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Born (January 1971) and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Lil Jon started his music career by becoming a late night club DJ in his hometown. By 1997 he formed a group called Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz, with hypemen/ rappers Big Sam (born Sammie Norris) and Lil Bo (born Wendell Neal) and together they signed with local record company, Mirror Image Records. Their first album, “Get Crunk, Who U Wit: Da Album” was released the same year, with two singles reaching within the top 100 of the Billboard Hot R&B/ Hip Hop songs chart. They released their second album “We Still Crunk” in 2000 independently under his own label, BME Records.
While still with The East Side Boyz, Lil Jon worked as a producer, producing hits like Ying Yang Twins’ “Salt Shaker,” Usher’s “Yeah” and E-40’s “Tell Me When To Go.” Between 2001 and 2004 The East Side Boyz released three more albums, “Put Yo Hood Up,” “Kings of Crunk,” and “Crunk Juice.” In 2010 Lil Jon released a rock music album, “Crunk Rock” that featured artists like Waka Flock Flame, R. Kelly, Soulja Boy, LMFAO and many others. He also took part on a reality television show, “The Apprentice” and partnered with Zumba Fitness to create a club workout series.
Lil Jon’s most recent music collaboration with DJ Snake, “Turn Down For What” in 2014 has gone three times platinum since it’s release in February.
Ying Yang Twins, featuring D-Roc (born De'Angelo Holmes, February 23,1979) and Kaine (born Eric Jackson, December 16th, 1978) broke onto the airwaves with their first single, "Whistle While You Twurk," (2000), peaking at number 17 on the US R&B/Hip-Hop Chart. Alongside extensive touring, their debut album came out later that year, titled "Thug Walkin'." Their fist-pumping tracks full of party-vibes drew the attention of A&R man Bryan Leach, which led to the duo signing to TVT Records, having already connected with Lil Jon. However, formalities were not completed before the Ying Yang Twins were to release their second record, "Alley: The Return of the Ying Yang Twins" (2002) which was instead released on Koch, achieving significant popularity with hip-hop fans in the South.
Their first record for TVT, "Me & My Brother" was released in 2003, which went on to be certified Platinum the following year, with their three hit songs "Whats Happnin!," "Naggin" and the collaborations with Lil Jon, "Salt Shaker" and "Kings of Crunk." These two tracks were massive hits that year, receiving extensive airplay and establishing both Lil Jon and the Ying Yang Twins in the Hip-Hop world, breaking into audiences outside of the American South.
Following an appearance on Britney Spears' song, "In the Zone," the duo released their next album, "United State of Atlanta (U.S.A)" (2005), which again dominated urban radio stations. Their success continued with 2006's "Chemically Imbalanced" and their legacy was compiled in 2009's "Legendary Status: Ying Yang Twins Greatest Hits" which featured all of their biggest hits.
Originally Chiddy Bang consisted of another member; Noah Beresin also knows as Xaphoon Jones but he departed in 2013 so that he could focus his attention on producing.
Chiddy Bang began gaining attention after they received mass publicity on social media websites such as MySpace when their songs were featured on the popular music blog Pretty Much Amazing. This gained them a growing fan base of college kids and even led to them having a packed out show in Swarthmore College in April 2009.
In 2009 Chiddy Bang released their first ever mixtape titled "The Swelly Express" this hip hop music was well received by their fan base and contained 18 songs including skits. The song "Opposite Of Adults" contains a sample from "Kids" a song by MGMT. This song was incredibly successful and even managed to land itself a place on the charts; entering the top 10 on the US Billboard Heatseekers Songs and the top 20 within the UK official Singles chart.
In 2011 after the success of their song "Opposite of Adults" Parlophone/EMI gathered an interest in the duo and this resulted in them signing them with plans to release a full length album.
Chiddy Bang have worked alongside many artists including Tinie Tempah; in which they opened for the artist on his "Disc-overy tour".
After releasing their debut album "Breakfast" Chidera has announced that he would be working on the mixtape for Chiddy Bang titled "Baggage Claim".
Chidera currently holds the Guinness World Record for the Longest Freestyle Rap and the Longest Marathon Rapping record as he has rapped for 9 hours 15 minutes and 15 seconds.
Even if you aren’t a fan of current rap, there is no denying the energy that Lil Jon has when he is performing on stage. He pumps up the crowd, and gives everything he has on the stage. I caught him because my friend really wanted to see him while he was performing at the University of California, Riverside’s annual Heat music festival. Most of the music that I knew that came from Lil Jon was only what I heard on the radio, so thankfully I wasn’t completely “left out” from the excitement of the set. Since Lil Jon does a lot of producing for other artists like The Ying Yang Twins, or Petey Pablo, a lot of his set also included these songs.
The venue was an outdoor stage in the middle of winter, but the energy on stage, equaled by the energy in the crowd made the tent the warmest place in the festival. Lil Jon was all over the stage, even climbing up parts of the light rafters. It also helped that he had at least four or five hype guys up on stage as well, to really keep all the energy up. By the end of the set, I was swallowed up by the crowd and had taken in all the energy and was just as excited as everyone else for the closing song. Lil Jon definitely made me a fan, however short lived it may have been.
Ellinoinsta
If you think that Miley Cyrus was the one who brought twerking to the spotlight, guess again.
Since 1997, the Ying Yang Twins have been making music that has inspired women (and some men) from all over to get their booties down on the floor. With seven albums and a slew of mixtapes, they’ve released a number of hit singles including ‘Salt Shaker,’ ‘Shake’ and ‘Wait (The Whisper Song).’ And they’re still making music now with themed mixtapes like ‘Twurk or Die,’ which they released in 2013, and even dedicated an entire track to the ‘We Won’t Stop’ singer that is appropriately titled, ‘Miley Cyrus. With all these ass shaking songs, clearly catching them live is one big crazy party. Usually packing a nightclub, there are so many people that one would think that such dancing would not exist. However, these people make it happen and some even make it onto the Ying Yangs stage. The two are usually casually dressed but are carrying so much swagger that you can’t help but get into everything they say. Obviously a Ying Yang Twins show is not for the faint of heart. If you’re easily offended by overtly sexual banter and the gyrating movements that seem to surround people at these gigs, it might be best to sit this one out. But if you’re all into having wilding out and having a laugh, then the Ying Yang Twins are a hip hop duo not to be missed.
evtan
I saw Chiddy Bang twice within a six month span in two completely different venues, yet both experiences were absolutely amazing. They had only just released their EP but Opposite of Adults was already huge. It's possible my experiences will not be repeated, seeing that they've gained more mainstream success since then, but I think the overall show experience has remained very much the same. First, they played at my university for a spring festival. They were still mostly unknown and yet the crowd loved it. Chiddy was engaging with the audience which made it feel like he really cared he was there, not just playing another show on the college circuit. As always, he did a freestyle incorporating words and phrases that Xaphoon picked up from the crowd. Flawless. It was an incredibly perfect show and I heard that he took a girl from my English Lit class home. Hot. The second time I saw Chiddy I was in Scotland and they played the Arches. Even for a big venue, the concert had such a sense of intimacy. Again, Xaphoon took notes from the audience for Chiddy's freestyle and when I shouted "The trapped Chilean Miners" he took that. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1czqaz4gXk8 enjoy. They put on a good show, and always have such positive attitudes. It's like watching your friends on stage. It feels close and friendly, like everyone is just here to chill out, have a good time, and listen to some amazing beats, coupled with Chiddy's signature smooth style.
emmack55
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