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Lil Jon

Background information <tr><td>Birth name</td><td colspan="2">Jonathan Mortimer Smith</td></tr><tr><td>Also known as</td><td colspan="2">The King Of Crunk</td></tr><tr><td>Born</td><td colspan="2">1971</td></tr><tr><td>Origin</td><td colspan="2">Atlanta, Georgia</td></tr><tr><td>Genre(s)</td><td colspan="2">Crunk/Southern hip hop</td></tr><tr><td>Occupation(s)</td><td colspan="2">Rapper & Producer</td></tr><tr><td>Instrument(s)</td><td colspan="2">Keyboards, Synthesizers, Roland TR-808, Drum Machine</td></tr><tr><td>Years active</td><td colspan="2">'90s-present</td></tr><tr><td style="padding-right: 1em;">Label(s)</td><td colspan="2">BME Recordings/TVT Records</td></tr>

Lil Jon (born Jonathan Mortimer Smith in 1971) is an American rapper, hype man and hip hop producer. He is best known as a pioneer of the sub-genre of hip hop known as "crunk" (a combination of elements of Bounce Music, Southern hip hop and bass music). His group, Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz, was one of crunk's most notable acts.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Discography 2.1 Albums 2.2 Singles 3 Music sample 4 Trivia 5 Production and/or Appearances

[edit] Biography

Lil Jon was born in Hillsborough Township, New Jersey, but graduated from Atlanta's Douglass High School in 1989. Lil Jon also hosted a radio show on BET. He started doing remixes for artists Jamaal, Too $hort, Xscape, and Total. He worked for So So Def between 1993 and 2000. He has been married since November 4th 2004.

In 2000, Lil Jon reemerged on the hip-hop scene with an independently recorded album entitled "We Still Crunk" that was distributed by the Atlanta based Southern Music Distribution.

Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz returned in 2001 with Put Your Hood Up. This caused controversy because of the cover which featured Lil Jon wrapping himself in a confederate flag. "Bia Bia" the single from the album featuring Ludacris, Too Short, and Chyna White became a hit in clubs throughout the U.S., and also made the top twenty downloads on MP3.com.

In 2002, Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz released their breakthrough album Kings of Crunk. The first single, "I Don't Give a Fuck" featuring Mystikal and Krayzie Bone became another dancefloor filler. However, it was "Get Low" with the Ying Yang Twins and its catchy hook that became a breakout hit. It reached the top five in a composite worldwide Reggaeton chart (compiled from U.S., German, French R&B charts) in 2003 and Internet download charts. It also went into the top 40 in markets such as Germany and Australia in 2004. Based on the success of "Get Low", Kings of Crunk reached the top twenty of the U.S. album chart in September 2003. Lil Jon put out a compilation CD and DVD in 2003 called Alpha Nigga featuring remixes of "Get Low" featuring Busta Rhymes and Elephant Man as well as the Ying Yang Twins. Jon also produced the hit single "Salt Shaker" for the Ying Yang Twins.

In 2004, Lil Jon also helped produce two other big hits of the year. One was for the new R&B artist Ciara, also out of Atlanta. "Goodies" her debut single, featured Petey Pablo and reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Lil Jon also helped produce Petey Pablo's "Freek-A-Leek".

Lil Jon released his new album called Crunk Juice, which features contributions from proteges Lil Scrappy and Bo Hagon, mega-producer Rick Rubin, R. Kelly, Ice Cube, Timbaland, Usher, and Ludacris, and one of Lil Jon's punk heroes, The Bad Brains. The double-CD Crunk Juice includes remixes of Daddy Yankee's Reggaeton hit "Gasolina," as well as skits from comedians Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock. He has worked with KoЯn for a track on their album released later in 2005.[1].

In June 2005, Ashton Kutcher failed to "punk" Lil Jon. He was boarding a plane headed for Las Vegas, but Kutcher used actors to play customs agents to tell him that he was actually headed for Ecuador. Lil Jon quickly identified members of the "customs agents" from previous episodes of the program, and asked for Kutcher to reveal himself. Lil Jon is currently one of four celebrities to thwart an attempted "punking" by Ashton Kutcher. Later in an interview Lil Jon quipped, "You can't Punk the King of Crunk."

For most of 2005, Lil Jon concentrated on production, overseeing forthcoming records for several artists off of his BME Recordings including: Trillville, Lil Scrappy, Oobie, E-40, BHI and Bo Hagon. He also went through protracted renegotiations with TVT, hinting at the likelihood that he would leave the label.

In 2005, Lil Jon was in the videogame Tony Hawk's American Wasteland as a secret character. On February 22, 2006, Lil Jon announced that he had settled business matters with TVT: "After a long battle and negotiations with TVT, we worked out our differences. TVT cut the check and now it¹s time for me to get back to work."[2] The "work" in question is his first solo album, Crunk Rock, the release of which is planned for later in 2006. The hit single Snap Yo Fingers received heavy radio and TV airplay.

Lil Jon also starred in a documentary for the music video of Twisted Transistor, a song by the nu-metal band Korn along with Snoop Dogg, Xzibit and David Banner. He also made a cameo in Date Movie and in Scary Movie 4.

Lil Jon's "Get Low" features on the 2003 videogame Need For Speed Underground, but was heavily cut due to explicit lyrics.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Album cover	Album information
Image:LilJonGetCrunkWhoUWit.jpg	Get Crunk, Who U Wit: Da Album Released: October 21, 1997 Chart positions: ?? Last RIAA certification: ?? Singles: "Get Crunk", "Who U Wit?", "Shawty Freak a Lil' Sumtin'"
Image:LilJonWeStillCrunk.jpg	We Still Crunk! Released: August 15, 2000 Chart positions: ?? Last RIAA certification: ?? Singles: "I Like Dem Girlz", "Just a Bitch"
Image:LilJonPutYoHoodUp.jpg	Put Yo Hood Up Released: May 22, 2001 Chart positions: #43 US Last RIAA certification: Gold Singles: "Bia Bia", "I Like Dem Girlz", "Put Yo Hood Up", "Can't Stop Pimpin'"
	Kings of Crunk Released: October 8, 2002 Chart positions: #15 US Last RIAA certification: 2x Platinum Singles: "Play No Games", "Nothins Free", "I Don't Give A Fuck", "Get Low"
Image:LilJonPartII.jpg	Part II Released: November 25, 2003 Chart positions: #37 US Last RIAA certification: ?? Singles: "Get Low Reggae Remix"
	Crunk Juice Released: November 16, 2004 Chart positions: #3 US, #52 UK. Last RIAA certification: 2.5 Million (2x Platinum) Singles: "What U Gon' Do ", "Roll Call", "Lovers and Friends ", "Get Crunk"
Image:Nocover.png	Crunk Rock To be Released: January 9, 2007 Chart positions: N/A Last RIAA certification: N/A Singles: "Snap Yo Fingers", "Act A Fool"

[edit] Singles

Year	Song	U.S. Hot 100	U.S. R&B	U.S. Rap	UK singles	Album
2001	"Put Yo Hood Up"	—	#80	—	—	Put Yo Hood Up
2002	"Nothin's Free"	—	#61	—	—	Put Yo Hood Up
2003	"I Don't Give A Fuck" (Feat. Mystikal & Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)	—	#50	—	—	Kings of Crunk
2003	"Get Low" (Feat. Ying Yang Twins)	#2	#1	#1	—	Kings of Crunk
2003	"Yeah! (Usher featuring Lil' Jon and Ludacris)	#1	#1	—	#1	Confessions
2004	"Salt Shaker" (Ying Yang Twins Feat. Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz)	#9	#9	#2	—	Me & My Brother
2004	"Let's Go" (Trick Daddy Feat. Lil Jon & Twista)	#7	#10	#4	—	Thug Matrimony: Married To The Streets
2004	"What U Gon' Do" (Feat. Lil' Scrappy)	#22	#13	#8	—	Crunk Juice
2005	"Real Nigga Roll Call" (Feat. Ice Cube)	—	#61	—	—	Crunk Juice
2005	"Lovers and Friends" (Feat. Usher & Ludacris)	#3	#2	#1	—	Crunk Juice
2005	"Get Crunk" (Feat. Bo Hagon)	—	#59	—	—	Crunk Juice
2006	"Snap Yo Fingers" (Feat. E-40 & Sean Paul of the YoungBloodz)	#7	#1	#1	—	Crunk Rock Nigga
2006	"Act A Fool" (Feat. Three 6 Mafia)	TBR	TBR	TBR	—	Crunk Rock

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[edit] Trivia

• Lil Jon is a hidden character in Tony Hawk's American Wasteland.
• The NHL team the Atlanta Thrashers' goaltender Kari Lehtonen has a depiction of Lil Jon on his mask. [3]
• Lil' Jon has appeared in Soul Plane, Date Movie and Scary Movie 4. Scary Movie 4 incorrectly credited him as "Lil John".
• The song Stop Fuckin' Wit Me featured on Crunk Juice features a beat sampled from a song from the thrash metal band Slayer, the song was the ever-infamous Raining Blood. This is the second instance where Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz have used a Slayer song (the first being Mandatory Suicide).
• The single "Get Low" has achieved some notoriety on the Internet due to the use by many as background music in online home-made pornographic sex tapes. One in particular that utilized "Get Low" was the wellknown University of Wisconsin-Platteville student Maria Lutzke solo sex tape, which unintentionally ended up being seen by over a million people once it was leaked online.
• Lil Jon has appeared in commercials for Subway.
• Lil Jon is an avid Atlanta Thrashers fan and an avid Atlanta Braves fan.
• Lil Jon has 4 mobile video games known as "Lil Jon Crunk Golf," "Hot Secretary," "8 Ball Pool Hustle," and "Stacking Bling."
• Lil Jon has appeared as the presenter of Pimp My Ride International.
• Lil Jon appeared on MTV's "Wild 'N Out" as the black team captain.
• Among the better-known recurring sketches on the comedy series Chapelle's Show is A Moment in the Life of Lil Jon, which was inspired by a music video in which Lil Jon repeatedly yells "Yeah!" Dave Chappelle treats this behavior as if it is constantly part of the rapper's daily interactions, and while playing the role of the rapper adds the terms "what" and "o-kay" (both also yelled) to this limited vocabulary. Near the end of the show's second season, Lil Jon himself appeared and interacted with Chappelle's impression.

[edit] Production and/or Appearances

(list is not complete)

8 Ball & MJG

• "Look At The Grillz" (feat. T.I. and Twista)
• "Outfit"
• "Fuck That"

54th Platoon

• "Holdin It Down" ft. Lil Jon

Akon

• "Froze" ft. T-Pain

Amerie

• "Touch" #19 UK

Benzino

• "Dats How It Goes" ft. Lil Jon

BHI

• "Do It, Do It" ft. Lil Jon

Big Kuntry King

• "9 To 10"

Birmingham J.

• "Move Back" ft. Venus

Black Eyed Peas

• "My Humps (Crunk Remix)"

Black Team

• "London Bridge" ft. Lil Jon

Bo Hagon

• "Drop Dem Boes" (feat. Lil Jon)
• "Wuz Up" ft. Fabo Diamond & Princess (Of Crime Mobb)
• "The Streetz" ft. Mr. Wardz
• "You Don't Really Want It"
• "Coke In Ya Nose" ft. Lil Scrappy
• "Gone" ft. Lil Scrappy & Trillville
• "Buck Back"

Bone Crusher

• "Get Up On It" (feat. Chamillionaire)

Bow Wow

• "To My Mama"

Bravehearts

• "Quick To Back Down" (feat. Nas and Lil' Jon)
• "Cash Flow"

Brooke Valentine

• "Girlfight" (feat. Big Boi and Lil Jon) #23 US

Bun B

• "Trill Recognize Trill" (feat. Ludacris)

Ciara

• "Goodies" (feat. Petey Pablo) #1 US, #1 UK
• "That's Right (feat. Lil Jon)"
• "C.R.U.S.H."

Chyna Whyte

• "I Got That"

Crime Mob

• "Knuck If You Buck" ft. Lil Scrappy
• "Rock Yo Hips

David Banner

• "Might Getcha"
• "Choose Me"
• "Treat Me Like A" (feat. Jadakiss; un-released version featured Lil' Jon)

DMX

• "What It Be" ft. Trick Daddy & Lil Jon

E-40

• "Tell Me When To Go" (feat. Keak Da Sneak) #35 US
• "U and Dat" (feat. T-Pain and Kandi Girl) #13 US
• "Muscle Cars" (feat. Keak Da Sneak & Turf Talk)
• "Been There, Done That" (feat. Lil Jon)
• "Yee" (feat. Too Short & Budda)
• "White Girl" (feat. Bun B, Pimp C of UGK, and Juelz Santana)
• "I'm Da Man" (feat. Mike Jones)
• "Anybody Can Get It" ft. Lil Jon & Bonecrusher
• "Rep Yo City" (feat. Bun B, Lil Jon, Petey Pablo, and 8-Ball; also appeared on Lil Jon's "Kings of Crunk" CD.)

Ebbz

• "Don't Crunk my Watch" (feat. Matt Whizzy) #75 US

Elephant Man

• "Jook Gal" (feat. Bone Crusher and Lil Jon)
• "Spin Ya Rag"
• "Dancing Gym" (feat. Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz & Ying Yang Twins)

Famlay

• "Step Back" ft. Lil Jon

Fat Joe

• "Lean Back (Remix)" (feat. Mase, Lil' Jon, and Eminem)

Freeway

• "Rep Yo Click" ft. Lil Jon

Gillie Da Kid

• "Boss Playa" ft. AB-Liva

I-20

• "Break Bread" (feat. Ludacris)

Ice Cube

• "Go To Church" (feat. Snoop Dogg and Lil' Jon)
• "Holla At Cha Boy"
• "You Gotta Lotta That" (feat. Snoop Dogg)

Janet Jackson

• "Call On Me Lil Jon Remix" ft. Nelly

Janielle

• "Caught Him Looking" ft. Shawna

Jody Breeze

• "Take It Outside" ft. Lil Jon & Pastor Troy

Juvenile

• "Why Not" (feat. Skip)

Kanye West

• "The New Workout Remix"

Krayzie Bone

• "Get'chu Twisted"
• "Shut Da Club Down"

Labba

• "How U Ridin" ft. Bun B

Letoya Luckett

• "I'm Good" ft. Lil Jon & Ebony Eyez

Lil' Jon

• all songs on "Crunk Juice" and "Kings of Crunk"
• "Snap Ya Fingers" (feat. E-40 and Sean Paul) #7 US
• "Act A Fool" featuring The Three 6 Mafia

Lil' Scrappy

• "Head Bussa" (feat. Lil' Jon)
• "No Problem" #29 US
• "Gangsta Gangsta" (feat. Lil' Jon)
• "You Don't Know" ft. Bohagon
• "F.I.L.A." ft. Trillville
• "Knock His Ass Out" ft. Trillville & Lil Jon

Ludacris

• "Move Bitch" (feat. Mystikal and I-20) #10 US
• "Move Bitch Remix" ft. Three 6 Mafia

Luke

• "Some Head Tonight" ft. Lil Jon & Jolly Boi

Mariah Carey

• "Sweetheart (Lil' Jon Remix)" (feat. Jermaine Dupri)

Mario

• "Boom" (feat. Juvenile)

Master P

• "Act A Fool" ft. Lil Jon

Mobb Deep

• "Real Gangstaz" (feat. Lil' Jon)

MC Hammer

• "YAY"

N.O.R.E.

• "Hang Hang" (feat. Ashanti)

Nappy Roots

• "What Cha Gonna Do? (The Anthem)"

Nivea

• "Okay" (feat. Lil Jon and The Youngbloodz) #40 US

Oobie

• "P. Control" ft. Elephant Man

Olivia

• "All"

Petey Pablo

• "Freak A Leek" #7 US
• "Freek A Leek" - Remix ft. Jermaine Dupri & Twista
• "Give It Up"
• "Fire"
• "You Don't Want Dat"

Pitbull

• "Culo" (feat. Lil' Jon) #32 US
• "Toma" (feat. Lil' Jon)
• "305 Anthem" (Feat. Lil Jon)
• "Bojangles" #91 US
• "Esa Loca" ft. Lil Jon
• "Dope Boyz"
• "We Don't Care"
• "Dime Remix" ft. Ken-Y

Prince D

• "How we Stand Up" ft. Lil Jon and Ludacris
• "Stand Up ATL" ft. Lil Jon and Ludacris
  • Prince D's Upcoming Album "South of tha Border"(2007)**

P$C

• "I'm A King" (feat. Lil' Scrappy) #67 US

Rasheeda

• "Rock Away" ft. Lil Scrappy
• "Tonight" ft. Lil Jon

Rated R

• "Run" (feat.Lil Jon)

RL of Next

• "Open The Door"

Silk The Shocker

• "We Like Them Girls" ft. Master P.

Slim

• "Breath On That" ft. AC

Slim Thug

• "3 King's"

Snoop Dogg

• "Step Yo Game Up (feat. Lil' Jon and Trina)

Solange Knowles

• "The Sexiest Bitch"
• "Twirk With It"

Stat Quo

• "Billion Bucks

Styles P

• "Can You Believe It" (feat. Akon)
• "So Serious"

T.I.

• "Stand Up" (feat. Trick Daddy, Lil' Wayne, and Lil' Jon)
• "King & Queen" ft. Ciara

Teedra Moses

• "You Better Tell Her"
• "You Better Tell Her" (feat. Lil' Scrappy)
• "You Better Tell Her" (feat. Lil' Scrappy and Pitbull)

Terrence Howard

• "Whoop That Trick"

The All-Stars

• "So Serious" ft. Styles P.

The Game

• "Throw It Up" ft. Lil Jon

TLC

• "Come Get Some" (feat. YoungBloodz)

Too $hort

• "Blow the Whistle"
• "Shake That Monkey" (feat. Lil' Jon) #84 US
• "You Can't Fuck With Us" (feat. Petey Pablo and N.O.R.E.)
• "Money Maker" (feat. Rick Ross and Pimp C)
• "That's How It Goes Down" (feat. Oobie)
• "Burn Rubber" (feat. Nvs Styles)
• "Hey, Let's Go" (feat. Cutty Cartel and Devin The Dude)
• "Quit Hatin' Pt. 1" (feat. Lil' Jon & Twista)
• "Couldn't Be A Better Player" (feat. Lil Jon)
• "So Siddity" ft. Daz & Kurupt
• "Burn Rubber Part II"
• "Let Em Fight"
• "It's Time To Go"
• "Strip Down"

Trick Daddy

• "Can't Go For That" (feat. DMX & Lil Scrappy)
• "Let's Go" (feat. Lil Jon & Twista)

Trillville

• "Neva Eva" (feat. Lil' Scrappy) #77 US
• "Get Some Crunk In Yo System" (feat. Pastor Troy)
• "Some Cut" (feat. Cutty) #14 US
• "Hit The Floor" (feat. Lil Scrappy & Bohagon)
• "Trill Niggaz" (feat. Lil Jon)

Usher

• "Yeah" (feat. Lil' Jon and Ludacris) #1 US, #1 UK
• "Red Light" ft. Ludacris
• "Red Light Remix" ft. Lil Jon & Ludacris

Voltio

• "Chevere" (feat. Notch)
• "Chulin Culin Cunflai" (feat. Three 6 Mafia and Calle 13)

Whitney Houston

• • Upcoming Comeback Album(2007)**

Will Smith

• "Switch (Lil Jon Remix)" (feat. Lil Jon)

Ying Yang Twins

• "Grey Goose"
• "ATL Eternally" (feat. Pastor Troy and Lil' Jon)
• "Salt Shaker" (feat. Lil' Jon) #9 US

Young Blaze

• "Take It Off"

YoungBloodz

• "Damn" (feat. Lil' Jon) #4 US
• "Damn Remix" ft. JD, Ludacris, Youngbloodz & Bonecrusher
• "Presidential" #81 US

Young Buck

• "Shorty Wanna Ride" #17 US

Young Jeezy

• "Take It to The Floor" (featuring Bone Crusher)
• "Thug Ya" (featuring Oobie)
• "Sit The Fuck Down"
• "Haters" (featuring Lil' Jon; Young Jeezy went by the name "Lil' J" at the time)