PSC or Pimp Squad Click (stylized as P$C or Pimp $quad Click), is an American hip hop group from Bankhead,

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. Formed in 2001, the group was originally composed of six members,

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, Mac Boney, C-Rod, Dollar D.P, AK and T.I. In 2002, the group began amassing several

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mixtapes, namely their ''In da Streets'' series, which garnered them local recognition. PSC released their debut studio album ''

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'', in 2005, under Grand Hustle Records and

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History

The group was formed in 2001 by T.I., alongside his longtime friends and fellow

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-based

s Big Kuntry King, C-Rod, AK, Dollar D.P and Mac Boney. They made their commercial debut on the track "Heavy Chevys", taken from T.I.'s debut solo album, '' I'm Serious'' (2001). However, after ''I'm Serious'' failed to gain major recognition,

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released T.I. from his

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. In 2002, the group released a full-length project together, a

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titled ''In da Streets''. The group's debut studio album ''

'', was released in 2005 and received mixed reviews. The album title "25 to Life", refers to the group members' ages at the time. Although the critical reviews were lukewarm, it peaked at number 10 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart on October 8, 2005. The album features

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s from

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, Lil Scrappy and

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; while its production was handled by

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, Jasper Cameron and Sapp, among others. P$C's debut single "I'm a King", which was produced by Lil' Jon, features Lil' Scrappy and was included on the soundtrack to the drama film ''

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'' (2005). The single reached number 67 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. In 2004, PSC appeared on "Pimp Squad", from American music producer

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's debut album, '' 1st Infantry'', as well as on the song "Limelight", from T.I.'s third solo album ''

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''. In 2006, T.I. featured his PSC cohorts on the track "Bankhead", from his fourth album ''

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''. In 2008, Big Kuntry King featured PSC on the track "Still Kuntry", from his debut solo album, '' My Turn to Eat''. In 2008, AK, also known as AK the Razorman, began to show he was disgruntled with T.I. and the label: "I'm an original P$C member. I met T.I. back in 1995; I was six-teen years old and he was four-teen. We put our heads together. He already had a deal in

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, that's why we made him the leader of the P$C; to lead us out of the streets and into the rap business and that is what happened. When his deal went bad with Arista in 2001 with the ''I'm Serious'' album, we didn't leave him nor abort our mission. We didn't leave T.I. behind; we didn't turn our backs on him. We continued to push hard for him. ig Kuntry and Icame up with our deals and the ''In da Streets Vol.1'' album. You already know the history of how the P$C started. With me being an original member and there from day one, back in the trap days, I was the one who kept T.I.'s head from being shot off. I saved him in the music business as well. Arista did not want to drop his album until he came to them with another

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. That is when myself and Big Kuntry came through with "Heavy Chevy's", it was right on time. We dropped that on him .I.when he thought it was over for him. We got our little check for that and did some shows and got some exposure, it was cool, and nothing was wrong back then; it was all one hundred. But now, a lot of people coming out of Grand Hustle, haven't been promoted as his friends as we were. They weren't the backbone of Grand Hustle like us. We were the first people introduced as T.I.'s group as the click itself. Now you're seeing all these new faces and the old faces haven't even expanded nor done their own thing yet. We're still lingering and waiting around." In a 2011 interview with Inday, a Grand Hustle marketing promoter, he confirmed AK was no longer a part of the Grand Hustle label or PSC. On May 15, 2017, PSC released a song titled "My Boi".

Discography

Studio albums

Mixtapes

Singles

Guest appearances

References

External links

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