Jay Wayne Jenkins (born September 28, 1977), known by his stage name Jeezy (or Young Jeezy), is an American rapper. He is credited, alongside fellow Georgia-based rappers T.I. and Gucci Mane, with pioneering the hip hop subgenre trap music for mainstream audiences. Jenkins began his career in 2001, releasing two independent albums until signing with Def Jam Recordings to release his major label debut, Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 (2005). The album peaked at number two on the Billboard 200, sold 172,000 copies in its first week, and received double platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA); its lead single, "Soul Survivor" (featuring Akon), peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and remains his highest-charting song.
His second and third albums, Thug Motivation 102: The Inspiration (2006) and The Recession (2008) were met with continued success as both peaked atop the Billboard 200; the latter earned a Grammy Award nomination for its lead single, "Put On" (featuring Kanye West). After three follow-up albums, his ninth, Trap or Die 3 (2016) peaked the chart once more. His other platinum-certified singles include "I Luv It", "Go Getta" (featuring R. Kelly), "My President" (featuring Nas), "Lose My Mind" (featuring Plies), and "Leave You Alone" (featuring Ne-Yo), among others. In addition, Jenkins has guest featured on numerous R&B singles, including "Say I" by Christina Milian, "I'm So Paid" by Akon, "Hard" by Rihanna, and "Love in This Club" by Usher; the latter peaked atop the Billboard Hot 100 in 2008.
Along with his solo career, Jenkins is the de facto leader of the Southern hip hop group United Streets Dopeboyz of America (U.S.D.A.), and a former member of the Bad Boy Records group Boyz n da Hood. His record label, CTE World was founded in 2001 and has signed artists including YG and Freddie Gibbs.
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Date: 29 September 1977
Reporters Com for a Free Press asks Fed Judge John Lewis Smith to declare that Kissinger violated Fed records act by removing transcripts of his phone conversations from official files; asks that documents be 'repossessed' and made available to public under Freedom of Information Act; Kissinger atty David Ginsburg claims documents in question were not official (S)
Date: 28 September 1977
Sean MacBride is named head of internatl advisory com on world's press at UNESCO (S)
Date: 28 September 1977
NY Post columnist Robert Lipsyte says he has resigned from paper because he was denied freedom to have opinions counter to paper's policy; says he submitted resignation in lr to editor Roger Wood and publisher Rupert Murdoch (S)
Date: 28 September 1977
Date: 28 September 1977
Date: 29 September 1977
Laker Airways repts 3d Skytrain flight from London to NYC had only 144 passengers (S)
Date: 28 September 1977
jetliner crashes north of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, during thunderstorm, killing at least 26 of 79 people aboard; at least 47 survive crash, but many are seriously injured (S)