Cash Money Records is an American hip hop record label which was founded in 1991 by the brothers, Bryan “Baby” Williams aka Birdman and Ronald “Slim” Williams. These brothers were also featured in CNBC’s Newbos: The Rise of America’s New Black Overclass which was a documentary show profiling several black multi-millionaires. The distributing label is Universal Music Group and you can view all the artists currently signed to CMR below including some notes on them.
Information On The Current Artists
Birdman
Real name: Bryan Williams
Place of birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Notes: Bryan Williams, better known by his stage name Birdman is the co-founder of Cash Money Records. He used to be part of the Hip Hop group “Big Tymers” and he is also known as Weezy’s “father” and the “#1 Stunna”.
Lil Wayne
Real name: Dwayne Michael Carter
Place of birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Notes: Dwayne Michael Carter, better known by his stage name Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records when he was just a teenager. He also founded Young Money Ent which is a distributing label on CMR. He was part of the Hip Hop groups “Hot Boys” and “Sqad Up” too.
Glasses Malone
Real name: Charles Penniman
Place of birth: Watts, California, United States
Notes: Charles Penniman, better known by his stage name Glasses Malone signed to Cash Money Records in 2007. Even though most of the artists on CMR are bloods, Glasses is a known crip.
Mack 10
Real name: Dedrick Rolison
Place of birth: Inglewood, California, United States
Notes: Dedrick Rolison, better known by his stage name Mack 10 is a rapper and an actor. He used to be a member of the Rap group called “Westside Connection” along with Ice Cube and WC.
All Star Cashville Prince
Real name: Jermaine Eric Shute
Place of birth: Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Notes: Jermaine Eric Shute, better known by his stage name All Star Cashville Prince is a rapper best known for his songs with Lil Wayne titled “Grey Goose” and “Crazy”. His latest album is called “Starlito’s Way II”.
Yo Gotti
Real name: Mario Mims
Place of birth: Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Notes: Mario Mims, better known by his stage name Yo Gotti is a rapper from Tennessee. He got his stage name from the New York mafiaso “John Gotti” and he recently made cameos in Birdman’s “Always Strapped Remix” part 1 and 2 music videos.
T Lopez
Real name: Christina T Lopez
Place of birth: Ontario, California, United States
Notes: Christina T Lopez, better known by her stage name T Lopez is an actress and singer from California. She has already worked with Lil Wayne and Birdman for her upcoming album and she is mostly known for her big hit single called “Macarena”.
Brisco
Real name: British Alexander Mitchell
Place of birth: Opa-locka, Florida, United States
Notes: British Alexander Mitchell, better known by his stage name Brisco is a rapper from Opa-Locka. He is also signed to the label, Poe Boy Entertainment and has worked on plenty of records with Lil Wayne and Flo Rida.
Kevin Rudolf
Real name:Kevin Rudolf
Place of birth: Manhattan, New York, United States
Notes: Kevin Rudolf is a singer, songwriter and record producer from New York. He mostly got known to the world for his single with Lil Wayne called “Let It Rock”. Kevin also produced “In Your Face” which will be the 3rd single from Weezy’s Rebirth album.
Jay Sean
Real name: Kamaljit Singh Jhooti
Place of birth: Southall, London, United Kingdom
Notes: Kamaljit Singh Jhooti, better known by his stage name Jay Sean is a singer and songwriter from the UK. He announced that he signed to CMR during the MOBO awards and he has already working with Lil Wayne and Birdman for singles.
2 Pistols
Real name: Jeremy Lemont Saunders
Place of birth: Tarpon Springs, Florida, United States
Notes: Jeremy Lemont Saunders, better known by his stage name 2 Pistols is a rapper from Florida. He starting recording and writing songs when he was in high school and his number one job was to be a footballer.
Freeway
Real name: Leslie Edward Pridgen
Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Notes: Leslie Edward Pridgen, better known by his stage name Freeway is a rapper best known for being on Jay-Z’s Roc-A-Fella records. He is easily remembered to due to his long beard and he is also in the rap group “State Property”.
Bow Wow
Real name: Shad Gregory Moss
Place of birth: Columbus, Ohio, United States
Notes: Shad Gregory Moss, better known by his stage name Bow Wow is a rapper and actor from Ohio. Like Lil Wayne, Bow Weezy started in this rap game at a young age and when he was just 13, he released his debut album.
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