The album included features from artists Freddy J., Kinky B, Fidank, and Lil Jon, who also produced some of the songs. In 2001, under the name Lil J, Young Jeezy released his first independent album, Thuggin' Under the Influence (T.U.I.). Four years later, in 1998, Jeezy launched the label imprint CTE World, then known as Corporate Thugz Entertainment. In 1994, Jeezy spent nine months in YCA (Youth Challenge Academy), a boot camp in Fort Stewart, Georgia, for narcotics possession. In an interview with XXL magazine, he described his childhood as 'empty'. When he was a toddler, Jenkins relocated to Atlanta, Georgia where he lived with different family members, as a result of his parents separating. Jay Wayne Jenkins was born on Septemin Columbia, South Carolina.

1.7 Trap or Die 3 and Pressure & Thug Motivation 104: Trust the Process & retirement (2016–present)īiography Early life and career beginnings (1977–2004).1.6 Boss Yo Life Up Gang, Seen It All: The Autobiography and Church in These Streets (2013–2015).

1.1 Early life and career beginnings (1977–2004).Jeezy has also been featured on numerous hip hop and R&B hit singles, such as 'Say I' by Christina Milian, 'I'm So Paid' by Akon, 'Hard' by Rihanna and 'Love in This Club' by Usher, the latter of which reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, in 2008. His subsequent albums, The Inspiration (2006) and The Recession (2008), both yielded chart-topping singles as well. Its lead single 'Soul Survivor', which features R&B singer Akon, became a top-ten hit in the US. He later joined Boyz n da Hood in 2005, the same year his solo major label debut Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101, was released. Jeezy began his music career in 2001, as Lil J, with the release of Thuggin' Under the Influence (T.U.I.). Outside of his solo career, Jeezy is the de facto leader of the southern hip hopgroup United Streets Dopeboyz of America (U.S.D.A), and a former member of the Bad Boy Records' rap group, Boyz n da Hood. Along with fellow Atlanta-based rappers T.I. and Gucci Mane, Jeezy is credited for helping to pioneer and popularize trap music with a mainstream audience. Jay Wayne Jenkins (born September 28, 1977), better known by his stage name Jeezy (formerly Young Jeezy), is an American rapper and an influential figure in southern hip hop .

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