Young Jeezy

Jay Wayne Jenkins born September 28 1977 known by his stage name Jeezy or Young Jeezy is an American rapper He is credited alongside fellow Georgiabased rappers TI and Gucci Mane with pioneering the hip hop subgenre trap music for mainstream audiences He began his career in 2001 releasing two independent albums until signing with Def Jam Recordings to release his major label debut Lets Get It Thug Motivation 101 2005 The album peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 sold 172000 copies in its first week and received double platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA its lead single Soul Survivor featuring Akon peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and remains his highestcharting song His second and third albums Thug Motivation 102 The Inspiration 2006 and The Recession 2008 were met with continued success as both peaked atop the Billboard 200 the latter earned a Grammy Award nomination for its lead single Put On featuring Kanye West After three followup albums his ninth Trap or Die 3 2016 peaked the chart once more His other platinumcertified singles include I Luv It Go Getta featuring R Kelly My President featuring Nas Lose My Mind featuring Plies and Leave You Alone featuring NeYo among others In addition he has guest featured on numerous RB singles including Say I by Christina Milian Im So Paid by Akon Hard by Rihanna and Love in This Club by Usher the latter peaked atop the Billboard Hot 100 in 2008 Along with his solo career he is the de facto leader of the Southern hip hop group United Streets Dopeboyz of America USDA and a former member of the Bad Boy Records group Boyz n da Hood His record label CTE World was founded in 2001 and has signed artists including YG and Freddie Gibbs He was married to TV hostfashion expert Jeannie Mai from 20212023 and they have a daughter He has three older children from previous relationships From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia