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Famous as :
RapperBirth Name :
Howard Bailey, Jr.Birth Date :
March 09, 1980Birth Place :
St Louis, Missouri, USAClaim to fame :
Single "Right Thurr" from album "Jackpot" (2003)
Chingy May Be Dropped From Record Label
December 23, 2008 02:12:58Chingy, whose real name is Howard Bailey Jr., has reportedly been forced to walk out of recording company Disturbin Tha Peace (DTP). "Basically Howard [Chingy] has been dropped. That's it! There's no more information," so claimed SOHH.
Chingy returned to DTP in 2007 after parting ways with the company in 2004, citing that his mentor Ludacris had cheated him out of cash. Saying that they had "settled the differences" and "put it in the past", the two musicians then teamed up on single "Gimme Dat", taken from Chingy's 2007 LP "Hate It or Love It".
Video Premiere: Chingy's 'Gimme Dat' Feat. Ludacris and Bobby Valentino
February 06, 2008 11:02:45Recently premiered is the music video of Chingy's second single off the 2007 "Hate it or Love It" album. The video which is for "Gimme Dat" marks the rapper's reunion with once rival Ludacris.
The song itself features Luda and Bobby Valentino and all three of them shot the music video in Los Angeles back in January 2008. The video follows Chingy's video for the first single "Fly Like Me" featuring Amerie that peaked at #3 on Billboard Hot Video Clips chart.
Chingy Shot 'Gimme Dat' Video With Ludacris, Behind the Scene
January 18, 2008 10:01:19Chingy sat next to his once-rival Ludacris to talk about their latest project, a collaboration called 'Gimme Dat'. The single, which is the second from Chingy's Disturbing Tha Peace release 'Hate It or Love It', is featuring Ludacris and Bobby Valentino. All three of them have just shot the video in Los Angeles.
"We figured we'd move forward and reunite," Chingy said. "We need more unity." The rapper left DTP in 2004 due to a dispute with Ludacris, the CEO in charge at that time, over royalties. Chingy then moved to Capitol Records and released two more records 'Powerballin'' and 'Hoodstar' before rubbing off with the new label as well.
Video Premiere: Chingy's 'Fly Like Me'
November 20, 2007 09:11:05After releasing a behind the scene footage of his new video 'Fly Like Me', Chingy finally premiered the real tape. The clip was directed by Jessy Terrero, the same person who penned videos for Ludacris' 'Runaway Love' and 50 Cent's 'Candy Shop'.
The first single from his upcoming album 'Hate It or Love It' is featuring R'n'B singer Amerie both in the song and the video. The single 'Fly Like Me' is scheduled to be released on December 19, a day after the album is put on the street.
Chingy's 'Fly Like Me' Cover Art and Video Snippet Unveiled!
November 14, 2007 03:11:44In anticipation of Chingy's first single, 'Fly Like Me', from new album 'Hate It or Love It', a behind-the- scene of its music video has surfaced online. The cover art of the single which will be released either this month or December, has also been leaked.
The single features collaboration from R'n'B singer Amerie although, according to some reports, her slot was originally planned for Rihanna and Ludacris. Chingy previously described the song to have the "mainstream feel".
Nelly and Jermaine Dupri to Do Battle on the Basketball Court
July 20, 2007 11:07:23
Nelly and Jermaine Dupri are no enemies, but they are about to do battle against one another. Fear not for instead of having physical battle, they will instead do the battle in the basketball court. So it's all about game.
Both rappers are about to compete in a basketball game as part of Dupri's annual So So Def Summer Fest 2007 which is about to take place this weekend July 21st at the Georgia State College Arena.
Chingy Made Peace with Old Label, to Release 4th Set
June 05, 2007 04:06:38
Rapper Chingy who parted ways with Disturbing Tha Peace in 2004 is now back under the recording house wing to release fourth album tentatively titled "Love It or Hate It".
"This album is definitely going to be more reality," Chingy said in a statement. "I'm not saying the last three weren't reality, but this one will be even more real. I was always lyrical when I was younger, but then I became geared to making hit records."
Revision on the U.S. Pop Album Charts for the Week Ended September 24th
September 30, 2006 01:09:53
Nielsen SoundScan has just released a revision on its data concerning report sales on the US pop album charts for the week ended Sunday Sept 24. The company's previous data, released Wednesday Sept 27th, is said to contain what it called as "anomalies," because an unidentified retailer was unable to report sales for the period.
And this just in, the latest 10 figure on the album charts. No. 1 is still Justin Timberlake with his second solo effort "FutureSex/LoveSounds" sold 228,000 units last week, up from the 217,000 originally reported. On the 2nd rank is Clay Aiken's "A Thousand Different Ways", taking in 211,000 units, up from 205,000. Stacy Ferguson's "The Dutchess" opens at No. 3 with 158,000 copies.
The U.S. Pop Album Charts for the Week Ended September 24th
September 28, 2006 10:09:36
There are several major new releases this week, but Justin Timberlake holds on his success. The pop singer, who has just made a comeback to music scene, still rules the US pop album charts, with his second solo effort "FutureSex/LoveSounds," sold 217,000 units for the week ended Sunday September 24th.
After two weeks atop the Billboard 200, the Jive Records release has now sold 903,000 copies in total. On the second position of the chart is Clay Aiken, whose covers set "A Thousand Different Ways" sold 205,000 units. Stacy Ferguson's solo debut, "The Dutchess" opens at No. 3 with 142,000 copies, just one place ahead of Kenny Chesney's "Live Those Songs Again" bows at No. 4 with 137,000.
Faith Evans, Billboard Chart's Queen
April 14, 2005 10:04:26It's so close, then Faith Evans will just lead this week Billboard album chart, beaten 50 Cent who has already on top for a five-consecutive week. Evan's First Lady has been sold of more than 157,000 during its first week of release, just 7,000 copies less than 50 Cent's The Massacre which scored sales more than 165,000, securing the rapper first-place position for the sixth time. The winner on the third place is Beck's Guero, who was on the second last week. After Beck is the 18th edition of the popular Now That's What I Call Music! franchise, featuring contributions from the likes of U2, Chingy, Nelly, Hoobastank and Destiny's Child.
At number five is R&B quartet 112's Pleasure & Pain, coming behind is rapper Will Smith's Lost and Found. At #7 on the chart are pop-punk patriarchs Green Day, with American Idiot recording just under 59,000 scans. In the 8th place is rapper Beanie Sigel's The B.Coming. Finishing at #9 is rock-and-roll princess Lisa Marie Presley with Now What and on the 10th position is Jack Johnson's In Between Dreams, which recorded sixth-week sales of close to 55,000.
