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Who's Real
"Who's Real" is a song by American rapper Jadakiss, released June 16, 2009 as the fourth single from his third studio album '' The Last Kiss''. The song features guest appearances from fellow American rappers OJ da Juiceman and Swizz Beatz, the latter of whom produced the track. Background The original version had a longer second verse: after Juiceman's lines follow the lines by Jusmula (beginning with "It's real funny when a nigga play a C.L.,/ O.S.E., I be trippin' like G.L." and so on). It also contained the word "bastards" in Jada's line "Couple of flips and then stash it, bastards", which got blocked out in the final version, so it would be totally without profanities. Music video A music video was directed by Taj and shot on May 13, 2009. There are cameo appearances from Ja Rule, Clipse, Kanye West, Clyde Carson, DJ Webstar, Grafh, and Styles P. There are also various Ruff Ryders Lifestyles members with their motorbikes featured in the video. The music video was releas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jadakiss
Jason Terrance Phillips (born May 27, 1975), better known by his stage name Jadakiss (, ), is an American rapper who began his career in the 1990s and formed the hip hop trio the Lox alongside Styles P and Sheek Louch in 1994. The group signed with Sean Combs, Puff Daddy's Bad Boy Records, an imprint of Arista Records to release their debut studio album, ''Money, Power & Respect'' (1998); their second album, ''We Are the Streets'' (2000) was released by Ruff Ryders Entertainment, an imprint of Interscope Records. Both peaked within the top five of the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 and yielded critical praise; their two subsequent albums, ''Filthy America... It's Beautiful'' (2016) and ''Living Off Xperience'' (2020) were both released by Jay-Z's Roc Nation and met with continued praise. After the Lox's second album, the trio each began pursuing solo careers, and Jadakiss signed with Ruff Ryders as a solo act to release his first two solo albums, ''Kiss tha Game Goodbye, Kiss T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ja Rule
Jeffrey Bruce Atkins (born February 29, 1976), better known by his stage name Ja Rule (), is an American rapper, singer, and actor. Born and raised in New York City, Ja Rule became known for blending gangsta rap with pop rap, pop and contemporary R&B, R&B sensibilities. He signed with Irv Gotti's Murder Inc Records, an imprint of Def Jam Recordings to release his debut studio album ''Venni Vetti Vecci'' (1999), which spawned his first hit single, "Holla Holla". In 2001, he peaked the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on three occasions with his single "Always on Time" (featuring Ashanti (singer), Ashanti) and his guest appearances on Jennifer Lopez's songs "I'm Real (Murder Remix)" and "Ain't It Funny (Murder Remix), Ain't It Funny". Commercially successful, ''Venni Vetti Vecci'' received RIAA certification, platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and was followed by his second and third albums, ''Rule 3:36'' (2000) and ''Pain Is L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drag-On
Melvin Jason Smalls (born January 4, 1980), known professionally as Drag-On, is an American rapper. He is best known for his time on Ruff Ryders, through whom he released his debut album, '' Opposite of H2O'' (2000). The album was successful, debuting at number five on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart and eventually sold over 500,000 copies and earning a Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Drag-On released his second album '' Hell and Back'', in 2004. Drag-On has appeared in the 2001 film '' Exit Wounds'' and the 2003 '' Cradle 2 the Grave'', both of which stars his then-Ruff Ryders label-mate DMX. Early life Drag-On was born Melvin Jason Smalls in New York City, New York. He was raised in the Bronxdale Projects in The Bronx, New York The Bronx ( ) is the northernmost of the five boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the U.S. state of New York. It shares a land border with Westchester County to its no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eve (rapper)
Eve Jihan Cooper (' Jeffers; born November 10, 1978) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and actress. Her debut studio album, '' Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders' First Lady'' (1999) peaked atop the ''Billboard'' 200 (making her the third female rapper to do so), received double platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and spawned the hit singles " What Ya Want" (featuring Nokio), " Love Is Blind", and " Gotta Man". That same year, she guest featured on the Roots' Grammy Award-winning single " You Got Me", as well as Missy Elliott's single " Hot Boyz", both of which peaked within the top 40 of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Eve's second studio album, ''Scorpion'' (2001) was released to similar success. Its lead single, " Let Me Blow Ya Mind" (featuring Gwen Stefani) peaked at number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and won her the inaugural Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, as well as an MTV Video Music Award. Her third albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheek Louch
Sean Divine Jacobs (born September 30, 1974), better known by his stage name Sheek Louch (or simply Sheek), is an American rapper, best known as a member of East Coast hip hop trio the Lox, which he formed in 1994 with Jadakiss and Styles P. As a solo act, he is best known for his guest appearance on DMX's 1998 single " Get at Me Dog", which peaked within the top 40 of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Personal life and career At around the age of 12, he was inspired to rhyme by his friend Jason Phillips (Jadakiss). He and Jason would later form the Lox with Styles P. Mary J. Blige "discovered" the trio, and they would soon be signed to Sean Combs's Bad Boy Records. Their first album, Money, Power & Respect, was released on January 13, 1998. Sheek and his fellow LOX members later parted ways with Bad Boy Records, and signed a record deal with their management company, Ruff Ryders, after the company formed a record label in the late 1990s. Ruff Ryders was also home to DMX. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Leak
A music leak is an unauthorized release of music over the internet. Songs or albums may leak days or months before their scheduled release date. In other cases, the leaked material may be demos or scrapped work never intended for public release. Leaks often originate from hackers who gain unauthorized access to the online storage of an artist, label, producer, or journalist. Sources Unreleased music is often acquired by hackers who gain unauthorized access to the e-mail or cloud storage accounts of artists, producers or record labels. Some leaks originate from advance copies sent to journalists, and are leaked by the journalists themselves or friends, family members etc. with whom they shared the music. Journalists rarely leak music directly to the public, at least not intentionally, as doing so jeopardizes their careers and may even violate legal agreements (i.e.. similar to non-disclosure agreements). Some leaks follow a combination of both aforementioned routes: unauthorized ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remix
A remix, also sometimes called reorchestration or rework, is a piece of media which has been altered or contorted from its original state by adding, removing, or changing pieces of the item. A song, piece of artwork, book, poem, or photograph can be remixes. The only characteristic of a remix is that it appropriates and changes other materials to create something new. Most commonly, remixes are a subset of audio mixing (recorded music), audio mixing in music and song recordings. Songs may be remixed for a variety of reasons: * to adapt or revise a song for radio or nightclub play * to create a stereophonic sound, stereo or surround sound version of a song where none was previously available * to improve the fidelity of an older song for which the original audio mastering, master has been lost or degraded * to alter a song to suit a specific music genre or radio format * to use some of the original song's materials in a new context, allowing the original song to reach a different ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BET Jams
Black Entertainment Television (BET) is an American basic cable channel targeting Black American audiences. It is the flagship channel of the BET Media Group, a subsidiary of Paramount Global's CBS Entertainment Group. Originally launched as a USA Network programming block on January 25, 1980, BET would eventually become a full-fledged channel on July 1, 1983. , BET is available to approximately 67,000,000 pay television households in the United States-down from its 2011 peak of 92,000,000 households. History Early years After stepping down as a lobbyist for the cable industry, Freeport, Illinois native Robert L. Johnson decided to launch his own cable television network. Johnson acquired a loan for $15,000 (equivalent to $55,648 in 2023) and a $500,000 (equivalent to $1,854,921 in 2023) investment from media executive John Malone to start the network. The network, which was named Black Entertainment Television (BET), launched on January 25, 1980. Cheryl D. Miller ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google Search. In January 2024, YouTube had more than 2.7billion monthly active users, who collectively watched more than one billion hours of videos every day. , videos were being uploaded to the platform at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute, and , there were approximately 14.8billion videos in total. On November 13, 2006, YouTube was purchased by Google for $1.65 billion (equivalent to $ billion in ). Google expanded YouTube's business model of generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by and for YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Styles P
David R. Styles (born November 28, 1974), better known by his stage name Styles P (also known Mononymous person, mononymously as Styles), is an American rapper, best known as a member of East Coast hip hop group the Lox. Formed with fellow rappers Sheek Louch and Jadakiss in 1994, the group was also part of the Ruff Ryders Entertainment collective. As a solo act, Styles signed with Ruff Ryders' parent label, Interscope Records to release his debut studio album, ''A Gangster and a Gentleman'' (2002). Its lead single, "Good Times (Styles P song), Good Times," peaked at number 22 on the US Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100, while the album peaked at number six on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200. That same year, he guest appeared alongside Jadakiss on Jennifer Lopez' single "Jenny from the Block," while two years later, he did so on Senegalese-American singer Akon's 2004 single "Locked Up (song), Locked Up;" both songs peaked within the top ten of the former chart. He h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grafh
Philip Anthony Bernard (born August 22, 1982), better known by his stage name Grafh, is an American rapper. His 2007 debut studio album, ''Autografh'', was released through EMI and Virgin. Afterward, he parted ways with both labels. Grafh has also been supported by several well-known artists, including Drake, Trinidad James and Raekwon. Actor Shia LaBeouf praised Grafh in a late-night interview with Carson Daly. In February 2014, Grafh released his mixtape ''New York Dxpe'' hosted by DJ Mr. FX. In 2016, Grafh collaborated with singer Melissa B. on the singles "Creep" and "The Greatest". Discography Albums *2007: ''Autografh'' *2024: ''God's Timing'' (joint album with 38 Spesh) Mixtapes *2003: ''The Bang Out'' *2004: ''The Oracle'' (Hosted by DJ Green Lantern) *2005: ''The Preview'' *2006: ''I Don't Care'' *2006: ''Make It Hot'' (Hosted by DJ Rob) *2006: ''Bring Dat Money Back'' (Hosted by Big Mike) *2006: ''MySpace Jumpoff'' (Hosted by Clinton Sparks) *2007: ''Black Hand Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DJ Webstar
Troy Ryan (born October 25, 1986), better known by his stage name DJ Webstar (or simply Webstar) is an American DJ and record producer. In 2006, his song "Chicken Noodle Soup", became popular and became an Internet meme, with fans uploading amateur videos dancing to the track. The song's popularity led to him being signed by the now defunct Universal Records Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as Universal Music Group or Universal Music) is a Netherlands, Dutch–United States, American multinational Music industry, music corporation under Law of the Netherlands, .... Discography Albums Singles Guest appearances References External links''Baller Status'' News about DJ Webstar and ''Chicken Noodle Soup''Webstar "Chicken Noodle Soup" Music Video on Gotuit Music 1986 births Living people American hip-hop DJs East Coast hip-hop musicians African-American male rappers 20th-century American male rappers Rappers from Manhat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
