Times Of Swaziland: US rapper Jadakiss is here for the Prince Lindani Foundation Concert

US rapper Jadakiss is here for the Prince Lindani Foundation Concert
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swazi News on 23/04/2011 00:00:00


US top rap star Jadakiss will perform in the country for the first time tonight.
This will be during the Prince Lindani Foundation Benefit Concert which will
take place at the Mavuso Trade Centre.
The star, supposed to have arrived last night, is expected to visit some charity
care points together with His Royal Highness Prince Lindani tomorrow.
Other stars in the line up include South African award winning groups Teargas
and Jozi, DJ Tira, and locals such as Nomzamo, Velmseni, DP Papz, Stitch, Crooks
and Izzy &V.
See more details in tomor-row’s edition.
About Jadakiss
Jadakiss (born Jason Phil-lips on May 22,1975) is an American rapper. He is a
member of the group The LOX. Jadakiss is one of three owners of the imprint
known as D-Block. He recently signed to Roc-A-Fella Records, an imprint under
Def Jam Recordings.
By the age of 16, Jadakiss was a freestyle rapper. He and some of his friends
were given the opportunity to compete in the ‘Jack the Rapper Competition’
in Florida, where Jadakiss was noticed for his battle rap ability. He met Dee
and Wah of the Ruff Ryders (then a management company), and began hanging out
and battling outside of the Ruff Ryders’ studio where artists like DMX made
their first hits.
Career
Jadakiss founded the rap group The Warlocks in 1994 with friends Sheek Louch,
Chris ‘Lil Mac’ Pelkey, and Styles P. They later signed to Bad Boy
Entertainment, where it was suggested that they change their name simply to
‘The LOX’, which came to stand for Living Off eXperience. They made their
first appearance on The Main Source’s 1994 LP Fuck What You Think on the track
‘Set it Off’.
The group, especially Jadakiss, developed a close relationship with The
Notorious B.I.G., during which time Jadakiss was taken under Biggie’s wing.
The LOX’s first multi-platinum hit was the tribute to Biggie called ‘We’ll
Always Love Big Poppa’ (the B-side to Puff Daddy’s "I’ll Be Missing You")
in 1997. In 1998, the LOX released Money, Power & Respect. Following this album,
they left Bad Boy Records.
Debut
Jada’s debut solo album, Kiss Tha Game Goodbye, was released in August 2001
under the Ruff Ryders/Inter-scope label. The album featured popular guests and
producers such as DJ Premier, The Alchemist, Snoop Dogg and Swizz Beatz, but was
written off as repetitive and uninspired. Jadakiss has acknowledged the
criticism as, generally speaking, valid, saying the record was done less out of
inspiration and more out of contract obligations to Bad Boy.
The album produced the single ‘Put Ya Hands Up.’
Jadakiss’ second album, Kiss of Death, was released in June 2004. His song
‘Why?’ (featuring Anthony Hamilton) became one of the biggest hits of 2004,
spawning a remix featuring Styles P, Common, Nas, and Hamilton.
‘Why?’ remains Jada’s biggest hit, peaking at No.11 on the Hot 100.
Another single from the record, ‘U Make Me Wanna’ featured Mariah Carey and
was a much more commercially driven love song. Kiss of Death did not reflect the
popularity of its lead single, but it was better-received than his first effort.
Recently, in late 2007, Jadakiss signed to Jay-Z’s Roc-A-Fella Records, a move
Jay had been trying to arrange for a long period of time.
Latest
Jadakiss released his latest album, The Last Kiss, on Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella
Records in April 2009, executive produced by both Jay-Z and the Ruff Ryders
CEOs/management team of Dee and Wah.
The move comes on the heels of increased D-Block/Roc-a-Fella collaborations; in
2006, Kiss and former rival Beanie Sigel collaborated on DJ Khaled’s album
Listen... and in 2007, on Freeway’s album Free At Last.
Styles P has appeared on a radio freestyle with Freeway and Sigel. He has also
appeared briefly in Jay-Z’s latest video for his American Gangster second
single, ‘Roc Boys,’ in which he appears throwing up the famous Roc-a-Fella
sign, ‘the Diamond.’
In 2009, Jadakiss released his third official album, The Last Kiss. The first
single is ‘By My Side’, featuring Ne-Yo. The second official single is
‘Can’t Stop Me’.
The third official single is ‘Death Wish’, featuring Lil Wayne.
The fourth official single is ‘Who’s Real’, featuring Swizz Beatz and OJ
Da Juiceman.
Jadakiss was also featured on a song on Raekwons new album, Only Built 4 Cuban
Linx II, the song also features Styles P.
The Swazi-land show kicks off at 6pm today.