Ralph Di Stasio (born December 5, 1976), better known by his stage name Avery Storm, is an American singer.
Di Stasio grew up in a working-class
Italian-American
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family in
New Jersey
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. After high school, he moved to
New York City
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and signed to
Timbaland
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's record label
Beat Club in 2001 as "Avery Storm" after joining an independent production company.
In 2005, Di Stasio was signed to the record label
Derrty Entertainment
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, owned by rapper
Nelly
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. Storm previously performed on Nelly's album ''
Suit'' in 2004. Storm appeared on the charting hip hop singles "
Nasty Girl", a posthumous single of
The Notorious B.I.G.
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that included Nelly,
P. Diddy
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, and
Jagged Edge, and "
Here I Am" by
Rick Ross
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, another single that featured Nelly. ''Shotgun Love'' is the title of Storm's upcoming debut album, for which Storm has recorded 300 tracks., while ''Audiobiography'' is the title of Avery's
EP produced by the
Italian
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** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional Ita ...
team
The Ceasars in 2014.
Discography
Albums
*TBA: ''Shotgun Love''
Mixtapes
*2006: ''Volume Whatever''
*2009: ''Category 5''
*2010: ''Diary of the TakeOff'' (in collaboration with The HeatMakerz)
EPs
*2014: ''Audiobiography'' (produced by
The Ceasars (featuring Jadakiss
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, Styles P
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))
Singles
*2007: "Stop Time"
*2008: "Terrified"
(featuring Jadakiss
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)
*2008: "My Life"
(featuring City Spud
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)
*2009: "Not Like My Girl"
(featuring Rick Ross
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)
*2010: "Supermodel"
(featuring Nelly
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)
Featured singles
Guest appearances
References
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Living people
American male singer-songwriters
American people of Italian descent
People from New Jersey
Singers from New York City
American contemporary R&B singers
American hip hop singers
1981 births
21st-century American singers
21st-century American male singers
Singer-songwriters from New York (state)