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• Nelly
• J-Kwon
• Ludacris
• will.i.am
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Birth Name:

Howard Bailey, Jr.

Born:

Mar 9, 1980 in St. Louis, MO

Genres:

Rap & Hip-Hop Music, Southern Rap Music

Decades Active:

2000's

Artistic Quality

Low

Cultural Impact

Low

Popularity

Medium

Ratings Guide

Reminiscent of Nelly and repped by Ludacris -- the Dirty South's two biggest stars in the early 2000s -- Chingy had all the makings of a rap sensation and indeed lived up to his promise immediately, when his debut single, "Right Thurr," became an overnight summer anthem in 2003. Like Nelly and his St. Lunatics posse, Chingy is a St. Louis native, debuted at a young age, and boasts a Southerrn dialect. All of this made him considerably marketable in the wake of Nelly's massive success the summer before. Ludacris and his manager, Chaka Zulu, noted this and were quick to sign Chingy to their fledging Disturbing the Peace label and rush release his debut single, "Right Thurr." The party rap track blew up in the clubs first, especially throughout the South, and quickly infiltrated urban radio in the midst of summer while simultaneously climbing to the upper reaches of the ~Billboard Hot 100 chart (peaking at number four) and getting rotated heavily on MTV, where it was billed as "buzzworthy."

- Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide