Luni Coleone

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Luni Coleone
Birth name	Monterio Williams
Also known as	Lunasicc
Born	August 10, 1978 (1978-08-10) (age 29)
Origin	Sacramento, California, U.S.
Genre(s)	Hip-Hop
Occupation(s)	Rapper
Years active	1997-present
Label(s)	Noo Trybe, Rap-A-Lot, AWOL, Out of Bounds, Money Hungry
Associated acts	C-Bo, X-Raided, Killa Tay, Mac Dre

Monterrio Williams (August 10, 1978), better known by his stage names, Luni Coleone or Lunasicc is a West Coast rapper who began his musical career on the streets of Sacramento, California. He began his career under the alias of Lunasicc in 1997, but changed his name to Luni Coleone in 2000.^[1] He is the cousin of fellow rapper, X-Raided.

His first album was Mr. Lunasicc, which was released in 1997. His newest album is Global Recall, which was released January 17, 2006. Some of Coleone's most famous ballads include "All I Wanna Do", "All I Ever Wanted To Do", and "Thug Sh*t". His lyrics describe the everyday life of American inner-city youth.

[edit] Collaborations

Luni Coleone often collaborates with fellow West Coast artists such as: X-Raided, Mac Dre, Brotha Lynch, Skandal, Skee-69, Hollow Tip, C-Bo, Killa Tay, Marvaless, Hatchet and most often I-Rocc and was produced by super producer Hugh Heff and Big Hollis. Although Luni Coleone is not a hyphy artist (sonically), he has embraced the culture and recorded hyphy songs. In 2006, he was featured on Playalitical's album Code Green on the song "The New West" alongside the legendary Spice 1, Duce Stabs, Young Droop and Spoke-In-Wordz.