Uncle Murda

Uncle Murda
Birth name	Leonard Grant
Also known as	U.M, Uncle, Murda, Uncle M, L-Murder
Born	July 25, 1980 (1980-07-25)
Origin	East New York, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Genres	East Coast hip hop, gangsta rap
Occupations	Rapper
Years active	1999 - present
Labels	GMG/Violator/Manhood/Sony/Epic
Associated acts	DJ Green Lantern, G-Unit, Ra Diggs, French Montana, Raekwon, Busta Rhymes, Statik Selektah, Juganot, Maino, Red Cafe, Waka Flocka Flame, Desperados, Tony Yayo, Mariah Carey, D-Block, Jadakiss, Styles P, Lucky Don
Website	firstdegreemurda.com

Leonard Grant, better known by his stage name, Uncle Murda, is an American rapper from the Pink Houses section of East New York.

Biography

Musical career

In 2007 his manager and DJ Green Lantern introduced Uncle Murda's music to Jay-Z.^{[citation needed]} The Brooklyn born rapper/CEO signed Uncle Murda to Roc-A-Fella Records soon after.^{[citation needed]} They started to promote him immediately by placing him on a track with popular label-mates Fabolous and Jay-Z for the song "Brooklyn" (Featured on From Nothin' to Somethin' album) and everything seemed to be going well for the rapper.^{[citation needed]} However in late 2008 rumors that Uncle Murda left Def Jam came about.^{[citation needed]} In an interview with DJ Vlad, Uncle Murda confirmed the rumors that he has split from Def Jam and Roc-A-Fella Records claiming everything went downhill since Jay-Z's departure.^{[citation needed]}

On January 22, 2008, Uncle Murda was shot in the head while in a parked car on Linden Blvd in East New York but was not seriously hurt.

In February 2011, it was revealed that he would take part in a new Hiphop/Pro Wrestling collaboration, the Urban Wrestling Federation with taping of the first bout "First Blood" taking place in June 2011.

Controversy

Papoose

After releasing diss songs back and forth the two rappers with their managers decided to end the conflict. On May 9, 2008, Papoose's DJ, DJ Kay Slay, announced that the two rappers had ended the feud on his radio show. Soon after, the two rappers appeared on the same song together for the remix of "Don't Take It There" also featuring Junior Reid, Tony Yayo, Jim Jones, and Sheek Louch.

Singles

• 2007: "Bullet Bullet"
• 2007: "Run The City"
• 2007: "Children's Story"
• 2007: "Hard to Kill"
• 2008: "Still Run The City"
• 2009: "Murdera" (featuring Akon)
• 2011: "Warning"
• 2011: "Warning (remix)" (featuring French Montana, Jadakiss, Styles P, Jim Jones, Vado & Cam'ron)
• 2011: "Warning (remix)" (featuring 50 Cent, Mariah Carey & Young Jeezy)

Guest Appearances

• 2007: "Ya Heard" (French Montana featuring Uncle Murda)
• 2007: "En Why Cee" (Juganot featuring Tess, Joell Ortiz & Uncle Murda)
• 2007: "Brooklyn" (Fabolous featuring Jay-Z & Uncle Murda)
• 2007: "G Sh*t" (Statik Selektah featuring Jadakiss, Sev-One, Termanology & Uncle Murda)
• 2007: "Let it Off" (Memphis Bleek featuring Uncle Murda)
• 2008: "Shooters for hire" (Tony Yayo featuring Uncle Murda)
• 2008: "Don't Take It There" (Papoose featuring Junior Reid, Tony Yayo, Jim Jones, Sheek Louch & Uncle Murda)
• 2009: "Who Shot Ya 2009" (Maino featuring Red Cafe & Uncle Murda)
• 2009: "MurderGram 2k9" (Busta Rhymes featuring Maino, Red Cafe & Uncle Murda)
• 2009: "Stick Up Muzik" (Raekwon featuring Busta Rhymes & Uncle Murda)
• 2009: "Watch How You Talk" (Busta Rhymes featuring Raekwon, The Game & Uncle Murda)
• 2012: "Ghetto Boy" (Young Buck featuring French Montana & Uncle Murda) off Bond Money