Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Cash Money Records


Cash Money Records is an American rap label and their distributors are Universal Records. Its name is derived from a fictional gang in the 1991 film New Jack City. It was founded by Bryan "Baby" Williams and Ronald "Slim" Williams. Cash Money's first big artists were Big Tymers (Birdman and Mannie Fresh), BG, Juvenile, and Lil Wayne. The Hot Boys came later and consisted of four rap stars in a group:Lil Wayne, Juvenile, BG, and Turk. Bryan "Baby" Williams is current CEO of the company and his adopted son Dwayne "Lil Wayne" Carter is the president.
Website: http://www.cashmoney-records.com

Artists signed to Cash Money
Birdman
AKA Baby, AKA #1 Stunna
Real Name: Bryan Williams
Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Lil Wayne
AKA Lil Wheezy, AKA Weezy F Baby, AKA Birdman, Jr.,
AKA Young Moolah Baby, AKA Young Money

Real name: Dwayne Michael Carter
Place of birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Notes: Dwayne Michael Carter, better known for his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. He met the Cash Money Records collective as a teenager and eventually recorded for the label. He was a member of the rap group, Hot Boys.
He has just recently released his most successful CD to date which is "Tha Carter III", which is currently on the top of reocrd sales charts.

Yo Gotti
Real Name: Mario Mims
Place of Birth: Memphis, Tennessee
Notes: http://www.yogottimusic.com

Bobby Valentino
AKA Bobby V
Real Name: Robert Wilson
Place of Birth: Jackson, Mississippi
Notes: Bobby was signed to Def Jam/Disturbin Tha Peace, but thought it would be better to come to Cash Money and do his own thing and Luda had was cool and had no problem with it. His first single was the song "Slow Down" and his most recent appearance was on "Tha Carter III" where he sang the hook on Lil Wayne's "Mrs. Officer".
Website: http://www.justbobby.com

Allstar Cashville Prince
Real Name: Jermaine Eric Shute
Place of Birth: Nashville, Tennessee
Notes: He is best known for his song "Grey Goose".

Glasses Malone

Real Name: Charles Penniman
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California
Notes: http://www.glassesmalone.net

Mack 10
Real Name: Dedrick Rolison
Place of Birth: Inglewood, California
Notes: He was a member of the hardcore rap trio known as the Westside Connection, along with Ice Cube and WC. He can be heard on his song, So Sharp ft. Lil Wayne and Bun B.

Stack$
Real Name: Yannique Barker
Place of Birth: Miami, Florida
Notes: Stack$ can be heard on his track "Money Over Here" which features Lil Wayne.


Kevin Rudolf
Real name: Kevin Rudolf
Place of birth: Manhattan, New York, United States
Notes: Kevin Rudolf is a singer, songwriter and record producer from New York. He mostly got known to the world for his single with Lil Wayne called “Let It Rock”. Kevin also produced “Spit” which will be the third single from Weezy’s
Rebirth album.

Jay Sean
Real Name: Kamaljit Singh Jhooti
Place of Birth: Southall, London, United Kingdom
Notes: Jay Sean is a singer and songwriter from the UK and can be heard on his track "Down" which features Lil Wayne.


Bow Wow
AKA Boweezy, Prince Bow, LBW
Real name: Shad Moss
Place of birth: Gardena, California, United States
Notes: Shad Moss, better known by his stage name Bow Wow has been in the rap scene since he was 6 years old. His first music video being, Snoop Dogg's "Gin & Juice". Snoop signed Lil Bow Wow to Dr. Dre's label, Death Row Records, gave him his name, and kickstarted his career. He would later meet Jermaine Dupri and sign to So So Def, but recently switched and signed to Cash Money. Bow Wow also owns his own music label called LBW.

Website: http://www.princebow.com

Former Cash Money artists

B.G.
Juvenile
Mannie Fresh
Pastor Troy
Trick Daddy
Turk
Gillie Da Kid

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