Glasses Malone
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| Glasses Malone | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Born | 1979 | |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California | |
| Genre(s) | West Coast hip hop, Gangsta rap | |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper | |
| Label(s) | Sony/ Columbia Records/ Blu Division | |
| Associated acts |
Bishop Lamont, Black Wall Street, Spider Loc | |
Glasses Malone or G-Malone for short, (born in 1979) is a West Coast rapper and known Crip from the Watts District of Los Angeles, California. Traditionally associated with The Black Wall Street Records despite the fact that most the artist on the record label were Bloods, Malone signed with Sony Records for 1.7 million dollars in 2005,[1] turning down offers from many labels like, Def Jam Records,[1] Interscope Records, J Records, Black Wall Street Records, and Atlantic Records. His decision to leave The Black Wall Street hasn't affected his relationship negativily with The Game. The Game had a few words to say about Glasses "using his label" on "120 Bars" but both sides are on good terms and have even performed together on stage.[2] His first album The Beach Cruiser was originaly schedueld to come out on Feburary 20, 2007. However, due to recent mergers, Sony Records is looking to move Malone to one of it's imprints. Along with his signing he was also given his own imprint: Blu Division.[1]
G-Malone lit the underground on fire in 2005 with his mixtape "White Lighting (Sticks)" which sold over 30,000 copies.[3] Earlier he released "The Crack Mixtape".[4]
Glasses Malone can be seen in the music video for Tha Dogg Pound's single Cali Iz Active. He also appeared on the soundtrack to Madden 2007 with a song called "Right Now".
On August 4, 2006 Glasses Malone appeared on MTV's "You Hear It First".[5]
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ a b c http://www.raptalk.net/news/GlassesMalonesignsa1.7MillionDollardealwithSonyUrb.php URL accessed on August 25, 2006
- ^ http://www.ballerstatus.net/news/read/id/15176136/ URL accessed on August 25, 2006
- ^ http://youtube.com/watch?v=iTRJqsFk0YQ URL accessed on October 8, 2006
- ^ http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JSE/is_297/ai_n14816355/pg_1 URL accessed on August 25, 2006
- ^ http://www.westcoastrydaz.com/news/8052/ URL accessed on August 25, 2006
[edit] External links
- Offical MySpace
- Bishop Lamont and Glasses Malone Interview (September 2006)
