Blige, and Mariah Carey which gave them instant notoriety and status within the hip-hop and mainstream charts. With the label, The LOX quickly started collaborating on hits with Diddy, the Notorious B.I.G., Mary J. Diddy immediately hired the trio to write for Bad Boy Records. Blige who was so impressed with their tough street east coast lyrics, she gave them a big break by putting their demo in the hands of Sean “Diddy” Combs. Styles P, a member of The LOX and the larger D-Block Hip-Hop collective, grew up in Yonkers, New York rapping alongside Jadakiss (Jason Phillips) and Sheek Louch (Shawn Jacobs). He went on to release Time is Money (2006), Super Gangster (Extraordinary Gentleman) (2007), Master of Ceremonies (2011), The World's Most Hardest MC Project (2012), Float (2013), Phantom and the Ghost (2014), and A Wise Guy and a Wise Guy (2015). In 2002, he released his debut album A Gangster and a Gentleman. He is prominently known as a member of Hip Hop group The LOX, founder of D-Block Records and is also a part of the Ruff Ryders hip-hop group, and in addition has released multiple albums and mixtapes as a solo MC. The LOX, Scram Jones, Curren$y, Swizz Beatz, Akonĭavid Styles (born November 28, 1974), better known by his stage name, Styles P, is an American rapper, author, and entrepreneur. "Can I Live" The L.O.X.Styles P performing at the Sound Academy in Toronto 2014.ĭ-Block Records, Nature Sounds, High Times Records, E1 Music (current).The L.O.X.)" The Corruptor: The Soundtrack (1999) "Things Ain't the Same" Blade Soundtrack (1998)."Nasty Girl" Rush Hour Soundtrack (1998)."For My Dogs" DMX, It's Dark and Hell Is Hot (1998).In 1998, Davis was included in the XXL magazine cover photo, "The Greatest Day in Hip-Hop History", along with 176 other hip-hop artists of the era, including Kool Herc, Russell Simmons, and Grandmaster Flash. on The Corruptor: The Soundtrack in 1999 via Jive Records. Davis’s other releases include "Things Ain't the Same" on the Blade movie soundtrack, selling over 500,000 units, as well as "Men of Respect,", featuring The L.O.X. on their certified platinum sophomore release, We Are the Streets, featuring a verse on "Can I Live". Released on Def Jam Records in 1998, the album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, selling over five million copies.Īmong his credits, Davis wrote and performed the single, "Nasty Girl", which was featured on Def Jam's 1998 Rush Hour Soundtrack, which peaked at number five on the Billboard 200 and was certified platinum in January 1999. Shortly after signing to Jive Records, Davis was featured on DMX’s It's Dark and Hell Is Hot, as the first verse of the song "For My Dogs" (along with Big Stan, Loose, and Drag-On). was first included on DJ Clue’s 1996 mixtape, Show Me the Money.ĭavis was signed to Jive Records in 1996 at age 18. Gorton High School with future members of The L.O.X., David "Styles P" Styles, Jason "Jadakiss" Phillips, and Sean "Sheek Louch'' Jacob.ĭavis’s song “Well, Well, Well” featuring The L.O.X. At the age of 13 years old, Davis moved to Yonkers where he attended Charles E. ![]() ![]() Kimani Davis was born Novemin the Bronx, in New York City.
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