Hip-Hop/Rap
United States
Chingy
Altri album di Chingy
Video musicali popolari di Chingy
Chi è Chingy
Città natale
St. Louis, MO, United States
Nato/a
March 9, 1980
Genere
Hip-Hop/Rap
St. Louis rapper Chingy scored big with mid-2000s hits like “Right Thurr” and “One Call Away,” transfixing listeners with his Midwestern drawl.
• Chingy originally rapped under the name H Thugz. He was a part of the group Without Warning, which notched a local St. Louis hit with “What’s Poppin Off.”
• After touring with Nelly and signing with mentor Ludacris’ Disturbing Tha Peace label, Chingy released his debut album, Jackpot, in 2003. The album yielded three Top 5 pop hits—“Right Thurr,” “Holidae Inn,” and “One Call Away”—and went double platinum in 2004.
• His 2004 sophomore effort, Powerballin’, features high-profile guests like Janet Jackson, Nate Dogg, and Lil Wayne.
• Chingy went independent after releasing his fourth album, 2007’s Hate It or Love It. In 2009, he released a whopping five mixtapes and returned the next year with the album Success & Failure.
• In 2017, following several more mixtapes and EPs, Chingy signed with Bungalo Records, an indie label distributed through Universal Music.
Chingy ha anche pubblicato musica come membro di Disturbing tha Peace.
Influenze MusicaliLe influenze musicali di Chingy includono mase, CeeLo Green, Nelly e altro.
Influenzato da ChingyChingy ha influenzato la musica di XXXTENTACION, Cloudy 9, ZEL e altro ancora.
