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'''Shante Anthony Franklin''' (born April 4, 1981),<ref>http://www.last.fm/music/Curren%24y</ref> better known by his stage name '''Curren$y''', is an [[United States|American]] [[rapper]] from [[New Orleans, Louisiana]]. |
'''Shante Anthony Franklin'''<ref>http://www.hiphopglobalizado.net/search/label/Curren%24Y</ref> (born April 4, 1981),<ref>http://www.last.fm/music/Curren%24y</ref> better known by his stage name '''Curren$y''', is an [[United States|American]] [[rapper]] from [[New Orleans, Louisiana]]. |
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==Biography== |
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Shante Anthony Franklin[1] (born April 4, 1981),[2] better known by his stage name Curren$y, is an American rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana.
Biography
Early career
As a teenager, he was signed to Master P's No Limit Records until 2005.[3] He then signed with Cash Money Records and Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment, where he remained there until late 2007. While still at Young Money, Curren$y created Fly Society with skateboarder Terry Kennedy, first as a clothing company, then expanding to release music. He released the song, "Where Da Cash At" as the lead single for his Young Money debut, Music to Fly to, in 2006 but due to several push backs and lack of promotion, Curren$y decided to leave the label and venture off to do business on his own.[4]
For several months, Curren$y released a series of mixtapes to gain notoriety. His work was impressive enough to land him on the cover of the XXL Magazine Freshmen 10 of 2009.[5] Though he now had the cosign of one of the top hip-hop magazines, Curren$y was still overlooked by major labels. He then chose to sign with Amalgam Digital to release his debut album, This Ain't No Mixtape , in 2009.[6]
Curren$y would release another album through Amalgam Digital titled Jet Files.[7]
His latest album Pilot Talk was released July 13, 2010 under DD172 label distributed through Def Jam Recordings.[8]
Discography
- Studio albums
- 2010: Pilot Talk
- 2011: Pilot Talk 2
Independent Albums
- 2009: This Ain't No Mixtape
- 2009: Jet Files
Mixtapes
- "Sports Center Vol. 1" (2004)
- "Welcome Back, Curren$y" (2004)
- "Life At 30,000 Feet" (2006)
- "Independence Day" (2008)
- "Higher Than 30,000 Feet" (2008)
- "Welcome To The Winner Circle" (2008)
- "Fear And Loathing In New Orleans" (2008)
- "Super Tecmo Bowl" (2008)
- "Fast Times At Ridgemont Fly" (2008)
- "Fin..." (2008)
- "How Fly" (with Wiz Khalifa) (2009)
- "Smokee Robinson" (2010)
Singles
- 2006: "Where Da Cash At" (featuring Lil Wayne and Remy Ma)
- 2009: "Elevator Musik" (This Ain't No Mixtape)
- 2009: "16 Switches Spitter" (This Ain't No Mixtape)
- 2009: "Life Under The Scope" (Smokee Robinson)
- 2009: "Living the Life" (Jet Files)
- 2010: "King Kong" (Pilot Talk)
- 2010: "Roasted" (featuring Trademark and Young Roddy) (Pilot Talk)
References
http://www.hiphopglobalizado.net/search/label/Curren%24Y
- ^ http://www.hiphopglobalizado.net/search/label/Curren%24Y
- ^ http://www.last.fm/music/Curren%24y
- ^ http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/2008/10/tss-presents-smoking-sessions-with-curreny
- ^ http://content.onsmash.com/archives/480
- ^ "XXL's Top 10 Freshman Issue (Covers)".
- ^ http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/2009/05/sail-on-review-of-currenys-this-aint-no-mixtape
- ^ http://www.thesource.com/2009/09/curreny-jet-files-tracklist-press-release/
- ^ "Damon Dash Resurrects Roc-A-Fella To Start A 'Positive Movement'". Shaheem Reid.