Jerold Dwight Ellis III (born October 18, 1974), better known by his stage name Yukmouth, is an American rapper. He is the founder of The Regime,

Smoke-A-Lot Records Smoke-a-Lot Records, distributed by Rap-a-Lot Records, is a record label founded and owned by rapper Yukmouth and manager Kat Gaynor. The name comes from Yukmouth's Luniz nickname, "Smoke-a-Lot". The label itself is home to artists including Lun ...

and Godzilla Entertainment.

Career

Yukmouth is a member of the rap duo

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, along with Numskull. Luniz recorded the

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anthem, "

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". Yukmouth signed a solo record deal at J-Prince's Rap-a-Lot Records, releasing four albums. His double album debut on the label, entitled '' Thugged Out: The Albulation'', went gold. Under his own label,

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, he has released DVDs and

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s, such as the ''

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'' series.

Smoke-A-Lot

Yukmouth is CEO of Smoke-A-Lot, which is distributed by Rap-a-Lot Records. The label is home to established artists such as

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, Thug Lordz (Yukmouth and

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), The Regime, and Yukmouth himself.

Godzilla Entertainment

Godzilla Entertainment was an American

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founded and owned by Yukmouth, and operated by both him and Kat Gaynor (who also acts as Yukmouth and The Regime's manager). The name comes from Yukmouth's popular 2003 album,

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. It was initially created to serve as an independent record distribution company for official mixtapes released on

. The first few releases through Godzilla was the heavily popular ''All Out War'' mixtape series which were done as a joint venture with the Cali Untouchable DJs and Rapbay.com. The initial logo featured an edited version of the

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logo which was later replaced by a more independent logo which features the

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logo encircled by the words "''Godzilla Ent.''". Upon receiving pressure from Toho Company Ltd., the copyright owners to the name Godzilla, Yukmouth closed down the Godzilla subset label and now releases projects solely on the Smoke-A-Lot Records imprint. All media pertaining to the name Godzilla, including logos, t-shirts and other media were removed from the official Smoke-A-Lot website shortly after.

Releases

* The Regime - ''All Out War Vol. 1'' *The Regime - ''All Out War Vol. 2'' *The Regime - ''All Out War Vol. 3'' *Ampichino - AK-47 Soundtrack to the Street *Young Skrilla - ''Superheroes: Hot az a Heata Vol. 2'' *Yukmouth - ''Million Dollar Mixtape'' *Yukmouth - ''The City of Dope Vol. 1''

Discography

;Studio albums *'' Thugged Out: The Albulation'' (1998) *'' Thug Lord: The New Testament'' (2001) *''

'' (2003) *'' Million Dollar Mouthpiece'' (2008) *'' The West Coast Don'' (2009) *'' Free at Last'' (2010) *''The Tonite Show: Thuggin' & Mobbin (2011) *''Half Baked'' (2012) *''GAS (Grow and Sale)'' (2014) *''JJ Based on a Vill Story'' (2017) *''JJ Based on a Vill Story Two'' (2017) *''JJ Based on a Vill Story Three'' (2018)

Filmography

* '' Original Gangstas'' (1996) * ''Mexican Blow'' (also released as ''Warrior'') (2002) - The Midnight Sun * ''United Ghettos of America vol. 1'' (2002) * ''United Ghettos of America vol. 2'' (2004) * ''T9X: The Tech N9ne Experience'' (2004) * ''United Ghettos of America: Eye Candy'' (2007) * ''Yukmouth Uncut'' (2007) * ''Million Dollar DVD'' (2007)

Awards

Grammy Award nominations

References

External links

Official website
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{{Authority control 1974 births Living people African-American male rappers West Coast hip-hop musicians Rappers from Oakland, California Gangsta rappers RBC Records artists 21st-century American rappers 21st-century American male musicians