IS A RAP ARTIST WITH A TRULY DISTINCTIVE APPROACH. HAILING FROM NEW ORLEANS, HE CAME UP WITH A SOUND THAT COULD BE DESCRIBED AS SPONTANEOUS AND UNIQUE, OFTEN INSPIRED BY THE GREATS OF THE OLD SCHOOL, WHILE ALSO GIVING HIS FLOW A MORE MODERN SPIN. HIS STORY IS ALMOST THE QUINTESSENTIAL “RAGS TO RICHES” TALE, AS HE WAS LITERALLY DISCOVERED WHILE HE WAS PERFORMING ON THE STREETS OF NEW ORLEANS AND EVENTUALLY GOT SIGNED BY ONE OF THE BIGGEST RECORD LABELS IN THE RAP GAIN: YOUNG MONEY, FOUNDED BY THE ICONIC ARTIST LIL WAYNE. HE LATER JOINED FORCES WITH HIS LABEL MATE, GUDDA GUDDA, TO FORM “SQUAD UP.” THE PROJECT LASTED UNTIL 2004 WHEN THE GROUP PARTED WAYS WITH THE LABEL. HOWEVER, KIDD KIDD EVENTUALLY REJOINED THE YOUNG MONEY FAMILY BACK IN 2008, WORKING AS A SOLO ARTIST. HE STAYED ON FOR A COUPLE MORE YEARS UNTIL HE FINALLY DECIDED TO MOVE TO THE NOTORIOUS G-UNIT LABEL, OPERATED BY 50 CENT. THIS WAS A MASSIVE MOVE FOR HIM, WHICH REALLY ALLOWED HIM TO FINE-TUNE HIS CAREER PATH AND REACH AN EVEN BROADER AUDIENCE. AS HE STARTED TO GAIN MORE EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, AS WELL AS BUILD A MUCH STRONGER FOLLOWING, KIDD DECIDED THAT IT WAS ABOUT TIME THAT HE TOO STARTED HIS OWN LABEL. THIS LED TO HIM STARTING “REALLIONAIRE RECORDS,” ALSO KNOWN AS RLLNR RECORDS. TODAY, HE CONTINUES TO MAKE HIGH-QUALITY RAP THAT APPEALS TO OLD-SCHOOL FANS AND NEWCOMERS TO THE GENRE ALIKE. HIS SOUND IS HARD-HITTING AND ENERGETIC, YET THERE IS A DISTINCTIVE MELODIC VIBE THAT MAKES HIS TRACKS MORE INFECTIOUS AND EASY TO RELATE TO.
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On June 12, 2011, Kidd was sitting in a car outside his mother’s house in New Orleans while two masked men attacked the car firing 42 shots. He was hit 6 times and when he got out of the car and lied on the ground he thought he should die. Fortunately, the masked men ran and Kidd’s mother started screaming because she thought he was dead.
Kidd tells that he didn’t feel anything while he was lying on the ground. He just wanted to talk to his kids because he thought he was going to die. Luckily he made it out of it. He knew the second he opened his eyes again that he would recover and get well again He had to wear a colostomy bag for 10 months but Kidd Kidd tells that he was relieved that he made it through it: I am still walking, talking and I am healthy”
Kidd Kidd was one of the first artists to be on Drakes track “Forever” Rumors has it that it was leaked, but Kidd tells he was with Drake and Lil Wayne when the album dropped with the songs included, such as ‘I can take your girl’ – ‘Stunt Hard’ and ‘My Nigga’.
All the songs are featured on Kidd Kidd’s album ‘New Kid On The Block’ which was released back in 2009.
Kidd mentioned the following after meeting Drake ‘ He’s a cool dude, and humble. I’ve got nothing more than respect for him’ In an interview with Jack Thriller, Kidd Kidd was asked if he ever thought Drake, was gonna be at the point he’s at today. – Kidd Kidd never doubted him a second ‘He was doing his thing, when you heard the music you already knew, this shit’s hot! – Just look at him now’
Back in 2015 Kidd Kidd was featured on XXL Freshmen cover. Kidd Kidd went on to do a cypher with K Camp, Tink, and Raury.
In the weeks leading to the voting dates, Kidd Kidd went to drop some new music in order to get more votes. He dropped a few freestyles ‘From Nothin’, ’10 Bands’ & ‘Juicy’ to name a few. Weeks before the voting started which was March 16 – 2015 – Kidd eventually won the 10th spot on a fan-voted last spot, and he ended up getting on the magazine and you could say that his hard work had paid off.
In the period from 2005 – 2007 while being in the Squad up they got the chance to meet up With Jay-Z, former Def Jam President.
It ended up being an unexpected meeting, when he came up and told them ‘Let me hear y’all’ – everyone ran around to find their songs to play, but Jay-Z wanted the real deal and asked them to perform in front of him, at that time the group eventually signed a record deal with Def Jam to put an upcoming album out.
The group was signed to Def Jam for a few months, at the time the group was flown out to New York, as Kidd Kidd’s first time flying first class, coming from the hood. After some time being signed to Def Jam, the group eventually broke up parting ways.
Kidd was back in early 2000s signed to Young Money Records,
through Hip Hop group Sqad Up. The group was from New Orleans
Louisiana, and consisted of the following members – Lil Wayne,
Gudda Gudda, T-Streets, Raw Dizzy, Young Yo, Sha Tura, Fee Banks,
Supa Blanco as well as Kidd himself, with Ray Smoove as the in
house producer.
The group eventually split back in late 2000s and parted ways.
Back in 2011 Kidd co-signed to G-Unit records, when rap mogul 50 Cent expanded the G-Unit roster. Fifty heard about Kidd Kidd after his appearance on the track “Better Walk” which ended up as 50 Cent and Kidd Kidd first featured track. Since than Kidd Kidd has been making appearances on the following G-unit projects “Beauty Of Independence”, “The Beast Is G-unit”, “Animal Ambition”, “The Big 10”, “The Lost Tape” and many more.
In 2018 Kidd Kidd chose to part ways from the group to focus on his own RLLNR Records Ent.
Without having any disputes with G-unit.