DJ Drama

Not to be confused with Drama (rapper).

DJ Drama

Tyree Cinque Simmons (born April 22 1978, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an Atlanta, Georgia-based hip hop artist and the official DJ for Grand Hustle/Atlantic recording artist T.I.. Coolwhip is best known for producing mixtapes, including the successful "Gangsta Grillz" series and Dedication 2, which the New York Times called one of the "10 best recordings of 2006".

DJ Drama owns Aphilliates Music Group with DJ Don Cannon & and DJ Sense. In 2006, Aphilliates Music Group inked a label deal with Asylum Records

There is a new rumor that DJ Drama plans to take his Aphilliates Music Group company over to Def Jam Recordings in 2010 through a Joint Venture with the label.

Biography

He was born to an African American father and an Italian American mother.

DJ Drama's debut album Gangsta Grillz: The Album was released in December 2007 on the Grand Hustle label. The album's first street single, "Takin Pictures", featured Young Jeezy, Willie The Kid, Jim Jones, Rick Ross, Young Buck and T.I. , while the first official single, "5000 Ones", featuring Nelly, T.I., Yung Joc, Willie the Kid, Young Jeezy and Twista, debuted on BET.

He currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia

Discography

Studio albums

• Gangsta Grillz: The Album (2007)
• Gangsta Grillz: The Album (Vol. 2) (2009)
• Gangsta Grillz: The Album (Vol. 3) (2010)

Singles

Year	Song	Chart positions
		U.S. Hot 100	U.S. R&B	U.S. Rap	Album
2007	"5000 Ones" (featuring Nelly, T.I., Yung Joc, Willie the Kid, Young Jeezy, & Twista)	-	73	10	Gangsta Grillz: The Album
2009	"Day Dreaming" (featuring Akon, Snoop Dogg, & T.I.)	-	88	7	Gangsta Grillz: The Album (Vol. 2)
	"Ridiculous" (featuring Gucci Mane, Yo Gotti, Lonnie Mac, & OJ Da Juiceman)	-	-	-

Mixtapes

Dedication series with Lil Wayne

• 2005: Dedication (Gangsta Grillz)
• 2006: Dedication 2
• 2008: Dedication 3
• 2010: Dedication 4

Other Mixtapes

• The Indictment with P$C
• Lamborghini Leland with Yung L.A.
• Day One with Young Dro
• #1 Draft Pick with D. Fresh[1]
• Blood in a Gangsta's Grill with G-Unit
• The Preview with Ludacris
• Case Dismissed with Young Buck
• Welcome to the Traphouse with Young Buck
• Hood Generals with B.G.
• Culinary Art School with OJ da Juiceman & DJ Holiday
• Kings of Queens with Ron Artest
• Gangsta Grillz: The Movie with Gucci Mane
• Trap or Die with Young Jeezy
• I Told U So with Yo Gotti
• Bottom to the Top with Plies
• Tha Blue Carpet Treatment Mixtape with Snoop Dogg
• The Leak with T.I.
• Separate but Equal with Little Brother
• 4th Ward Day with Slick Pulla
• Gangsta Grillz 16
• Interstate Trafficking 5.0 with Evil Empire
• Down with the King! with P$C
• Can't Ban the Snowman with Young Jeezy
• American Gangsta Part 2 with Gorilla Zoe
• Election Day with Slick Pulla
• Gangsta Grillz Vol. 17
• I Am the Street Dream with Young Jeezy
• All Hail the King with Katt Williams
• The Ghost That Sat By The Door by Styles P
• Heavy in the Streets 12 with DJ Scream
• Soundtrack to the Streets Pt. 8 with DJ Thoro & Big Mike
• We Got It for Cheap Vol. 3 with The Clipse & Re-Up Gang
• The Notorious L.A.D with LA the Darkman
• Underworld Rise with Brisco & E-Class
• The City Is in Good Hands with Snoop Dogg
• There Is No Competition with Fabolous
• The Funeral Service (There Is No Competition Part 2) with Fabolous
• Definition of a G with Yo Gotti & Gucci Mane
• 7 Day Theory with Jim Jones
• Full Circle with Tha Dogg Pound
• The GreenHouse Effect Mixtape with Asher Roth
• Boss Basics with Slim Thug
• Flamerz 3 with Meek Mill [2]
• Aphilliasion with DJ Giovanny, Don Cannon, DJ Green Lantern, DJ Sense, La The Darkman & Willie The Kid
• Streets iz mine with Lil Boosie
• Gone Fishing with The Cool Kids
• The Demo Tape with R. Kelly
• It Iz What It Iz Vol.2:Gangsta Grillz Extra with Deuce Cutta
• Follow Me with Soulja Boy
• Cm2: Cocaine Music 2 with Yo Gotti
• Gangsta Grillz : Boss Of All Bosses Cam'ron
• Gangsta Grillz : The Movie Part 2 with Gucci Mane
• Gangsta Paradise with Tony Yayo
• Mr. Miyagi with J. Futuristic
• The Fly with Willie The Kid
• Gangsta Grillz : Heir To The Throne with Cory Gunz
• Cocaine Konvicts with French Montana
• Play Me Sum Pimpin Mane 2 with Juicy J and Project Pat
• The Burrprint (The Movie 3-D) with Gucci Mane
• The Cold War (Guccimerica) with Gucci Mane
• Trap Music 10 with Trap-A-Holics
• Gangsta Grillz: Word On Da Street with Supplya
• Red October with Game
• Fright Night with Shawty Lo, DJ Whoo Kid and DJ Scream
• FREE GUCCI with ZayToven and Waka Flocka Flame
• Rumors with Gangsta Boo
• The Free Agent with Roccett
• Trap Or Die 2 with Young Jeezy
• Gangster Grillz: Boss of all bosses 2 Cam'ron
• May 25th with Bobby Ray
• In My Zone (Rythmn & Streets) with Chris Brown
• O.R.A.N.G.E. with OJ Da Juiceman
• Number 23 with Dorrough

Awards

• BET Hip-Hop Awards
  • DJ of the Year (Nominated)

• Ozone Awards
  • 2008, Best Mixtape (Hood Generals) with BG (Won)
    • Note: The award was a tie with Chamillionaire's Mixtape Messiah 3

References

Notes

• Interview with DJ Drama's sister after the January 16th raid, Mixtapeshow.net, January 27, 2007
• April 2007 Interview, Allhiphop.com, April 2007
• Jeff Leeds, "Cracking down on mixtape CDs", New York Times, January 22, 2007
• Samantha M. Shapiro, "Hip-hop outlaw (industry version)", New York Times Magazine, February 18, 2007
• "Exclusive: DJ Drama Q&A", Rhapsody.com, January 11, 2008

External links

• Gangsta Grillz website
• The Aphilliates
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• DJ Drama at MTV
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