Cedric Lee Juan Tuck, known mostly by his

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Big Tuck, is an

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from

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He is a member of the Dallas rap group Dirty South Rydaz.

Biography

Tuck was born on March 29, 1979. He grew up in the Queen City neighborhood of South Dallas, where he attended Lincoln High School, and studied music at the

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. After dropping out of college, Tuck returned to South Dallas and begin performing rap music. He joined a seven piece band Dirty South Rydaz and recorded a successful independent solo album, ''Purple Hulk'', in 2004 that led to Big Tuck and Dirty South Rydaz being signed by Universal in November 2005. (Payment required.) In 2006, he released the album, ''Tha Absolute Truth'', which featured

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. The album peaked at no.27 on the ''Billboard''

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chart, and at no.14 on the Billboard

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Discography

Albums

Mixtapes

Singles

Chart positions

References

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