Monday, April 11, 2011

The young money members and there informations

     

Information on the Young Money Artists:

Lil Wayne Young Money Entertainment
Lil Wayne
Real name: Dwayne Michael Carter Jr.
Place of birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Notes: Dwayne Michael Carter Jr, better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is a music artist from New Orleans, Louisiana. He is the founder of Young Money Ent and joined Cash Money Records when he was a young teenager. Weezy has won four Grammy awards in his career and was also a part of the rap groups Hot Boys and Sqad Up.

Cory Gunz Young Money Entertainment
Cory Gunz
Real name: Cory Gunz
Place of birth: Bronx, New York City, United States
Notes: Cory Gunz, is a rapper from the Bronx in New York who has released seven mixtapes since the start of his career. Cory is the latest artist to sign to Young Money Ent and he is also signed to another label, Militia. Gunz’s father is the rapper Peter Gunz, and Cory was featured on the original version of Lil Wayne’s “A Milli” track.

Drake Young Money Entertainment
Drake
Real name: Aubrey Drake Graham
Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Notes: Aubrey Drake Graham, better known by his stage name Drake, is a R&B singer, rapper and actor from Toronto. He first made a name for himself playing Jimmy Brooks on the TV Show called Degrassi: The Next Generation. Drizzy signed with Young Mula in 2009 and has already released a mixtape, an EP, and an album which did amazing in sales.

Gudda Gudda Young Money Entertainment
Gudda Gudda
Real name: Carl Lilly
Place of birth: San Jose, California, United States
Notes: Carl Lilly, better known by his stage name Gudda Gudda, is a rapper from San Jose, CA who moved to New Orleans when he was a baby. Double G met Lil Wayne when he was young and it was Wayne who encouraged Gudda to start rapping. He was also a part of the rap group called Sqad Up with fellow Young Money members Weezy and T-Streets.

Jae Millz Young Money Entertainment
Jae Millz
Real name: Jarvis Mills
Place of birth: Harlem, New York, United States
Notes: Jarvis Mills, better known by his stage name Jae Millz, is a rapper who grew up in Washington Heights and Harlem in New York. He signed with Young Money Ent in 2008 and is currently working on his debut album titled Nothing Is Promised which is set to drop in 2011. Millz has also been releasing a mixtape every month in 2010.

Lil Chuckee Young Money Entertainment
Lil Chuckee
Real name: Rashad Ballard
Place of birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Notes: Rashad Ballard, better known by his stage name Lil Chuckee, is a teenage rapper who currently lives in Atlanta because of the Katrina disaster in New Orleans. Chuckee is currently the youngest member in Young Money Entertainment, and Lil Wayne discovered him when he was 9 years old at a video shoot.

Lil Twist Young Money Entertainment
Lil Twist
Real name: Christopher Moore
Place of birth: Dallas, Texas, United States
Notes: Christopher Moore, better known by his stage name Lil Twist, is a teenage rapper and singer from Dallas, Texas. Weezy discovered Twist after Twizzy was the opening act for one of his concerts. Lil Twist is also learning to be an actor; he just finished a movie with Bow Wow and Ice Cube called Lottery Ticket.

Mack Maine Young Money Entertainment
Mack Maine
Real name: Jermaine Preyan
Place of birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Notes: Jermaine Preyan, better known by his stage name Mack Maine, is the President of Young Money Ent and also a music artist. Mack has been friends and grew up with Lil Wayne from the age of 8 years old, and they both performed together on the popular TV show Saturday Night Live. Mack also used to run a distribution DVD company called Kush Entertainment.

Nicki Minaj Young Money Entertainment
Nicki Minaj
Real name: Onika Maraj
Place of birth: Queens, New York, United States
Notes: Onika Maraj, better known by her stage name Nicki Minaj, is a female rapper, singer and actress from Queens, New York. Nicki met up with Lil Wayne from appearing on a DVD together titled “The Come Up”, and she is currently working on her debut album, Pink Friday, which is set to drop on November 23rd 2010.

Shanell Young Money Entertainment
Shanell
Real name: Shanell Woodgett
Place of birth: Anaheim, California, United States
Notes: Shanell Woodgett, better known by her stage name Shanell, is a female singer, songwriter and choreographer who currently lives in Atlanta. SnL wrote and featured in Lil Wayne’s “Prom Queen” music video and has worked for other big music artists such as Jay-Z, Usher and Ne-Yo. Shanell is also a part of a group called The Girls Club with D. Woods and Mika Means.

Short Dawg Young Money Entertainment
Short Dawg
Real name: Supreme Williams
Place of birth: Houston, Texas, United States
Notes: Supreme Williams, better known by his stage name Short Dawg (or his nickname Elvis Freshley) is a rapper from Houston, Texas currently living in Atlanta, Georgia. Short Dawg was first known for appearing on Lil Wayne’s “Me And My Drank” record, and after two years of friendship Weezy finally signed Short to YME.

T-Streets Young Money Entertainment
T-Streets
Real name: Carl Watts
Place of birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Notes: Carl Watts, better known by his stage name T-Streets, is a rapper from New Orleans. Streets wanted to have a career in sports at first, but when he met Lil Wayne at the age of 12 years old, he fell in love with rap music. He was also a part of the rap group called Sqad Up along with Weezy, Kidd Kidd and Gudda Gudda, and was featured on Wayne’s “The Only Reason” single.

Tyga Young Money Entertainment
Tyga
Real name: Michael Stevenson
Place of birth: Compton, California, United States
Notes: Michael Stevenson, better known by his stage name Tyga, is a rapper from the Westcoast who signed to Young Money Ent in 2007. He is the cousin of Travis McCoy and it was because of Travis that Tyga met Lil Wayne. Tygaman released his debut album titled No Introduction in 2008, and is currently working on his Careless World album ready to drop later this year.
                                                                                                                                                           

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