Chingy

His hits date back to 2003 and include: "Right Thurr," "Holidae In," "One Call Away" featuring J-Weav, "Balla Baby" and more recently, "Pullin' Me Back" featuring Tyrese and "Dem Jeans featuring Jermaine Dupri." He has also taken part in the "Get Low Remix" music video. Chingy goes by the logo "G.I.B.", which stands for Git It Boyz. He was on the road from August 06-January 07 and is now in his hometown St. Louis helping his younger cousin Young Spiffy create his debut album Troublemaka. Spiffy will be the first off his label Slot-A-Lot.

Chingy has recently ceased his dispute with Disturbing Tha PeaceDef Jam and has officially signed back to them.

Career

St. Louis based Fo-Reel Entertainment home of artists such as Nelly claim to have discovered the talented Chingy, and he was often seen during his early days with their entourage. However as time passed Chingy began to distance himself, during which time a feud emerged between Nelly and Chingy. Shortly after, he emerged once again as a member of Ludacris' southern hip hop record label DTP. His relationship with DTP was hugely successful and lead to a successful debut consisting of the lead single "Right Thurr", "Holidae In", and "One Call Away". But later in 2005, Chingy had a monetary dispute with DTP, causing him to leave the label. He released Powerballin' the same year, yielding the singles "Balla Baby" and "Don't Worry". His debut single only made success into the Billboard top 20. In 2006, he squashed his beef with Nelly and appeared in Ali & Gipp's new video "Go Head". He stated in Rap City that he has no beef with Ludacris. He released his third album Hoodstar, releasing "Pullin' Me Back", "Dem Jeans", and "Nike Aurr's and Crispy Tee's". He is currently dating a girl called Georgia Lowell who was a former prostitute and stripper in the United Kingdom, however he recently announced it to be rumours. Around March 2007, Chingy started appearing in advertisements for Party with a Star.com, with whom he has signed a contract to have a one hour meet and greet with the contest winner, along with other former celebrities and reality stars Ant comedian, Cindy Margolis, Traci Bingham, Steve-O, and Vanilla Ice.

Albums

2003: Jackpot 2004: Powerballin 2006: Hoodstar

Solo singles

2003: "Right Thurr" 2003: "Holidae In" featuring Ludacris & Snoop Dogg 2004: "One Call Away" featuring J-Weav 2004: "Balla Baby" 2005: "Don't Worry" featuring Janet Jackson 2006: "Pullin' Me Back" featuring Tyrese 2006: "Dem Jeans" featuring Jermaine Dupri 2007: "Nike Aurr's and Crispy Tee's

Featured singles

2003: "Shorty" Busta Rhymes featuring Chingy, Fat Joe, & Nick Cannon 2004: "I Like That" Houston featuring Chingy, Nate Dogg, & I-20 2004: "Fightin' in the Club" I-20 featuring Lil Fate, Tity Boi, & Chingy

Videography

From Jackpot:

2003: "Right Thurr" 2003: "Right Thurr" Remix featuring Jermaine Dupri and Trina 2003: "Holidae In" featuring Snoop Dogg and Ludacris 2004: "One Call Away" featuring J-Weav"Chingy Jackpot"

From Powerballin:

2004: "Balla Baby" 2004: "Balla Baby" Remix featuring Lil' Flip and Boozie

From Hoodstar:

2006: "Pullin' Me Back" featuring Tyrese 2006: "Dem Jeans" featuring Jermaine Dupri 2007: "Nike Aurr's & Crispy Tee's"