Peter Cory Pankey, Jr. (born June 22, 1987), better known by his stage name Cory Gunz, is an American rapper from

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Accessed January 23, 2010. He is best known for his guest appearance on

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's 2010 single " 6 Foot 7 Foot," which peaked at number nine on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. He signed with Wayne's

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, a then-imprint of Cash Money and

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in August of that year, although he has released no major solo albums with the label. He starred and was the subject of the 2011 documentary series ''Son of a Gun'', which was presented by his mentor, American comedian

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Career

At age 14, Pankey was first signed by

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and

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shepherded him into a joint venture through

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. He was featured on a

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's single " If It's Lovin' That You Want". He mixtape ''The Apprentice 3 – Season Finale'' has amassed over 85,000 listens on the

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website DatPiff. He also contributed a verse to the original version of

's " A Milli" before it was replaced with new verses by Wayne for the album version. In 2009, Pankey signed a contract with After Platinum Records. In early 2010, he signed with

and

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. He has worked with actor and musician

. In 2011, he was featured on Lil Wayne's single " 6 Foot 7 Foot" from ''

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''. Also in 2011, Pankey starred on

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's "Son of A Gun" a reality show that follows he after and before he got signed by Young Money. The show features appearances from close friend

. It was announced that

was going defunct, all of the artists on the roster moved from the label including (Cory Gunz) was being moved to

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making the label itself revived. Pankey was a featured artist on Dirti Diana's 2013 mixtape ''R.I.P. To The Competition''. On July 16, 2013, he released his first mixtape in two years with ''Datz WTF I'm Talkin Bout'', it featured guest appearances by

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, Charlie Rock, Mack Maine,

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, and

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among others. In March 2014, Pankey revealed he was working on an EP titled ''Kriminal Mind'' and following its release he would release his debut studio album. In 2022, he released the Album Gunz x Bars. 2023 the Loosie Pack 1 & 2 Series it features Styles P, Pax, Black Saun and Fugeo Base.

Controversies

Legal issues

On January 28, 2012, Pankey was arrested for possession of a gun and faced three and a half years in prison, which was lowered to a -year sentence. His father, Peter Pankey admitted that he had encouraged his son to keep a low profile and stop releasing music for a while in the aftermath of his arrest. In an interview from December 17, 2013, Peter Gunz stated that Pankey was trying to work on new records in Miami while on probation.

Personal life

Pankey is the father of twin daughters.

Discography

Extended Plays

Compilation albums

Mixtapes

Singles

As a featured artist

Guest appearances

Filmography

References

External links

Official website
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