Jadakiss

Jason Terrance Phillips (born May 27, 1975), known professionally as Jadakiss, is an American rapper from Yonkers, New York. He began his career in the 1990s and formed the hip hop trio the Lox alongside Styles P and Sheek Louch in 1994. The group signed with Puff Daddy’s Bad Boy Records, an imprint of Arista Records to release their debut studio album, Money, Power & Respect (1998); their second album, We Are the Streets (2000) was released by Ruff Ryders Entertainment, an imprint of Interscope Records. Both peaked within the top five of the Billboard 200 and yielded critical praise; their two subsequent albums, Filthy America… It’s Beautiful (2013) and Living Off Xperience (2020) were both released by Jay-Z’s Roc Nation and saw continued praise.

After the Lox’s second album, the trio disbanded to pursue solo careers and Jadakiss signed with Ruff Ryders as a solo act to release his first two solo albums, Kiss Tha Game Goodbye (2001) and Kiss of Death (2004). Both were met with positive critical reception, and the latter debuted atop the Billboard 200. His third and fourth albums, The Last Kiss (2009) and Top 5 Dead or Alive (2015) were both released by Def Jam Recordings and peaked at numbers three and four on the chart, respectively. He has also released the collaborative album Friday on Elm Street (2017) with hometown rapper Fabolous, and his fifth solo album, Ignatius (2020) both to critical acclaim.

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