It charted on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, along with two of the subsequent singles. The album's first single, " Can't Deny It", was produced by Rick Rock and features a chorus by Nate Dogg interpolating Tupac Shakur's song "Ambitionz Az a Ridah". It debuted at number four on the Billboard 200, selling over 140,000 copies in its first week. It just happened for me." 2001–2003: Ghetto Fabolous and Street Dreams įabolous released his debut album, Ghetto Fabolous, on September 11, 2001. This was something where I could make some money. In a September 6, 2001, interview with, Fabolous said he never planned on becoming a rapper and told the website: "I was just trying to make some money, ya know? I got tired of being broke. This earned Fabolous and Desert Storm a distribution deal with Elektra Records. Fabolous was then featured on several DJ Clue mixtapes, as well as mixtapes with Roc-A-Fella artists. rapped over the instrumental to The Lox's Money, Power & Respect, and DJ Clue subsequently signed Fabolous to his record label, Desert Storm Records. He was invited to rap live on American record producer and music executive DJ Clue's radio show, then on New York City radio station Hot 97. The misspelling was unintentional Jackson originally intended to be simply called "Fabulous" but incorrectly spelled it during a freestyle and it stuck. In the early years of his career, he rapped under the name Fabolous Sport, in reference to Ralph Lauren's Polo Sport line, however this was later shortened to simply Fabolous. While in his senior year of high school, Jackson began to pursue a career in hip hop music. Jackson attended High School of Art & Design and City-As-School High School in Manhattan, and eventually Boys and Girls High School in Bed-Stuy. He grew up in Breevort Houses in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Life and career 1977–2000: Early life and career beginnings įabolous was born John David Jackson on November 18, 1977, and is of Dominican and African-American descent. 1.6 2014–present: The Young OG Project series, Summertime Shootout series, and collab album with Jadakiss.
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1.5 2010–2014: There Is No Competition series and The Soul Tape series.1.3 2004–2008: Real Talk and From Nothin' to Somethin'.
In 2004, Jackson signed to Atlantic Records (another subsidiary of Warner Music Group), after leaving Elektra, where he released Real Talk, his first and only album under Atlantic. II" by Lil' Mo, " Dip It Low" by Christina Milian, " Shawty Is a 10" by The-Dream, " Addiction" by Ryan Leslie, " I Can't Hear the Music" by Brutha, " She Got Her Own" by Jamie Foxx, " Say Aah" by Trey Songz, and many more. He is also known for his appearances on several R&B singles, including " Superwoman Pt. 2" (featuring Diddy and Jagged Edge), " Breathe", " Make Me Better" (featuring Ne-Yo), " Baby Don't Go" (featuring T-Pain), " Throw It in the Bag" (featuring The-Dream) and " You Be Killin' Em". Including the aforementioned songs, Jackson's series of hit singles extended throughout the 2000s, including " Trade It All, Pt. His second release was 2003's Street Dreams, which was supported by two US top 10 singles, " Can't Let You Go" (featuring Lil' Mo) and " Into You" (featuring Tamia or Ashanti). Jackson gained prominence with his first release, Ghetto Fabolous (2001), which spawned the hit singles " Can't Deny It" (featuring Nate Dogg) and " Young'n (Holla Back)". Jackson subsequently signed to DJ Clue's Desert Storm imprint, and later secured a distribution deal with Elektra Records. He first gained recognition while still a senior in high school, when he performed live on American music executive DJ Clue's radio show, then on Hot 97. John David Jackson (born November 18, 1977), better known by his stage name Fabolous, is an American rapper and songwriter.
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