Sean Divine Jacobs (born September 30, 1976), better known as Sheek Louch, is an American rapper best known as a member of

The LOX The Lox (stylized The LOX or The L.O.X.) is an American hip hop group from Yonkers, New York, formed in 1994. The group is composed of East Coast rappers Sheek Louch, Styles P and Jadakiss. They had originally signed to Puff Daddy's Bad Boy ...

and founder of

D-Block Records The Lox (stylized The LOX or The L.O.X.) is an American hip hop group from Yonkers, New York, formed in 1994. The group is composed of East Coast rappers Sheek Louch, Styles P and Jadakiss. They had originally signed to Puff Daddy's Bad Boy Re ...

, along with

Styles P David R. Styles (born November 28, 1974), better known by his stage name Styles P (also known mononymously as Styles), is an American rapper, best known as a member of hip hop group the Lox, alongside childhood friends Sheek Louch and Jadakiss ...

and

Jadakiss Jason Terrance Phillips (born May 27, 1975), better known by his stage name Jadakiss, is an American rapper from Yonkers, New York. He began his career in the 1990s as a member of the rap trio The Lox, managed by Ruff Ryders and signed with B ...

Personal life and career

At around the age of 12, he was inspired to rhyme by his friend Jason Phillips (

). He and Jason would later form The LOX with

. Mary J. Blige "discovered" the trio, and they would soon be signed to

Sean Combs Sean Combs (born Sean John Combs; November 4, 1969), also known by his stage names Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, Puffy, or Diddy, is an American rapper, actor, record producer, and record executive. Born in New York City, he worked as a talent directo ...

Bad Boy Records Bad Boy Records (or Bad Boy Entertainment) is an American record label founded in 1993 by rapper Sean "Puffy" Combs. It operates as an imprint of Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. It has been home to many artists, including ...

. Their first album,

Money, Power & Respect ''Money, Power & Respect'' is the debut album by hip hop group The Lox. It was released on January 13, 1998, through Bad Boy Records and featured production from the Hitmen, Dame Grease and Swizz Beatz. The album found huge success, peaking at nu ...

, was released on January 13, 1998. Sheek and his fellow LOX members later parted ways with Bad Boy Records, and signed a record deal with their management company, Ruff Ryders, after the company formed a record label in the late 1990s. Ruff Ryders was also home to

DMX Earl Simmons (December 18, 1970 – April 9, 2021), known professionally as DMX, was an American rapper and actor. He began rapping in the early 1990s and released his debut album ''It's Dark and Hell Is Hot'' in 1998, to both critical acclaim ...

. The group's second album, ''

We Are the Streets ''We Are the Streets'' is the second studio album by hip hop group The Lox. The album was released on January 25, 2000, by Ruff Ryders Entertainment and Interscope Records. It was their second album as a group, and is mainly produced by Swizz Beat ...

'', was released on January 25, 2000. Meanwhile, Sheek, an aspiring entrepreneur, began working on their

D-Block A block of the periodic table is a set of elements unified by the atomic orbitals their valence electrons or vacancies lie in. The term appears to have been first used by Charles Janet. Each block is named after its characteristic orbital: s-blo ...

brand, building a studio, and looking for new talent to join their roster. In October 2006 he opened a D-Block car wash and gas station in their hometown of

Yonkers, New York Yonkers () is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. Developed along the Hudson River, it is the third most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City and Buffalo. The population of Yonkers was 211,569 as en ...

. Sheek released his solo debut '' Walk Witt Me'' on Universal Records through

. Early promotional material, such as within the liner notes of Styles P's album ''

A Gangster and a Gentleman ''A Gangster and a Gentleman'' is the debut studio album by American rapper Styles. The album was released on July 9, 2002, through Ruff Ryders Entertainment and Interscope Records. Styles was the second member of the Lox to record a solo albu ...

'', indicate that the album's original title was ''Walk With Me''. His fifth album, ''Silverback Gorilla'', released in 2008, featured his hit single, "Good Love", which sampled

Betty Wright Bessie Regina Norris (December 21, 1953 – May 10, 2020), better known by her stage name Betty Wright, was an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter and background vocalist. Beginning her professional career in the late 1960s as a teen ...

's "Tonight Is The Night" and "Pure Love" songs. He was also featured on an episode of '' World's Wildest Police Videos'', which demonstrated his notorious past. He has worked somewhat prolifically with

Ghostface Killah Dennis Coles (born May 9, 1970), better known by his stage name Ghostface Killah, is an American rapper and a member of the hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan. After the group achieved breakthrough success in the aftermath of '' Enter the Wu-Tang (36 ...

. They collaborated on a joint album titled ''

Wu Block ''Wu Block'' is a collaborative studio album by American rappers Ghostface Killah (of Wu-Tang Clan) and Sheek Louch (of The Lox). Louch announced the album in 2011, in an interview. The album was released on November 27, 2012, by E1 Music. The ...

'' featuring members of

Wu-Tang Clan Wu-Tang Clan is an American hip hop group formed in Staten Island, New York City, in 1992. Its original members include RZA, GZA, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, U-God, and Masta Killa. Close aff ...

and D-Block after drawing inspiration from one another while touring and recording. In January 2017 Ghostface and Sheek Louch announced on their respective social media accounts that a second collaborative album was in the works.

Discography

;Studio albums * '' Walk witt Me'' (2003) * '' After Taxes'' (2005) * ''

Silverback Gorilla Gorillas are herbivorous, predominantly ground-dwelling great apes that inhabit the tropical forests of equatorial Africa. The genus ''Gorilla'' is divided into two species: the eastern gorilla and the western gorilla, and either four or fi ...

'' (2008) * '' Life on D-Block'' (2009) * '' Donnie G: Don Gorilla'' (2010) * ''

Silverback Gorilla 2 ''Silverback Gorilla 2'' is the sixth studio album by American rapper Sheek Louch. The album was released on December 4, 2015, by Tommy Boy Entertainment. The album features guest appearances from Billy Danze, Trae tha Truth, Joell Ortiz, Swizz B ...

'' (2015) ;Collaboration albums * ''

'' (with

) (2012)

References

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