Master P
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Percy Robert Miller (born April 29, 1967), better known as Master P, was born and raised in the Calliope housing projects, New Orleans, Louisiana. He attended the University of Houston on a basketball scholarship. Raised by his grandparents along with his four siblings, he eventually moved to Richmond, CA with his mother in 1990. It was there where he used a $10,000 check from an inheritance to open No Limit Record Store, which eventually became his record label, No Limit Records in 1994.
To date, Master P has twelve multi-platinum, ten platinum, and thirteen gold albums. Fortune and Forbes have listed him on "The 40 Richest Under 40" and the "Top List of Highest Paid Entertainers," respectively. Master P has enjoyed world-renown success as a hip-hop artist, a successful actor, director, producer, and athlete.
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Music
Master P's debut album was The Ghetto Is Trying to Kill Me; and was followed by 99 Ways to Die, Ice Cream Man, Ghetto Dope and 1998's Da Last Don. After an unsuccessful attempt to play pro NBA basketball he returned to music with Only God Can Judge Me, followed by Ghetto Postage and 2001's Gameface, which was the first release from The New No Limit Records/Universal Records.
For his tenth solo album, Master P released a double-CD set, Good Side, Bad Side in March 2004. In June 2005, Ghetto Bill (The Best Hustler In The Game) Vol 1, Master P's 11th solo CD came in at #1 on the Billboard Top Independent Album's Chart in its first week of release.
Sports
Master P has competed with the Fort Wayne Fury of the Continental Basketball Association, the NBA's New Orleans Hornets, Toronto Raptors and the Sacramento Kings summer league.
In 1999, Master P made some appearances for World Championship Wrestling with Konnan and Rey Misterio Jr.
Other interests
Master P has financed, produced and appeared in several of his own movies as well as other big-budget films including Hollywood Homicide as the owner of a nightclub and in Dark Blue with Kurt Russell.
Discography
- 1991 "Get Away Clean"
- 1992 "Mama's Bad Boy"
- 1994 "The Ghettos Tryin to Kill Me!"
- 1995 "99 Ways to Die"
- 1996 "Ice Cream Man" #26 US
- 1997 "Ghetto D" #1 US
- 1998 "MP Da Last Don" #1 US
- 1999 "Only God Can Judge Me" #2 US
- 2000 "Ghetto Postage" #26 US
- 2001 "Game Face" #53 US
- 2004 "Good Side, Bad Side" #11 US
- 2005 "Ghetto Bill (The Best Hustler In The Game) Vol. 1" #39 US & #1 on Billboard Independent Album Charts US
Hit singles
- 1997 "I Miss My Homies" #25 US
- 1998 "Goodbye to My Homies" #27 US
- 1998 "I Got the Hook Up" #16 US
- 1998 "Make Em Say Ugh" #16 US
External links
- Master P on IMDb
- a news article from ESPN.com containing information on Master P's basketball career.
- Master P Lyrics Index Page
- Master P Lyrics
