YOUNG JEEZY BIO
Young Jeezy released his
first independent album, Thuggin' Under the Influence (T.U.I.), in 2001 under
the name Lil J.
It featured artists such as Kinky B, Fidank, and Lil Jon, who also produced
some of the tracks. In 2003, Jeezy released
(also independently) Come Shop Wit' Me, a two CD set featuring completely new
tracks along with some songs from T.U.I.
Come Shop Wit' Me sold 50,000 copies world wide.[7] In 2004, he signed with
Bad Boy Records and joined the Boyz n da Hood
group. Boyz n da Hood’s self-titled album was released on June 21, 2005
and peaked at #5 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
Young Jeezy also
released a solo album around this time, which was his major label debut, with
Def Jam Records.
Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 was released on July 26, 2005 and debuted
at #2, selling 172,000 copies in its first
week. Guest appearances include Young Buck, T.I., Trick Daddy, Akon, Mannie
Fresh, Lil Scrappy, Bun B, Lloyd, Slick Pulla,
& Lil Will. In interviews and on several records, Young Jeezy has affirmed
his resistance to commercialism in his
music.[9] Maintaining his street credibility, according to Jeezy, is of the
utmost concern to him as an artist.
In 2005, Young Jeezy was featured in several popular hip hop songs including
Gucci Mane’s “Icy” and Boyz n da Hood’s “Dem
Niggaz”.
In 2006, he was featured in Christina Milian’s single “Say I”. Jeezy’s second major label album is The Inspiration,
which features Project
Pat, T.I., Keyshia Cole, Three 6 Mafia, R. Kelly, Bloodraw and Slick Pulla (the
latter two
of which are members of Jeezy’s rap group USDA). The album’s first
single “I Luv It” has peaked at #14 on
the Billboard Hot 100, making it Jeezy’s second highest single to date.
The second single is “Bury Me a G”. The
3rd single is the club banger “Go Getta” which features R. Kelly.
Young Jeezy’s “I am the Street Dream” tour
started in March 2007. He also appeared as himself in the hip-hop fighting themed
game Def Jam: Icon that can
be added to the player’s record label. Young Jeezy appeared on BET’s
Access Granted for his song “Dreamin’?”
with Keyshia Cole on May 2, 2007. In 2007, Young Jeezy released Cold Summer,
an album by rap group USDA which
consists of Young Jeezy, Slick Pulla, and Blood Raw.Jeezy is also rumored to
be in access with his third studio
album "I am Trap" which is scheduled to be released summer of 2008.
Recently, he is featured on Usher's song
"Love In This Club".