Jarvis Antonio Mills (born September 11, 1983), better known by his stage name Jae Millz, is an American rapper from

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. He is best known for his performances on

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's 2009 singles "

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" and " Every Girl," having signed to the label a year prior. His debut album, ''Nothing Is Promised'' was scheduled for release in 2013, although it remains unreleased; he departed from the label the following year. Mills is also known for his

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s with MCs including Murda Mook, E Ness, K-Shine, 40 Cal. and J.R. Writer.

Biography

Jae Millz was born in Harlem, New York. He started writing lyrics while at junior high school. He followed his love for art and went to the New York High School for Cartoon and Fashion Architecture. Millz grew to local fame by winning hip hop battles and doing performances and releasing a number of

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s. In 2003, he released his debut single "No, No, No", which received radio play and peaked at number 89 on the US ''

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chart. After the success of the song, Millz was offered a record deal with

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. However, due to creative differences, he left the label, without having an album released. Soon after that he signed with

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. Eventually, he left Universal, too, due to the lack of promotion, as the label was giving priority to other artists. Jae Millz' 2004 single "Streetz Melting" was featured on the

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of the EA

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'' NBA Live 06''. Millz has released 20 mixtapes since 2004, including ''Back 2 Tha Future'', ''Zone Out Season'' and ''Dead Presidents''. In January 2008, Millz was signed to

. He made a cameo appearance in the video for Lil Wayne's single "

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" from '' Tha Carter III''. On December 21, 2009, Millz' collaboration album with Young Money '' We Are Young Money'' was released. Millz was featured on eight of the songs, including the singles " Every Girl" and "

". The album landed at number nine on the US ''Billboard'' 200, selling 142,000 copies in its first week, and was later certified gold by the

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. A debut album, ''Nothing Is Promised'', was scheduled for a 2013 release. In an interview with

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's Tim Westwood, Millz explained that the title refers to his health problems – "The title come from ehaving two seizures in the previous year. I had them in my sleep. It's like you wake up and you don't know what happened." The first single from the album, called "Forever Winning", was released in July 2011 and featured fellow Young Money rapper

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. His mixtape ''Dead Presidents 2'' was released on February 4, 2013. On April 19, 2013, Millz released his 20th mixtape ''Property Of Potentness 2''. On November 20, 2020, Millz released the album ''Wood Panel Walls'', which included the single "High Rollers" featuring Anthiny King. On February 12, 2021, Millz released the album, "Much Love" with Anthiny King (distributed through Empire Records), as a continuation of their collaboration.

Discography

*''Lenox Ave Legend'' (2017) *''Wood Panel Walls'' (2020) *''Much Love (with Anthiny King)'' (2021)

References

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