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| New Orleans' rap verteran of more than a decade, Juvenile has come a long way from the Magnolia Porjects in New Orleans uptown region. At age four, like many kids in the ghetto, Terius Gray (Juvenile's real name) and his father had left when he was very young. He would later form a group called UTP, which her later tattooed on his stomach. Juvenile's career started in the rap trio |
| 3Grand. In 1995 he went solo and joined the Warlock record label. In February of 1995 his first solo album, Being Myself, was released. After his new found popularity, Warlock Records re-released the album in May of 1999. Real success came after Juvenile met up with two brothers, Ronald "Suga" Slim and Brian "Baby" Williams, from Cash Money Records, Solja Rag, quickly became an underground hit by selling over 200,000 copies. The album's success lead to Juvenile's new group the Hot Boys to release their first album, Get It How U Live, in October 1997. It soon sold over 400,000 albums. Their latest album Guerilla Warfare, released in July 19997, is expected to surpass that mark. Cash Money Records, a division of Universal Records, released their top selling album 400 Degreez in June 1998. With video and radio hits such as "Ha" and "Back That Azz Up", Juvenile has enjoyed being Billboard's top 200 CD's for over 45 weeks. (~Mark Ritcher~) Discography Being Myself (1995) Solja Rags (1997) 400 Degreez (1998) Being Myself Remixed (1999) Tha G-Code (1999) Playaz Of Da Game (2000) Project English (2001) |
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