Juvenile

  • New Orleans, LA
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Having come up in the Hot Boys group alongside superstar Lil Wayne, New Orleans rapper Juvenile is a Southern hip-hop veteran, and a chart-topping one as well, having climbed the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 with his 2004 single "Slow Motion." Born Terius Gray, Juvenile was one of the initial figures involved in New Orleans' "bounce" craze of the early '90s, an uptempo style of hip-hop that combined gangster rap and party music. Besides an affiliation with the bounce group U.N.L.V., Juvenile was featured on two tracks from bounce artist DJ Jimi, 1991's "It's Jimi" and 1993's "Bounce (For the Juvenile)." The Warlock record label released his debut album, Being Myself, in 1994, but the bounce craze failed to spread past New Orleans so the rapper's quest for national success was back at square one. Cash Money label owners Ronald "Suga Slim" Williams and Brian "Baby" Williams brought the post-bounce Juvenile on board in 1997, releasing his noticeably more gangster album Solja Rags that same year. Juvenile joined fellow Cash Money rappers Lil Wayne, B.G., and Turk in the Hot Boys, who also released their debut album, Get It How U Live!, in 1997. Both debuts were produced in total by Mannie Fresh, who was back for Juvenile's 1998 solo release 400 Degreez, his platinum-selling, breakthrough effort thanks in part to the successful singles "Ha" and "Back That Azz Up." Two more platinum awards came Juvenile's way in 1999 with the successful solo album Tha G-Code and the Hot Boys' sophomore release, Guerrilla Warfare. Warlock jumped on the bandwagon that year as well with a remixed version of Being Myself.

His 2001 album Project English went gold but the rapper would leave the Cash Money label soon after its release, claiming financial mismanagement and forming his own label and management team, UTP. UTP promised an album titled 600 Degreez but it failed to arrive, and soon, Juvenile's management had brokered a deal where his next album would be a Cash Money/UTP co-release. Juve the Great carried both imprints when it landed in 2003, and when its single "Slow Motion" featuring Soulja Slim climbed to the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, Juvenile had his third platinum album award. A clean break with Cash Money came in 2004 when he released the single "Nolia Clap" with his new group UTP on the Rap-A-Lot label. A year later, Juvenile was signing a new solo career contract with Asylum when his Slidell, Louisiana, home was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. The hurricane and its grim aftermath were hot topics on his chart-topping 2006 effort Reality Check, an album that featured production from Scott Storch, Cool & Dre, and Lil Jon with one lone cut coming from Mannie Fresh. Fresh would be absent from his 2009 Atlantic release Cocky & Confident, but Juvenile would take a co-production credit for the first time in his career. Beast Mode from 2010 found him moving UTP to the E1 family of labels, but it was a short-lived relationship. Fontana became UTP's new home in 2012 when the label released Rejuvenation, a Cash Money reunion of sorts with Mannie Fresh handling many of the beats. ~ David Jeffries, Rovi

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  • New Warleans (Like It's Friday)
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    New Warleans (Like It's Friday)
  • Power
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  • Ok, Yea
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  • Drop That Thang
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    Drop That Thang
  • Bounce Back
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  • U Understand
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  • Way I Be Leanin'
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    Way I Be Leanin'
  • Rodeo
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    • Back That Azz Up
    • Back That Azz Up featuring Mannie Fresh, Lil Wayne (Album Version (Explicit))
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    • 400 Degreez
    • Bounce Back
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Interviews & Exclusives

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  • Juvenile on hittin' the big time
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  • Juvenile attends the 2010 Vh1 Hip Hop Honors at Hammerstein Ballroom on June 3, 2010 in New York City.
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    Juvenile attends the 2010 Vh1 Hip Hop Honors at Hammerstein Ballroom on June 3, 2010 in New York City.
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  • DeAngelo Holmes and Eric Jackson of the Ying Yang Twins and Juvenile attends the 2010 Vh1 Hip Hop Honors at Hammerstein Ballroom on June 3, 2010 in New York City.
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    DeAngelo Holmes and Eric Jackson of the Ying Yang Twins and Juvenile attends the 2010 Vh1 Hip Hop Honors at Hammerstein Ballroom on June 3, 2010 in New York City.
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  • Rapper Juvenile performs onstage at the 2010 Vh1 Hip Hop Honors at Hammerstein Ballroom on June 3, 2010 in New York City.
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    Rapper Juvenile performs onstage at the 2010 Vh1 Hip Hop Honors at Hammerstein Ballroom on June 3, 2010 in New York City.
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    Watch This: Statham As Parker, Two From Studio Ghibli, And More On DVD And Blu-ray
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    May 21, 2013
    It's a packed week of new releases, with a pair of Studio Ghibli titles hitting Blu-ray in North America (along with "True Blood's" weakest season to ...
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    Chief Keef Fired Up After Disorderly Conduct Arrest
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    May 21, 2013
    Sosa was arrested and released in Georgia, a day after MTV News visited him on set for Gucci Mane's 'Darker' video.
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    Chief Keef Fired Up After Disorderly Conduct Arrest
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    May 21, 2013
    Sosa was arrested and released in Georgia, a day after MTV News visited him on set for Gucci Mane's 'Darker' video.
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    Lil Wayne, Drake Are Great But 'Not Big Tymers,' Mannie Fresh Says
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    May 15, 2013
    Mannie jumps on 'RapFix Live' to talk about his absence from the collaboration.
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    Lil Wayne, Drake Are Great But 'Not Big Tymers,' Mannie Fresh Says
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    May 15, 2013
    Mannie jumps on 'RapFix Live' to talk about his absence from the collaboration.
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Tour Dates

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  • Jun 22 Saturday
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Discography

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  • Rejuvenation (2012)
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    Rejuvenation (2012)
    Young Empire Records
  • Beast Mode (2010)
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    Beast Mode (2010)
    E1 Music
  • Cocky & Confident (2009)
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    Cocky & Confident (2009)
    Atlantic
  • Louisiana Purchase (2006)
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    Louisiana Purchase (2006)
    Big Cat Records
  • UTP Movement, Pt. 2 (2006)
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    UTP Movement, Pt. 2 (2006)
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  • Reality Check (2006)
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    Reality Check (2006)
    WEA
  • Juve the Great (2003)
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    Juve the Great (2003)
    Cash Money Records
  • Project English (2001)
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    Project English (2001)
    Cash Money Records
  • Playaz of da Game (2000)
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    Playaz of da Game (2000)
    D3 Entertainment
  • Tha G-Code (1999)
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    Tha G-Code (1999)
    Cash Money Records
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