRICKS ON ME VIDEO
SCARFACE AND TUPAC – SMILE
SLIM THUG -LIKE A BOSS
CHAMILLIONAIRE – RIDIN DIRTY
Mike Jones, Paul Wall & Slim Thug – Still Tippin
LIL KEKE – SOUTHSIDE OFFICIAL VIDEO
LIL TROY -WANNA BE A BALLER VIDEO
SPM – MEXICAN RADIO VIDEO
CHINGO BLING – LIKE THIS AND LIKE THAT
Paul Wall – Sittin Sidewayz Feat Big Pokey
MIKE JONES – BACK THEN
SLIM THUG – I RUN
Early life
Butler was born and raised in Port Arthur, Texas. His father, who played trumpet professionally with Solomon Burke, showed Butler to a variety of music throughout his youth. Butler studied classical music while in high school, and, as a testament to his singing ability, Butler also received a Division I rating on a tenor solo at a University Interscholastic League choir competition. He began to be interested in hip-hop when a friend of his gave him a Run-DMC album.
Music career
UGK
Main article: UGK
With best friend Bernard “Bun B” Freeman, Butler formed the rap group Underground Kingz, colloquially known as UGK. In 1992, Jive Records signed UGK and released Too Hard to Swallow, followed by the critically acclaimed Super Tight. The group’s third album, Ridin’ Dirty, reached #2 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and their momentum was continued with features on the popular singles “Big Pimpin’” with Jay-Z and “Sippin’ on Some Syrup” by Three 6 Mafia. UGK’s fourth album, Dirty Money, was distributed in 2001.
Due to Butler’s incarceration in 2002, UGK only released two projects prior to 2009: Side Hustles and the eponymous Underground Kingz, the latter of which spawned the hit single “International Player’s Anthem (I Choose You)”, a collaboration with Atlanta’s OutKast.
[edit] Arrest and solo debut
In 2002, Pimp C was sentenced to eight years in prison for violating his probation.[6] His arrest was widely protested by the hip-hop community, who immediately initiated a grassroots “Free Pimp C” campaign.[3] While Pimp C was in prison, Jive released Sweet James Jones Stories in 2005, most of which consisted of unreleased freestyle recordings.[6] On December 30, 2005, Pimp C was released from prison and placed on parole until December 2009.[7]
Death
Pimp C died on December 4, 2007. He was found face down on his bed. Asleep next to him was girlfriend Samantha Huerta. According to the Los Angeles County Coroner, Butler suffered respiratory depression caused by an accidental overdose of promethazine and codeine cough syrup coupled with a preexisting sleep apnea condition. Like many other Southern rappers, Pimp C frequently referenced the recreational consumption of “sizzurp” in his music.
Legacy
Pimp C undoubtedly played a huge role in shaping the Houston rapping style. His contemporaries often reference his contributions to the Houston rap scene as indelible. He has always been an UnderGroundKing.
After his death, Pimp C made posthumous appearances on several Bun B’s song “Underground Thang” (also featuring fellow Houston rapper Chamillionaire) from II Trill and much later, the track “Naked Lady” which is to be featured on Chamillionaire’s third album Venom (coming march 2010) . The latter track was produced by Pimp C, marking his final production credit.
Bun B dedicated the final UGK album, UGK 4 Life, to Pimp C’s memory.
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Carlos Coy (born 1971), better known by his stage name South Park Mexican, is an American rapper, and company founder of Dope House Records. His stage name is derived from the South Park neighborhood in Houston, Texas where he was raised.
Coy, his brother Arthur, and a friend founded Dope House Records in 1995; Spms first album as South Park Mexican was in 1998 with the album Power Moves under the label Dope house records . His next album, The 3rd Wish, generated two charting singles, “You Know My Name” and “High So High”. At that point the SPM movement was gaining noteriety in both the houston and latino hip hop scene.
In 2002, Coy was convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child and sentenced to 45 years incarceration, and is currently serving his sentence at Powledge Unit near Palestine, Texas. While incarcerated, he continues to record music.
SPM was born to Arturo Coy, a former Marine from the Falfurrias community in Brooks County, and a woman who dropped out of high school to marry. The marriage ended three years after Coy’s birth. Coy’s sister, Sylvia, described herself as his “mother-sister”. Coy attended various elementary schools, before entering the music magnet program at Welch Middle School. His family moved from southeast Houston to South Park, and Coy attended Woodson Middle School. Rapper Scarface (real name Brad Jordan) also attended Woodson. Coy attended Milby High School until he dropped out in 1987 while still in ninth grade. Coy obtained a GED and enrolled in San Jacinto Junior College for a business associate’s degree but failed all his classes there. He then worked at a chemical plant for minimum wage, but after being again unemployed he worked as a door-to-door perfume seller and eventually a crack cocaine dealer.[2]
Coy began as a Christian rapper but felt that doing so made him an outcast. In 1995, Coy, along with his brother Arthur Jr. and good friend Jose Antonio Garza from McAllen, Texas sounded his own record label, Dope House Records. as south Park Mexican (SPM), Coy released one album in 1998, Power Moves, through his label with distribution in Houston under Southwest Wholesale. Live album Hillwood and studio album The 3rd Wish followed in 1999. 3rd Wish was a regional hit, with single “High So High” gaining much local buzz and even charting at #50 on the Billboard Hot Rap Tracks chart. In 2000, SPM signed a joint venture between his label and Universal Music Group which earned him a $500,000 advance and national distribution. Universal released three of SPM’s albums: Time is Money and The Purity Album (2000) and Never Change (2001). The Purity Album included single “You Know My Name”, which peaked at #99 on the Billboard R&B chart and #31 on the rap chart. SPM’s Universal releases did not gain much mainstream attention; Jason Birchmeier of allmusic suggested: “Coy’s hardcore rapping proved to be too harsh for the masses”. SPM’s 2002 album Reveille Park, a compilation of freestyles, was released by Dope House. Dope House released two new albums by SPM that he recorded while incarcerated. When Devils Strike, released in 2006, debuted at #46 on the Billboard 200 The Last Chair Violinist followed in 2008.
| Carlos Coy | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1971 Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Alias(es) | South Park Mexican |
| Conviction(s) | sexual assault (May 18, 2002) |
| Penalty | 45 years imprisonment |
| Status | Inmate, TDCJ #01110642 in Powledge Unit; eligible for parole on October 7, 2024; projected release date April 8, 2047 |
| Occupation | rapper |
On September 25, 2001, Houston police arrested SPM on a charge of aggravated sexual assault of a child who was then nine years old but was released from jail after posting bail.[6] The incident occurred on Labor Day weekend that year. A Harris County, Texas jury indicted SPM on December 10, 2001 and added another charge over a 1993 incident when SPM allegedly impregnated a then-13-year old girl, who later demanded child support payments from him. Two more charges followed in March 2002 for sexual assault of two 14-year old girls; SPM was held without bail. SPM’s trial began on May 8, 2002, when the alleged 9-year old victim’s mother testified that the girl left a sleepover because of abuse. The next day, the girl testified that SPM touched her inappropriately when she was sleeping. On May 18, 2002, a Houston jury convicted Coy of aggravated sexual assault of a child. Coy was sentenced to 45 years in prison on May 30 and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine. SPM is currently incarcerated in the Powledge Unit in unincorporated Anderson County, Texas, near Palestine, Texas. Coy is eligible for parole in 2024. SPM’s projected release date is April 8, 2047, and his Texas Department of Criminal Justice number is 01110642. There are persistent messages from online posters calling for his release.
lyrics SPM – Mexican Heaven
This new shit off SPM album The Last Chair Violinist
Will i see my homie chris there
he got smoked by some fools who shouldnt be alive
im tryna cope but its just so hard
dear god will i see him on the boulevard
can u tilt ur hat to side if you want
or do gotta have it straight to the front
ive been saggin dickies ever since i was 8
and i wonder will somebody try to tell me i cant
i won a knife at the carnival they have of jensen
its just for goood luck not for a weapon
i wonder can i take it
well thats if i make it
but i dont wanna walk around all butt naked
will my hydralics work up in tha clouds
do people start complainin’ if the music is loud
and these are the things that i ask the reverend
excuse me sir but can mexicans go to heaven
Will my grandfathers beer breath be real bad
or will they make him take mints or tha white tic tacs
do the r&b and hip hop radio stations
play all raps or do they still be hatin
people owe me money from previous business
i wonder can i get it with a little bit interest
and what about drop outs with no education
i cant spell good but i know multiplication
do they got real tortillas for all the races
or them fake little skinny ones like some places
i know my sancha is out of the question
but on tha cool she got love for a meskin
will my homies pitch in or wanna smoke for free
will they have gas money or depend on me
can i roll on gold streets in my 57
let me know can mexicans go to heaven
Will they charge arm and leg for the new mike jordans
or sell em half price so everyone can afford em
what about tobacco products will they ban em
one thing about cigarettes i just cant stand em
is minimum wage all they offer my people
does my uncle gota marry someone just to be legal
will he get dirty looks cause he cant speak english
do the chicks dress up or do they show their chiches
what kind of clubs do they have in heaven
i dont dance techno and no 2steppin
i got a few warrants will they follow me there
or can i start clean with a record thats clear
is my pitbull there, his name is plex
he choked on his chain jumpin over the fence
im sorry if im askin you too many questions
i just gotta know can mexicans go to heaven
Carlos Coy speaks from prison this shit dont stop
SPM INTERVIEW FROM PRISON
| Timbaland, House of Blues | Tue., February 2, 7:00pm | Downtown/ Midtown |
| Snoop Dogg House of Blues | Fri., February 12 | Downtown/ Midtown | |
| Gift Of Gab Meridian | Sun., February 21 | East End | |
| Jay-Z, Young Jeezy, Toyota Center | Mon., February 22 | Downtown/ Midtown | |
| Madlib, JROCC, HISD Numbers | Sat., February 27, 7:00pm | Montrose | |
| Twiztid, Blaze Warehouse Live | Sun., March 7 | East End | |
| “Last Call Sundays” With Slim ToC Bar | Every week Sunday | Downtown/ Midtown | |
| “Sideways Tuesdays” With DJ Pooks The Flat | Every week Tuesday | Montrose | |
| “Swisha House Wednesdays” With DJ Big Redd ToC Bar | Every week Wednesday | Downtown/ Midtown | |
| “Friday Night House Party” With Zilla ToC Bar | Every week Friday | Downtown/ Midtown | |
| “Fame Fridays Open Mic” Zula | First Friday of every month, 10:00pm | Downtown/ Midtown | |
| “Wild & Sexy Saturdays” With Zilla ToC Bar | Every week Saturday | Downtown/ Midtown | |
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Dj Screw spent most of the 1990s as an infamous local phenomenon in Houston, TX. Not very soon after that DJ Screw suddenly found himself gaining sudden notoriety before his unfortunate death in late 2000. The Houston DJ made a name for himself primarily because of his legendary “screwed out ” style, which found him pitching down his records to a very slow and eerie pace. Throughout the ’90s, what began as novelty actually became a rather lucrative venture for DJ Screw, who “Screwed out” hundreds of mix tapes, with some estimates projecting his total number of tapes topping over a thousand; furthermore, he sold the tapes at his Houston-based record store, Screwed Up Records and Tapes. He used master ps plan and applied it to Houston and his unique style of “screwing out” music. Oddly enough, he preferred to release his mixes almost exclusively on cassette, though fans often recorded the mixes and traded them via the Internet; in addition, countless “screwed” remixes of popular rap anthems were widely available on Napster thanks to his loyal following. Yet it’s hard to imagine Screw’s legacy being what it is if not for his role as an adamant advocate of “syrup sippin’,” a Southern rap phenomenon involving codeine-infused cough syrup mixed with sprite or orange soda or puprle soda – the resulting intoxication induces a hallucinatory state where everything slows down and becomes the senses swirl. As marijuana was to early-’90s gangsta rap, LSD was to late-’60s psychedelic rock, ecstasy was to late-’80s rave — and so on — the syrup sippin’ advocated by Screw’s trippy hip-hop mixes led to a small drug movement within the late-’90s Dirty South genre, reaching its zenith with Three 6 Mafia’s hit “Sippin’ on Some Syrup” in 2000. It’s hard to deny that this phenomenon wasn’t as important to Screw’s popularity as his music was (especially considering some of his tape titles: Syrup & Soda, Syrup Sippers, Sippin’ Codeine, etc.) Still, Screw did serve as a leader for Houston’s burgeoning rap scene; his home studio, The Screw Shop, functioned as the home base for what was loosely referred to as the Screwed Up Click, including Houstons own rappers such as Big Pokey and Lil’ Keke, along with about 30 others were known locally. Ironically, when Screw was found dead in his studio of a fatal heart attack at the tender age of 30 on the morning of November 16, 2000, the Houston Chronicle published a story stating that police suspected Screw of overdosing on the same syrup that he so adamantly advocated. Weeks later the theory proved valid, making the artist the victim of his own self-promoted phenomenon. More unfortunate, though, was the loss of Screw to Houston’s fledging scene, which seemed on the verge of being nationally recognized as a Southern rap mecca. His legacy lived on, though, since his trademark mixing style was by no means exclusive, as countless imitators had arisen in the South by the time of his death, the most noteworthy being the Swisha House and Beltway 8 record labels.
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Screwstons on DJ Screw. Screw: The Untold Story’ tells the story of Robert Davis
before the phenomenon and before the fame from the
people who were there. This film also contains never
before seen footage of the one man who gave Houston it’s
sound identity, at work and at play as well as interviews with
the original members of S.U.C. (Screwed Up Click), Davis
family members, the last interview from “Hawk” and his
thoughts about his brother and D.J. Screw filmed just 3 days
prior to his untimely death.
Segment from the Soldiers United 4 Cash Documentary by REL Entertainment, L.L.C. This segment features DJ Screw doing what he did best and showing the world his true talent….
…”Often Immitated, Never Duplicated”
“There is only 1 DJ Screw”
Rest In Peace
Robert Davis, Jr.
DJ Screw
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Dj Screw interview on abc 13 in feburary 1998
This is a news interview with DJ Screw. It aired on ABC 13 in Houston around February 1998.
“The reason I want to be alone, is I’m tired of all the things that went wrong that would’ve went right if I had did ‘em on my own.” – Nas
That quote is perfect for this story because Victor Gurrola, Jr., aka V-Zilla, was once the best rapper the world had ever seen who wasn’t known by his own city. Ironically, when his city finally knew him, the world took notice because he was spitting the worst rap of his career. He’ll tell you himself the reason he wants to be alone is because what went wrong in his career would’ve gone right, if he did it on his own.
This is the story of a man, who represents his city, but musically, is so unlike his city, but don’t confuse that with not liking his city, because he loves his city, though he’s trying to redefine his city.
Man, hold up. Can we get a beat for that last line? We could hear that on a mixtape given the right melody.
What can we say? Talking to Houstonian V-Zilla is like talking to our boys Jason Llorenz and Charlie Ramos from Brooklyn and the Bronx, respectively. There’s something about New Yorkers’ way with words… a regular conversation sometimes sounds like a freestyle. V-Zilla’s like that. He raps when he talks, and we think he rubbed off on us. We think his time in New York rubbed off on him. We also think the East Coast rap of the ’80s had more of an influence on him than the emergence of Southern rap of the ’90s. And that’s very much OK in our book.
Zilla wants us to downplay this fact because he doesn’t want to make it seem like he doesn’t respect UGK or DJ Screw, because, in fact, he does tremendously, but let’s keep it real. This man’s flow is as Statue of Liberty as it is Williams Tower.
What we learned from Preemo, what we learned from Coast, is that you don’t have to sound stereotypically Houston to be Houston, but maybe being from Houston and not musically sounding like Houston gives us a new Houston. Damn, there we go again with the rapping while writing.
If you’ve read between the lines, V-Zilla is a proud product of the Bayou City but musicians not of our ZIP code live in the DNA of his lyrics and his style. So you’re waiting for us to tell you how his career started in New York. You’re 4,000 miles off – try Stockholm, Sweden.
Let us school you how musicians built a national – heck, in this case, a global following -before the MySpace era of fake friends who many artists claim as fans. It was dudes with a dedication to their craft like V-Zilla uploading music to Undergroundhiphop.com. It was constantly working the forums and going to the Web masses and not waiting for “friend requests.” It was letting other true hip-hop heads judge for themselves if you were worth the microphone. And that’s a hell of a lot more credible than a million MySpace page visits or a bunch of half-naked hoes “showing your page love.”
“I got so much support from other cities, I wasn’t concerned with my own city,” admits V-Zilla.
That’s how a Swedish producer called Moonshine discovered V-Zilla and told him his lyrics were sick but the production was shit, so they linked up and drove each other’s beats and lyrics on the information superhighway because an ocean separated them. The result was Zilla’s first album in 2001, E.X.H.A.L.E. (Everyone XPects Hate and Love Emerges).
Damn, while we’re here, let’s run down his resume.
We stop in 2008 because that’s the end of a four-year time period that puts Nas’ quote in context. (Nas, by the way, is one of Zilla’s inspirations.)
It’s evident through our conversation that he’s got mad love for the group he’s affiliated with, S.W.A.T. Music Product, made up of some real cold dudes like GT Garza, Dolemic, 245, Suave Slims and, of course, founding member, Rob G, who invited Zilla to be affiliated with the Southwest, Houston crew. It was an opportunity to become more aligned with his city, Zilla thought. It was an opportunity to gain its admiration, but at what cost?
“I thought maybe I can go commercial, dumb it down and pull it back; run straight ahead to the door and once I’m in the door, I could do what I wanted,” he tells Rocks Off.
Our translation: let’s compromise the level of our music to possibly break mainstream, win the hearts of Houston and the rest of the country who like to dance and snap their fingers, and after all that, get back to spitting some real shit once we make it big.
It didn’t work out that way.
I lost my underground fans,” says Zilla. “‘Yo Zilla, what happened to your music? That’s not hip-hop. That’s not the Zilla I know.’ I was getting five to seven of those messages a week from Minnesota, Boston, Chicago and Germany. I didn’t think I’d get a backlash like that.”
“I didn’t want this shit. Since 2008, I’ve been destroying myself and rebuilding myself back up, and in the process, I’ve lost everything.”
Everything because all the mementos, the show posters and scrapbooks…. all the physical proof of his touring Scandinavia, where young kids in Stockholm talk like they’re from Brooklyn and make Screw music because American hip-hop is that influential, was gone when his financials weren’t supporting his storage payments. And in the process he lost himself because he replaced rapid-fire rhymes with fiction of sipping syrup and smoking weed.
“In that four years, I became disillusioned with the music,” says Zilla. “I’m a back-up dancer in a boy band. The emphasis was not the crew. It was Rob G. I’m a leader, not a follower.”
Not to say they didn’t make good music or that that the potential wasn’t there. “It seemed liked the effort wasn’t there from everybody,” he continues. If everybody was giving 120 percent for S.W.A.T. product, we would be one of the biggest groups hands down, because of the level of talent. We had a crew that was insurmountable if everybody could have put forth the same effort.”
What might have been, what could’ve been probably isn’t important, because regardless of the group’s potential success, it still wouldn’t have been true to Zilla’s style of music. Oscar Wilde once said, “What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.” That’s got to be the case with Zilla.
His trial in disguise could very well be a blessing for his music and his future in the industry. Zilla grew up with three generations of rap – the 80’s, 90’s and the first decade of the 2000’s. He’s been an opening act for Dead Prez, Rakim, Sugarhill Gang, Big Daddy Kane and Slick Rick. He’s got an appreciation for the old school and as time goes, that’s being lost. But above all that, as you’ve seen from the video, Zilla can rap his off, has crazy stage presence and lyrically, well, we’ll let him say it.
“Put anybody in my face right now and I would give them a run for their money,” says Zilla. “My heart pumps hip-hop.”
You know, Nas also said, “Everybody’s a rapper, but few flow fatal.”
Last time we checked. Godzilla killed a shitload of people. He spit fire and stomped on them. And most importantly, he did it on his own.
This Houston MC does the same thing, but on a beat.
Check out V-Zilla’s Web site. Follow him on MySpace and Twitter.
Rolando Rodriguez is the managing editor of www.redbrownandblue.com. Follow him on MySpace and Twitter.
That’s how a Swedish producer called Moonshine discovered V-Zilla and told him his lyrics were sick but the production was shit, so they linked up and drove each other’s beats and lyrics on the information superhighway because an ocean separated them. The result was Zilla’s first album in 2001, E.X.H.A.L.E. (Everyone XPects Hate and Love Emerges).
Damn, while we’re here, let’s run down his resume.
We stop in 2008 because that’s the end of a four-year time period that puts Nas’ quote in context. (Nas, by the way, is one of Zilla’s inspirations.)
It’s evident through our conversation that he’s got mad love for the group he’s affiliated with, S.W.A.T. Music Product, made up of some real cold dudes like GT Garza, Dolemic, 245, Suave Slims and, of course, founding member, Rob G, who invited Zilla to be affiliated with the Southwest, Houston crew. It was an opportunity to become more aligned with his city, Zilla thought. It was an opportunity to gain its admiration, but at what cost?
“I thought maybe I can go commercial, dumb it down and pull it back; run straight ahead to the door and once I’m in the door, I could do what I wanted,” he tells Rocks Off.
Our translation: let’s compromise the level of our music to possibly break mainstream, win the hearts of Houston and the rest of the country who like to dance and snap their fingers, and after all that, get back to spitting some real shit once we make it big.
It didn’t work out that way.
I lost my underground fans,” says Zilla. “‘Yo Zilla, what happened to your music? That’s not hip-hop. That’s not the Zilla I know.’ I was getting five to seven of those messages a week from Minnesota, Boston, Chicago and Germany. I didn’t think I’d get a backlash like that.”
“I didn’t want this shit. Since 2008, I’ve been destroying myself and rebuilding myself back up, and in the process, I’ve lost everything.”
Everything because all the mementos, the show posters and scrapbooks…. all the physical proof of his touring Scandinavia, where young kids in Stockholm talk like they’re from Brooklyn and make Screw music because American hip-hop is that influential, was gone when his financials weren’t supporting his storage payments. And in the process he lost himself because he replaced rapid-fire rhymes with fiction of sipping syrup and smoking weed.
“In that four years, I became disillusioned with the music,” says Zilla. “I’m a back-up dancer in a boy band. The emphasis was not the crew. It was Rob G. I’m a leader, not a follower.”
Not to say they didn’t make good music or that that the potential wasn’t there. “It seemed liked the effort wasn’t there from everybody,” he continues. If everybody was giving 120 percent for S.W.A.T. product, we would be one of the biggest groups hands down, because of the level of talent. We had a crew that was insurmountable if everybody could have put forth the same effort.”
During the night of Monday January 25th, Houston rapper Trae Tha Truth joined fellow Texan and former labelmate at Rap-a-Lot Records, Bun B of ugk, during a show organized to help raise donations for the victims of last week’s 7.0 earthquake in Haiti. It is not clear how much the ‘Houston For Haiti’ event raised, although the Houston Press estimated an amount close to $10,000.
Vince Young, a Houston native and quarterback for the Tennessee Titans also made an appearance, presenting Bun B with a relief check of $2,000. Others showed up to the event, including Slim Thug, the Botany Boyz, and Brian Andrews from Day26.
Beginnings
Chamillionaire says that he has been banging out mixtapes since 1998.[5] Seriki’s stage name Chamillionaire is a portmanteau of the two words ”chameleon” and “millionaire”[6] While self-promoting at an event, Seriki and fellow rapper Paul Wall met Michael “5000″ Watts, who was a popular mixtape DJ from northern Houston. After both Paul Wall and Chamillionare pitched an idea to do promotions for Watts’s company Swishahouse, Chamillionaire and Paul Wall came to Watts’s studio and convinced Watts to allow them to freestyle on an intro to Watts’s radio show on Houston hip-hop radio station KBXX-FM. Watts, who himself was convinced to rap on the record, enjoyed the freestyle so much that he put the verses on one of his mixtapes. Next thing you know, Chamillionaire and Paul Wall became regular staples on Houston’s mixtape circuit, appeared on several of Watts’s mixtapes, and also became permanent members of Swishahouse.[7] Chamillionaire and Paul Wall soon started their own group, The Color Changin’ Click. In 2002, Chamillionaire and Paul Wall collaborated for the album Get Ya Mind Correct, which went on to sell over 150,000 copies Independently. [1] The Source magazine nominated the album for independent album of the year in 2002.[8]
[edit] 2005–2006: The Sound of Revenge
Chamillionaire’s first major label solo release was called The Sound of Revenge and was released through Chamillitary Entertainment and Universal Records in November 2005. The album debuted and peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200 album chart in the United States.[9] The album’s lead single was “Turn It Up”, featuring Lil’ Flip produced by Scott Storch, followed by “Ridin’”, featuring Krayzie Bone of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony produced by Play-N-Skillz; “Ridin’” reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100.[10] Its video also was named “Best Rap Video” in the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards.[11] In 2007, he won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for “Ridin’”.[12] He was previously signed with Michael 5000 Watts’ Swishahouse label.[1] Comedic performer “Weird Al” Yankovic made a parody of the song, titled “White and Nerdy”, for his own album Straight Outta Lynwood.[13] The third single from the album was “Grown and Sexy”.[10]After this his careeer just took off.
Additionally, the bonus track “Grind Time” was featured in the video game NBA Live ‘06.[14] The album was certified platinum by the RIAA, and a chopped and screwed version, screwed by OG Ron C, was released in February 2006.[15] Guest appearances for the album included Lil’ Flip, Natalie, Krayzie Bone, Bun B, Lil Wayne, Pastor Troy, Killer Mike, Scarface, singer Billy Cook, and his brother Rasaq.
In January 2006, Chamillionaire entered a feud with BCD Music Group, a company that used to distribute his music, as BCD claimed that Chamillionaire was making slanderous remarks about the company in his songs. Consequently, Shila Mitra, a partner of BCD, fueled the feud further with her own diss track.[16] Later in 2006, Chamillionaire was featured in the singles “Get Up” by Ciara, “That Girl” by Frankie J, “Bet That” by Trick Daddy, “King Kong” by Jibbs, and “Doe Boy Fresh” by Three Six Mafia in 2007.
[edit] 2007–2008: Ultimate Victory
Chamillionaire (left) with MC Hammer and Mistah F.A.B. in July 24, 2008.To promote his new album, Chamillionaire released Mixtape Messiah 3 as a prelude to his new album on July 18, 2007 at exactly 11pm Eastern Time on his website. Chamillionaire released his second mainstream album Ultimate Victory on September 18, 2007. Ultimate Victory was made without a single profanity said by Chamillionaire. Guest appearances included UGK, Krayzie Bone, Lil Wayne, Famous, Tony Henry, Devin the Dude and Lloyd. The first single was “Hip Hop Police”, featuring Slick Rick, which both Chamillionaire and Slick Rick performed on the CBS television network program Late Show with David Letterman on September 14, 2007.[17] The following single is “The Evening News.”
Chamillionaire recently signed back to Chamillitary Entertainment the rapper Yung Ro, a former member The Color Changin’ Click, but released him from Chamillitary Entertainment shortly after. His artist Famous released his debut on Chamillitary titled Money, Power, and Fame. Chamillionaire will release the Tony Henry R&B project through the label Chamillitary Soul.[18]
Mixtape Messiah 4, the fourth title in Chamillionaire’s Mixtape Messiah series, was initially set for release on December 18, 2007[19], but was released on August 27, 2008.[20]
[edit] 2008–present: Final Mixtape Messiah, Venom, and Major Pain
In November 2008, Chamillionaire announced his plans for his third album, Venom, for release in early 2009.[21] His sixth installment in the Mixtape Messiah series was to be a “prelude” to Venom.[22] The first single off of Venom was initially planned to be “Creepin’ (Solo)”, which featured Ludacris and ended up reaching #1 on the Billboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart. However, it is unclear whether or not the song will be included on Venom after Chamillionaire canceled and then reinstated the album. He announced that Mixtape Messiah 7 would be the final installment of the “Mixtape Messiah” series and that he cancelled Venom to create different material for his third album. Chamillionaire awarded his final Mixtape Messiah 7 to 100 winners of a contest which he ran on his website. One of those winners was fellow rapper and Chamillionaire protege, E-Dawg (NJ), along with “Larry Hustle”, aka Anonymayne.[23][24] The first disc from Mixtape Messiah 7 was launched for free download on Aug 4, 2009 just after 11:30 pm EST, while Disc 2 was released on August 6, 2009 just after 2:00 am EST. The next day the next Disc 3 & 4 dropped making it a 66 track compilation.[25]
On September 29, it was officially announced that Chamillionaire’s third album would indeed be entitled “Venom” after a fan vote on his Web site. The first single from this upcoming album is titled “Good Morning”. The album is scheduled to be released on June 15, 2010. [26][27]
Chamillionaire appeared on the remix for Weezer’s song “Can’t Stop Partying”, off of their album Raditude. He also joined Weezer for live performances as Lil Wayne, who is featured on the original version of the track, was convicted on gun possession charges and was unable to perform. [28]
On December 11, 2009, Chamillionaire performed a set for “Fort Hood Community Strong”, an event described as a day of “healing, fun and entertainment” for those placed at the Fort Hood military base who were affected by the shooting that took place on November 5, 2009, killing 13 people. Other performers at the event included Nick Jonas, Dana Carvey and Zac Brown Band. [29]
On December 23, 2009, Chamillionaire announced via his YouTube page that he would be initiating his Major Pain movement through his website by dropping a disc entitled Major Pain on February 2, 2010. [30] [31]
[edit] Entrepreneurship
Chamillionaire co-owns Houston based auto dealer Fly Rydes with a partner, Ernest. He personally owns a tour bus company and his record label, Chamillitary Entertainment.[4]
On November 4, 2009, Chamillionaire launched the Global Innovation Tournament 2009 at the Stanford Memorial Auditorium, Stanford University with Quincy Jones III as part of the Stanford Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar Series
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