James "Lil 'Cease" Loyd (born August 20, 1977) is an American rapper and a member of the hip-hop group Junior MAFIA . He was a very close friend of rapper The Notorious BIG .
| Lil 'cease | |
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| basic information | |
| Birth name | James loyd |
| Date of Birth | August 20, 1977 (41 years) |
| Place of Birth | Brooklyn , New York |
| A country |  USA |
| Professions | rapper actor |
| Years of activity | 1994 - on the crust. time |
| Instruments | piano |
| Genres | hip hop , R & B |
| Aliases | Cesar leo de janeiro |
| Collectives | Junior MAFIA |
| Labels | Atlantic Records , IRS Entertainment , Bad Boy Records |
| hardbodymusic.com | |
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Biography
James was born in Brooklyn , on the same street as the rapper of The Notorious BIG. James wanted to hang out with BIG, but he drove him away with the words "you are still too small to hang out with adult men." However, later (in 1994) Notorious heard how well he reads rap Cease, and included him in his hip-hop team Junior MAFIA
In 1995, Cease showed his capabilities on Junior MAFIA's debut album, Conspiracy . It was this album that helped Cease become a real star. In 1996, Cease recorded four tracks for a comedy called “ How To Be A Player ”, and also, along with famous rapper Lil 'Kim , recorded a super hit called Crush On You . This track reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Rap Songs .
After the death of The Notorious BIG , James takes a break in his career.
In January 1999, Cease released his first album entitled The Wonderful World of Cease-A-Leo . This album received positive reviews from critics and was commercially successful. From the album came four singles. The most successful of all of them was Play Around . This single reached No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Rap Songs .
In 2001, Cease entered into a severe depression, because of this, he showed signs of alcoholism and even drug addiction. However, in 2008, Cease returned to the studio again in order to record a new album. This album Everything Is Hard Vol.1 was released in March 2010 and immediately debuted as No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart .
Two years later, Cease released another album called Everything Is Hard Vol.2 . The album repeated the success of its predecessor, and was also awarded the Grammy Award in the nomination “Best Rap Album”.
Acting career
In 2009, actor Mark John Jeffreys played Cease in the film “ Notorious .” [one]
Discography
Albums
- 1999: The Wonderful World of Cease-A-Leo
- 2010: Everything Is Hard Vol.1
- 2012: Everything Is Hard Vol.2
Singles
- 1999: Play Around (with Lil 'Kim , Jay-Z and Diddy )
- 1999: Chicken Heads (with Carl Thomas )
- 2000: Future Spot (with Redman )
- 2000: More Dangerous (with Jennifer Lopez and Busta Rhymes )
- 2010: Hero (with Lil 'Kim )
- 2010: Work It Out
- 2010: Everything
- 2011: Don't Stop
- 2012: Looking For A Lady (with Rihanna )
- 2012: Long Time Comin '
Notes
- ↑ Smokingsection Unreferenced (inaccessible link) . The appeal date was July 9, 2013. Archived July 25, 2013.