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Written by Jamila Hayman and Curt Hayman
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Friday, 19 March 2010 15:59 |
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Jay-Z has done enough preaching about progression in the rap game, and it seems like some artists have been listening. Southern rapper, Young Jeezy has made moves to officially changes his rap alias -- perhaps to reflect a more serious image?
The rapper has dropped "Young" from his name, so that he can now simply be referred to as Jeezy. According to HipHopWired, the first signs of the name change appeared in the credits for Rihanna's song 'Hard,' but only became official following the release of his single 'Lose My Mind,' from his upcoming album 'Thug Motivation 103.' The rapper made sure that only "Jeezy" appeared on the album cover art. Jeezy is not the first rapper to amend his alias by losing a word or two. Bow Wow famously parted ways with his childhood rap name "Lil Bow Wow" before he grew up, started driving drunk and Tweeted about it.
The artist formerly known as Young Jeezy released his last studio album 'The Recession,' in 2008. He upcoming album, 'Thug Motivation 103' is slated for a June release. He recently explained that he was back in the studio, working hard to complete the record. "I'm thinking June," he said. "I wanna own the summer. If you coming out [with an album] in June, you might wanna think about that."
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Written by Jamila Hayman and Curt Hayman
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Friday, 19 March 2010 15:51 |
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Rap newcomer DRAKE has another hip-hop superstar to turn to while his mentor LIL WAYNE serves time in prison - JAY-Z has been providing him with words of advice too.
The Lollipop hitmaker took Drake under his wing and signed him to his Young Money record label last year (09), but earlier this month (Mar10) he was sentenced to 12 months behind bars for weapons charges.
But Drake has found another mentor in Jay-Z after working with the Empire State of Mind star on the icon's The Blueprint 3 album and teaming up for a collaboration for his own upcoming debut, Thank Me Later.
He tells MTV News, "He definitely has guided me a lot, as far as his words and his advice. We have a real funny rapport. I always enjoy my conversations with Jay. It's good.
"When Jay says something, it's different from anyone else. It just means that much more. Jay just has this aura about him. It's like, 'That's why you're Jay-Z.' For a guy like me who grew up wanting to be Jay-Z, it's influential - it's very, very influential. We have great conversations. Just life. I'm not (the) type of character that you have to sit down and instruct. I'm pretty aware of myself and how to go through this whole process (music business). The conversations are just funny and good and settles my mind."
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