Real Name: Percy Miller Nicknames: Master P, The Colonel, Ice Cream Man Hometown: 3rd Ward Calliop Projects, New OrleansMaster P attended high school at Booker T. Washington High. From there, he played basketball for his school and knew that this was what was going to be his ticket out, with help from Moon Jones, his basketball coach. Master P, then, had plans to play basketball for the University of Houston, as a walk-on player. An unfortunate knee injury put an end to his athletic dreams. After that, P returned back to the streets of the Calliope,where he and Kevin hustled, and sold drugs. The money was good, but the constant state of having to "watch your back" got P scared. By then, P's mother had moved to Richmond, CA, while he, his sister, and three brothers stayed in the Calliope with their grandmother. As Kevin got deep into the dope game, P had enough and left New Orleans to Richmond where he can search for a new life. After a couple of weeks in California, P was broken the news that Kevin was dead, shot nine times by his best friend. P vowed that he would never return to the life that he had on the streets of the Calliope, so he watched the underground hip- hop scene. P's grandfather passed away and P inherited $10,000, which he invested in a record store and for business classes at Merit Junior College. Soon, No Limit Records was born, a local mom-and-pop record shop. With the record store, P learned the street trends, what the people want and listen to, and even talked to customers. P knew he had friends rapping and knew they needed a little back up, so P began his new life. Replacing Percy Miller with Master P, meaning Master Plan, No Limit Records became a record label, as it is today. Doing amateur albums, such as "Get Away Clean" and "Mama's Bad Boy," P never doubted his talent. So he got himself what he needed and produced his first LP, "The Ghettos Tryin To Kill Me," this put him in the mix. Then P put out West Coast Bad Boyz compilation, that gave local bay area underground rappers the opportunity to shine for the world. Master P then learned that being independent, he could sell minor and clear as much money as a platinum artist on a major label. P had already established himself as CEO of No Limit Records, so it was then time to start building onto it. He wanted only people he could trust, his old friends and family from the Calliope. His childhood friend, Anthony Boswell, became the label's vice-president. His cousin, Mo B. Dick from Kansas, would produce tracks and sing background vocals. Then P began signing future artists that he guaranteed regional fame, such as Mr. Serv-On, Mia X, Kane & Abel, etc. By then, P had already put out his second release, "99 Ways To Die," a tribute to the late rapper, Eazy E, and became an underground smash. P moved his label down south to Baton Rouge, where he set up the company and a couple of studios. After seeing that West Coast Bad Boyz gained underground west coast artists their name in the rap game, Master P put together The Down South Hustlers "Bouncin' N Swangin'." Dow South Hustlers was another gold selling compilation that put the southern underground rap scene up in the rap game, too. P even started a group for his new successful label called TRU, The Real Untouchables. TRU, being an NWA take-off with a southern twist, consisted of P's brothers and some close associates. This group later came out with their debut, "True," which gained themselves national attention with their classic, "Bout It, Bout It." Master knew he had begun something big and not go far with it, but to build onto it. Before P knew it, he was already a rapper/producer/CEO/businessman. Master P even began advertising merchandise and 1-900 numbers in the covers of albums. In 1996, P put out his third solo album, "Mr. Ice Cream Man," that sold bigger than his previous releases. In early 1997, TRU came out with their second album, "Tru 2 Da Game," which now consisted of P and his two younger brothers, Silkk and C-Murder. Master P had already set himself as rapper and CEO of a record label, the new challenge he was willing to take on was movie-making. He came out with a straight-to-video, semi-autobiographical, urban street movie and soundtrack called "I'm Bout It," with P's closest friends and local crackheads as cast members. "I'm Bout It" gave P respect from the streets, and even from Hollywood. By now, P had released his fourth solo album, "Ghetto D." "Ghetto D" made Master P famous and even set his newest members of the Tank noticeable. P came out with his second movie and soundtrack, "I Got The Hook Up!," using professional actors and fellow label mates in the cast. His life blew up so fast that he needed to stop making solo albums and concentrate on running his label so it won't drop. With this, Master P retires from solo projects with his last solo, "MP Da Last Don," that also came out with a straight-to-video movie, album entitled. Master P, nowself- made millionaire, ghetto superstar and household name is currently in the mix working on future projects, albums, movies, and, now, books and clothing line. He is also working with his new group, Da 504 Boyz, consisting of Nino Brown AKA Master P himself, G-Money AKA Mystikal, and then newest addition to the group, Vito AKA Silkk Tha Shocker. You can also catch Master P on other No Limit Soldiers' albums along with other big rapper superstars such as E-40, Scarface and LL Cool J.
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