Master P, Birdman, Mannie Fresh, Lil Boosie, Silkk the Shocker, Mia X, Fiend, Mac, Mr. Serv-On, Cash Money, Boosie Badazz, et Juvenile

It was in 1997 that Birdman joined forces with the producer DJ Mannie Fresh to create a project called the Big Tymers. They debuted in 1998 with a collection of works necessitating the album “How Ya Luv That?” which was followed by “I Got That Work” in 2000, which featured the songs “#1 Stunna” and “Get Your Roll On”. The following album, “Hood Rich” featured the singles “Still Fly” which was nominated for a Grammy Award.

His solo career has been a fantastically successful one over the years with chart positions to match. “Fast Money”, his sophomore album, released on June 21st 2005 made it to number 9 on the Billboard 200 and number 4 in the R&B Charts. It was the highest charting album of his career so far.

Birdman collaborated with Lil Wayne to release an album entitled “Like Father, Like Son”. Released on October 31st 2006, it became a gold record, and featured three singles on it such as “Stuntin’ Like My Daddy”, going to number three in the Billboard 200 chart. He released his fourth studio album “5 * Stunna” with the first single being “Pop Bottles”. It was released on December 11th 2007 and went to number 18 in the Billboard 200 chart.

He was a part of the collaborative album released on July 23rd 2013. It was called “Rich Gang” and made it to number 9 on the Billboard 200.

Born Torrence Hatch to a single mother in one of Louisiana’s more dangerous neighbourhoods, Lil’ Boosie has had an upbringing that nearly reads like a list of most likely prospects for a young African-American man in today’s society. The crucial one that’s missing is becoming a gangster. While Boosie grew up around that kind of activity, he tried as hard as he could to steer clear of it, instead immersing himself into the world of basketball playing. While it looked as if his skill at the sport would lead to a college scholarship, he couldn’t escape the bad influences around him and a drugs charge lead him to be expelled from High School.

Not to be deterred, he instead poured his indomitable spirit into rapping. Soon after that he’d become involved with a local rapper turned label owner C-Loc, who was so impressed with Boosie’s work that he immediately got the young rapper recording them in his studio. A self-released debut album came next, entitled “Youngest Of The Camp”, and everything seemed to be going his way, until C-Loc was sentenced to four years in prison. Rudderless without his mentor, Boosie got sent down as well for driving a stolen car.

It could have utterly derailed his incredibly promising career there and then, and it probably would have if it wasn’t for Pimp C’s Trill Entertainment label. They signed him, got him out of jail, and after that he really started coming into his own, with his first album released on the label “For My Thugz” selling 30’000 copies completely independently. Ever since then, Boosie has been one of Hip-Hop’s true nearly men, never quite stepping out of trouble’s shadow but always justifying it with great music that, since 2005, has been being released by Asylum, a label supported by Warner Brothers Records.

Clearly, if you can work with everyone from Three 6 Mafia and T.I, to Young Jeezy and 2 Chains while still getting in trouble with the law you’re a talent to be reckoned with, and Boosie is still very much in his prime. Highly recommended.

Born on 25 March 1975, Juvenile first started rapping in the early 1990s. After signing with Warlock records in 1995, he released his debut album entitled “Being Myself.” Unfortunately, the album did not gain much national attention and did not chart, but did fairly well on a local level. However, it did bring more attention to labels, and as a result, Juvenile signed to Cash Money Records and released “Solja Rags” in 1997. Although the album saw some national success having made it onto the Billboard Hot R&B/ Hip-Hop Songs Chart, it saw most of its success with local rap audiences. Also in 1997, Juvenile joined the Hot Boys with fellow Cash Money rappers B.G., Turk, and Lil Wayne and together they released their debut album “Get It How U Live!”

Juvenile released his third solo album entitled “400 Degreez” in 1998 and it became his breakout album, having had the opportunity for a bigger market due to Cash Money Records gaining a joint distribution with Universal Records. Keeping up with the success of “400 Degreez,” he released “Tha G-Code” in 1999 and “Project English “ in 2001, both of which ended up becoming double certified platinum.

In 2005 Juvenile signed a new deal with Atlantic Records and released “Reality Check” in 2006. The album, which had debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, went on to become certified gold. By 2012 Juvenile released his tenth album, “Rejuvenation” which featured the single "Power" featuring Rick Ross. Juvenile collaborated with Lil Wayne, DJ Khaled, and Drake.