Glasses Malone is an American rapper from

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Early life

Glasses Malone grew up in the

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and

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neighborhoods in Los Angeles County. Malone was a Crip gang member as a teenager, and got into street racing after breaking his gang membership and getting sober.

Music career

Traditionally associated with

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despite the fact that most of their artists were affiliated with the

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, Malone signed with the record label, but later signed with

Cash Money Records Cash Money Records is an American record label founded in 1991 by brothers Ronald "Slim" Williams and Bryan "Birdman" Williams. Distributed by Republic, formerly known as Universal Republic, the label has been home to a roster of mostly hip h ...

in 2011, turning down offers from many labels like

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and

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. Glasses Malone was found by the same record executive who found The Game. Along with his signing, he was also given his own imprint, Blu Division. Malone debuted with mixtapes ''The Crack Mixtape'' (2003) and ''White Lightnin... Sticks'' (2005). ''White Lightnin... Sticks'' sold 50,000 copies and included the popular street single "Two Hunned". Glasses Malone appeared in the

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for

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's single "

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" and also made a cameo appearance in the

Tech N9ne Aaron Dontez Yates (born November 8, 1971), better known by his stage name Tech N9ne (pronounced "tech nine"), is an American rapper. In 1999, he and business partner Travis O'Guin founded the record label Strange Music. He has sold over two m ...

video for "Like Yeah". He also appeared on the soundtrack to ''Madden 2007'' with a song called "Right Now" which was produced by

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. On August 4, 2006 Glasses Malone appeared on

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's ''You Hear It First''. Malone's first album, ''

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'', was originally scheduled to come out on February 20, 2007. However, Malone changed record labels, signing a new deal with

and

Hoo-Bangin' Records Hoo-Bangin' Records is a record label founded by Dedrick "Mack 10" Rolison. He took the name from the name of the song "Hoo Bangin'" by his group, Westside Connection. Hoo-Bangin' Records was recently released from its contract at Priority Reco ...

. The album's release was tentatively scheduled for April 2008. Two singles from the album debuted in 2008: "Certified" featuring Akon, and "Haterz" featuring Birdman and

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. His album will now be released on August 29, 2011, although it was leaked on the internet on August 24. In his album, Malone dedicated a song to American rapper T.I., "Call Me T.I." In late 2009, Malone accompanied

and hip-hop supergroup

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on the K.O.D. Tour. Malone was featured on former Cash Money R&B singer TQ's 7th studio album '' Kind of Blue'' in 2010. Glasses Malone is also found on a specific version of

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's 2012 album ''

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''. In 2014 Glasses Malone launched his own label, Division Movie Company. Glasses has also signed on with

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and

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to develop radio content for his own station. On January 1, 2017 Glasses Malone was invited to participate in the ''Juggalo March On Washington''. He accepted on January 2, 2017.

Film

Glasses Malone is producing and starring in a film titled ''The Division''. The film was written by

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and is set to be directed by

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in January 2011, according to The Boombox. Glasses Malone is also featured in season 1 Episode 2 of Netflix's series called The Fastest Car.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''

'' (2011) * ''GlassHouse 2: Life Ain't Nuthin' But'' (2015) * ''Glass House'' (2021)

Collaboration albums

* ''Money Music'' with Mack 10 (2011)

Mixtapes

* ''The Crack Mixtape'' (2003) * ''White Lighting (Sticks)'' (2005) * ''DJ Skee & Dow Jones presents: The Electric Chair'' (2007) * ''Fuck Glasses Malone'' (2008) * ''DJ Greg Street & Glasses Malone presents 2010'' (2009) * ''Nightmare on Seven Street'' (2009) * ''Drive-By Muzik'' (2010) * ''The Dope Mixtape'' (2011) * ''Glass House'' (2012) * ''Apalachin '' with J-Haze (2016)

Singles

Guest appearances

* "Real Riders" (with Mr. Capone-E) on ''Diary of a G'' (2005) * "The Trinity - My Ride (remix)" (with The Bilz and Kashif, Bohemia, Drega, Nivla) (2013) * "Track Two's" (with Termanology) on ''

Term Brady - EP ''Term Brady'' is an EP by American rapper Termanology. The EP was released on October 9, 2015. The EP features guest appearances from Slaine, Cyrus Deshield, Kay-R, Ransom, Wais P, Maino, Reverie, Glasses Malone, Reks, Papoose, Hannibal Stax, J ...

'' (2015) * "Deserve" and "Untouchable" (with Ortega The Omega) on ''Life Ain't But a Dream'' (2016) * "Words From the Heart" (with Nuch & B.White) on ''Let's Take Em Back'' (2017) * "Red or Blue" (with Ice-T, M. Dot Taylor, C.O.C, King T) on '' The Foundation'' (2019)

References

External links

Glasses Malone Official Site
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