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ITTY BITTY BITS: Hitsville vigil; Lil Jon's wine; Zoe and Woody?; ...

EURweb - Found Jun. 30, 2009
*Crunk star Lil Jon won a prize at the Los Angeles International Wine and Spirits Competition and promptly Twittered about it.

Posted on June 30, 2009, 10:10 am

Turning the Screw: Archie Lee & Coota Bang, R.I.P. Michael, Lil Jon, ...

Houston Press - Found Jun. 29, 2009
Lil' Jon won an award for that Chardonnay he made. That does not seem very crunk. Diddy may start shilling Red Stripe and/or Guinness.

Posted on June 29, 2009, 4:33 am

Lil Jon Wins Wine Award, Tweets Excitedly

MTV - Found Jun. 25, 2009
Last year, Lil Jon surprised everybody when he rolled out his own wine label, called (fittingly) Little John Winery.

Posted on June 25, 2009, 2:36 am

Lil Scrappy Explains DTP Move, "[Lil] Jon Was Only Worried About ...

SOHH - Found Jun. 25, 2009
... with a good machine just because Lil Jon was doing his thing when I first came out. But Jon was only worried about Jon. And when Lil Jon fell...

Posted on June 25, 2009, 7:29 am

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PR.com - Found Jul. 2, 2009
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Posted on July 2, 2009, 11:14 am

Video: Paradiso Girls (Feat. Lil Jon & Eve) - 'Patron Tequila'

Starpulse - Found Jun. 16, 2009
Lil Jon & Eve) - 'Patron Tequila' June 16th, 2009 2:11pm EDT Post a comment Read 1 comment Add to My News Female groups have always played a...

Posted on June 16, 2009, 3:16 am

In concert or in the studio, fun is the goal for 3OH!3, performing ...

Cleveland Live - Found Jul. 2, 2009
A: Yeah. We've gotten to work with so many people. We're in the studio today with Lil Jon. It's pretty sweet. We're making stuff for his new ...

Posted on July 2, 2009, 2:35 am

Celeb recap: Table tennis birthday Dolls

Las Vegas Weekly - Found Jun. 30, 2009
Also that night, self-proclaimed ??King of Krunk? Lil Jon returned to host at Privé, while Wayne Brady and Shar Jackson partied...
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Posted on June 30, 2009, 3:46 am

PhillyGossip

Philadelphia Daily News - Found Jun. 29, 2009
... http://tinyurl.com/mlhlps5:02 AM Jun 24th from web Jill Scott tells Essence she and drummer Lil' Jon Roberts, who just welcomed a son together...

Posted on June 29, 2009, 10:17 am

100 best bars & clubs

St. Petersburg Times - Found Jun. 30, 2009
Ybor's best-connected hip-hop club gets a lot of top-notch visitors (Ludacris, Lil Jon, Tracy Morgan, Rick Ross, Jadakiss, Fat Joe) thanks to...

Posted on June 30, 2009, 12:15 pm

Lil' Jon Biography

Lil' Jon
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Lil Jon
In September 2007.
In September 2007.
Background information
Birth name Jonathan Mortimer Smith
Born January 27, 1971 (1971-01-27) (age 38)
Origin Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Genre(s) Crunk
Rapcore
Rap rock
Occupation(s) Rapper & Producer
Instrument(s) Keyboards, Synthesizers, Roland TR-808, Drum Machine, Sampler
Years active 1989 - present
Label(s) BME Recordings
Universal Republic Records
TVT Records (2001-2008)

Jonathan Mortimer Smith12 (born January 27, 1971),2 better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American producer, promoter, and rapper. He is best known as a pioneer of the hip hop sub-genre crunk. His work is recognizable by his distinctive hype shouts of "what?!","hey!", "yeah!", and "okay!".

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Early life

Jonathan Mortimer Smith was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia and graduated from Douglass High School in 1989. He worked for So So Def between 1993 and 2000, which is where he got his stage name Lil Jon.2

Lil Jon says that he "was inspired by the synthesizer sounds of rave/dance music he heard playing in Atlanta strip clubs".3

Before recording the album,context? Lil Jon severed his negotiation with record label TVT. Two years ago, Jon vowed never to record for TVT Records again, alleging that TVT owner Steve Gottlieb was shortchanging him.4

After a long battle and negotiations with TVT, we worked out our differences. TVT cut the check and now it's time for me to get back to work.

4 Jon said in a statement: Crunk Rock is going to be some next level shit.4

As part of TVT Records' 2008 bankruptcy auction, Lil Jon withdrew his multi-million dollar objection to the TVT sale proceedings and agreed to TVT’s transfer of his artist agreement to The Orchard. In return, The Orchard released Lil Jon from all future compulsions and returned the rights to the master recordings of his constantly delayed LP, Crunk Rock.5 He is a avid fan of the Atlanta Thrashers hockey team.

Discography

Albums

with The East Side Boyz

Solo Albums

Video games

Filmography

References

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