Kendrick Lamar Duckworth is a rapper who was born in Compton, California on June 18,1987 who has a net worth of $33 million.
The Name 'Kendrick' was given to Kendrick by his mom in honor of the famous singer Eddie Kendtricks. At the age of 8 yearss old, Kendrick proclamied that he watched the video "California Love" by Dr. Dre and tupac Shakur. He proclamed that it was a very inspirational moment in his life in regards to subsunetly pursuring a rap career.
He attended Centennial High School and where he was a straight A-student. By the age of 16, he relased the mixtape "Youngest Head Nigga in Charge" which was his first project. The mixtape went on to garner local attention for Kendrick and it would subseuqntly lead to a recording contract from Top Dawg Entertainment. After that, he would eventually release another mixtape by the title of Training Day in 2005. For the next two years he would appear amogs some well known West Coas rappers such as Ya Boy, Jay Rock more notably, The Game. By 2008, he was features in the musuic video for Jay Rock's debut single "All My Life" which featured one of the most famous hip hop superstar of all time - Lil Wayne. SHorthly after this fact, we would go on to receive a co-sign from
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He would subely relase the lead sinle of his debut album "Swimming Pools which peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2013, he made waves across the entire hip-hop industry by proclaiming that he would lyrically destroy every other rapper namely, Drake, J. Cole, Big Sean and Mac Miller. On Feburay the 9th of 2015, he would release his 4th and most succesful album To Pimp A Butterfily. It would go on to sell 324,000 copies within the first week as well as to earn him 5 grammys which included: Song of the Year, Best Rap Album of the Year as well as the Album of the
-He was born on October 18, 1926 in St. Louis, Missouri. He was exposed to music at a young age at school and church. His parents, Martha and Henry Berry, were grandchildren of slaves and they were among the African Americans who migrated from rural south to St. Louis for employment during World War 1. Martha was among the few of black women to receive a college education and Henry was a carpenter and a deacon at the Antioch Baptist
Soon after doing this he began looking for a record deal as a solo artist. But Shawn just wasn’t getting lucky. It wasn't until a friend, Roc-A-Fella CEO Damon Dash, convinced him to form a record company with him that Jay-Z's career finally got off the ground. Jay-Z released his first single through Roc-A-Fella in 1995, "In My Lifetime." It was a hit in New York, and helped Dash secure a distribution deal for Jay-Z’s first album, “Reasonable Doubt.”
Tupac Shakur was born in Brooklyn, New York in June of 1971 to Afeni Shakur, his father abandoned him before he was born. In Tupac's "Word to his father" he wanted to "hit it"1. Big Syke discovered Tupac in 1987 in Baltimore, Maryland. Tupac Shakur was studying theater with famous actress, Jada Pinkett Smith. Big Syke discovered Tupac's freestyling2 ability in Baltimore. Big Syke then introduced Tupac to other rappers, Tone Loc and Humpty Dump...
"After some time Tupac released his own album "2Pacalypse Now", which was a success. His career skyrocketed; he became tight with main pawns in the rapping industry. Tupac signed to Deathrow Labels and released songs and albums with them."
Born quietly into poverty on September 27, 1982 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Lil Wayne entered this world with the given name of Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. to his 19 year old mother, Jacita Carter. He was named after his father, Dwayne Michael Turner; however Turner was never part of the child’s life. Jacita began raising her son in Hollygrove, one of the poorest neighborhoods in New Orleans. She later became involved with Reginald “Rabbit” McDonald and he became her son’s stepfather. Rabbit moved the family to East New Orleans. Dwayne was a smart kid and had straight A’s in school. He liked rhyming and wrote his first rap ...
Tupac Amaru Shakur born in East Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City. His birth name was Lesane Parish Crooks, June 16 1971. His both parents were members of the Black Panther Party. Tupac Shakur was a vocal participant during the East Coast and West Coast hip hop rivalry. He went to High School in California and Maryland. His career brought him back to New York City. Forget about his education and family background, thinking about how he put himself into his career so successfully. To succeed and accomplishment that made him in legacy…..
Around his neighborhood, Biggie Smalls began building a reputation as a musician under that name. After a tape landed in the hands of a well-known DJ as Mister Cee, Biggie was featured in the hip hop industry. Later on Biggie Smalls went by the name The Notorious B.I.G. In 1993 he appeared on one of Mary J Blige’s song “Real Love” and followed up with a second song with Mary J Blige called “What’s the 411.” His debut as a solo artist came with the single, "Party and Bullsh*t," on the soundtrack to the film, “Who’s the Man?”
The rapper known as Tupac Shakur,was born in 1971 in Bronx, NY. Tupac's struggles began early. When Tupac was young, his mother was a member of the organization known as "The Black Panthers." Tupac survived a hard childhood with a drug addicted mother and the rough streets of Baltimore, where they both moved. Soon after their move, Tupac would attend the Baltimore High School for the Performing Arts. This school is what started Tupac in his love of poetry as well as music. Tupac also began writing his rap lyrics here. Rap and music inspired Tupac but may have also been his downfall. This is how he ultimately became the Tupac Shakur that was, is and possibly may always be the most controversial celebrity there ever was.
Rapping was a key component as Pitbull grew up and he drew his creativity from popular rappers like Nas and Big Pun. His first big musical break was with the popular movie series “2 Fast 2 Furious” where his song “Oye” was the theme song of the entire movie. This achievement was extremely important to Pitbull’s future rapping career because many people watched this movie series and by having this song be the theme it instantly gained him fame. From this movie he signed on with TVT records and made his first album called M.I.A.M.I. In the years following this album release, Pitbull made three more albums all of which were very successful. Pitbull became a prominent rapper and this career lead to many other accomplishments that were to come.
Becoming one of the wealthiest rappers and entrepreneur is something that Shawn Carter envisioned growing up. Although he grew up in a poor neighborhood and household, his surroundings didn’t deter him from reaching success. He lived the street life, but the street life did not consume him. Shawn is now one of the most successful people in the 21st century. Shawn grew up in the projects of Brooklyn and was raised by as single mother. Shawn is someone who took his early childhood struggles and turned them into motivation. Shawn didn’t allow his surroundings to become an excuse for him to do nothing. He wasn’t afraid to dream big. Shawn went from living in the infamous Marcy Projects to living in penthouses and mansions. He was a rare bright
Since he first burst on the scene in 2001 with his impressive solo debut, "I'M SERIOUS," T.I. has proven himself to be more than just a maker of hit records. In addition to the millions of albums sold worldwide over the course of his career, T.I.'s striking good looks, impeccable sense of style, and charismatic personality have catapulted him onto cover of VIBE (January '05) and into the fashion pages of GQ (May '05), earned him the award for Most Stylish Male at the 2005 BET Awards, and secured him spots on BET's "All Shades of Fine: 25 Hottest Men of the Last 25 Years" and Teen People's "The 25 Hottest Stars Under 25" lists.
He begins his career in Music after stop starring in “Degrassi”. The producers fire him because he becomes too obsessed with rapping (Yohana, 2015), but Lil Wayne contacts him and registers him to Young Money. Lil Wayne has become his mentor since then, seeing his unbelievable achievement in the music industry with a number of publicized tracks. Drake cooperates with The Weekend and Noah 40 Shebib to produce new tracks endlessly.
Kanye Omari West was born in Atlanta, Georgia on June, 8 1977. His mom and him soon relocated to Chicago, Illinois after his parents divorced. Kanye spent all of his youth life in Chicago. He spent his time during the school year with his mother, who was an English professor, and spent summers with his dad, who was an award-winning photographer then turned church counselor. “I was taught to think on my own growing up, that’s what a lot of black kids don’t get” (Newsmakers 2). During his time in high school he became friends with producer No I.D., who was working with the rapper Common prior to him becoming famous. This is where Kanye got his beginnings in the producing industry. Kanye wen...
In 1997 he went to the Rap Olympics in Los Angeles where a few producers were very impressed and took a demo to Dr. Dre. After the two met, they recorded four songs within the first six hours of working together, creating his first album Marshall Mathers LP. That album was the first rap album to ever be nominated for “Album of the Year” and won 3 Grammy awards. In the first week the album was released, it sold 1.76 million copies in the U.S. which is a record for a solo artist. Eminem has released 10 albums, all rap music. He would spend hours...
By the time 2007 rolled around, Lil Wayne and the Birdman had completed another joint venture on the studio album entitled “5* Stunna.” Actually, this album was star packed with energetic DJ Khaled, the Beat(s) man himself, Dr Dre, Rick “The Boss” Ross, Young Jeezy and Jadakiss. Birdman continued to top billboards with impressive