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Background information
Birth name	Jamal Phillips
Also known as	Jamal; Mally G;
Born	April 26, 1979 (age 45)
Origin	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop
Occupations	Rapper; record producer;
Years active	1992–present
Labels	Rowdy; Smoke-a-Lot;

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Jamal Phillips (born April 26, 1979), who performs under the mononym Jamal, is an American rapper and music producer. He started his career as one-half of rap duo Illegal, the rap act formed by Dallas Austin in the early 1990s.

Career

Illegal and going solo

Phillips' tenure with Illegal was short-lived; following the lukewarm response to 1993's The Untold Truth — the group's full-length debut — Phillips embarked on a solo career. He teamed up with Erick Sermon of the Def Squad to release 1995's Last Chance, No Breaks, his debut release.

The album (produced by Easy Mo Bee, Redman, Rockwilder and Sermon) peaked at #10 and #37 on Billboard magazine's Heatseekers and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts respectively. The album also spawned a pair of hit singles — "Fades Em All", which sampled The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Ready to Die", and "Keep It Real", which sampled Stevie Wonder's "Ribbon in the Sky".

Smoke-a-Lot Records

In 2006, Jamal signed a deal with rapper Yukmouth to be a part of his Smoke-a-Lot Records label.^[1]

Other collaborations

In 1995 he performed on Conspiracy, the LP from Junior M.A.F.I.A. He has since gone on to collaborate with other renowned rappers; in 1996, he was featured on The Coming the LP from Busta Rhymes and Keith Murray's Enigma. The following year, he teamed up again with Busta Rhymes, performing on that rapper's 1997 LP, When Disaster Strikes. In 1998, he collaborated with the Def Squad on El Niño, their debut release.

He also had production duties on B.Coming, the 2005 release from Beanie Sigel.

Jamal appears on Illegal bandmate Malik's recent (2005) CD "Malik M.D. aka Hershey Locc Hefner: The Game Needs Me".

He has also appeared on songs with Shyheim, Heltah Skeltah, Coolio, MC Breed, Method Man, Busta Rhymes, Young Zee, Bone Thugs N Harmony, Treach, The D.O.C. and others.

Jamal also appears on Skullz' 2018 single "Everybody Can Get It" feat. Juxx Diamondz.

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Release	Peak chart positions
Title	Release	US	US R&B
Last Chance, No Breaks	Released: October 10, 1995^[2] Label: Rowdy	198	37

Collaboration albums

The Untold Truth with Illegal (1993)

Singles

Title	Release	Peak chart positions		Album
Title	Release	US R&B	US Rap	Album
"Fades Em All"	1995	59	9	Last Chance, No Breaks
"Keep It Real"	1996	76	17	Last Chance, No Breaks

References

^ ">>The Official Smoke-A-Lot Records Site". www.smokealotrecords.com. Archived from the original on May 6, 2007.
^ AllMusic review

External links

Jamal at AllMusic
Mally G entry at Discogs under the Mally G moniker
Jamal entry at Discogs under the Jamal moniker
[1] Malik M.D's CD featuring Jamal at CD Baby
[2] under the Mally G moniker

[1] ">>The Official Smoke-A-Lot Records Site". www.smokealotrecords.com. Archived from the original on May 6, 2007.

[allmusic-2] AllMusic review

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-| sol was arrested in late 2016 for money laudering and is wanted by both the Mossad and FBI
-he weighs in at a whopping 105 kilo, his knickname due to this was, The big fat fucker of the isle of man
-he was feared by the whole of Douglas. when he walked into a pub or small cafe they all had to get on the floor because of his rippling farts. unfortunately his life was cut short after eating a substancial amount of custard creams 911102010) his heart could not take the damage caused
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 '''Jamal Phillips''' (born April 26, 1979), who performs under the [[mononym]] '''Jamal''', is an American rapper and music producer. He started his career as one-half of rap duo [[Illegal (group)|Illegal]], the rap act formed by [[Dallas Austin]] in the early 1990s.