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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 (

). He and Jason would later form the Lox with Styles P.

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"discovered" the trio, and they would soon be signed to

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. 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. The group's second album, '' We Are the Streets'', was released on January 25, 2000. Meanwhile, Sheek, an aspiring entrepreneur, began working on their D-Block brand, building a studio, and looking for new talent to join their roster. In October 2006 he opened a D-Block car wash and gas station in their hometown of

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. Sheek released his solo debut '' Walk Witt Me'' on Universal Records through D-Block Records. Early promotional material, such as within the liner notes of Styles P's album '' A Gangster and a Gentleman'', indicate that the album's original title was ''Walk With Me''. His fifth album, ''Silverback Gorilla'', released in 2008, featured his hit single, "Good Love", which sampled Betty Wright's "Tonight Is The Night" and "Pure Love" songs. He has worked with

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. They collaborated on a joint album titled ''

Wu Block ''Wu Block'' is a collaborative studio album by United States, American rappers Ghostface Killah (of Wu-Tang Clan) and Sheek Louch (of The Lox). Louch announced the album in 2011, in an interview. The album was released on November 27, 2012, by ...

'' featuring members of

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and D-Block after drawing inspiration from one another while touring and recording. In January 2017 Ghostface and Sheek Louch announced on their respective social media accounts that a second collaborative album was in the works.

Discography

;Studio albums * '' Walk witt Me'' (2003) * '' After Taxes'' (2005) * '' Silverback Gorilla'' (2008) * '' Life on D-Block'' (2009) * '' Donnie G: Don Gorilla'' (2010) * '' Silverback Gorilla 2'' (2015) ;Collaboration albums * ''

'' (with

) (2012)

References

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