Currensy

Currensy

Shante Anthony Franklin better known by his stage name Curren$y, is an American rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana.

Biography

Early career

He was signed to Master P's No Limit Records until 2005. He then signed with Cash Money Records and Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment, where he remained there until late 2007. While still at Young Money, Curren$y created Fly Society with skateboarder Terry Kennedy, first as a clothing company, then expanding to release music. He released the song, "Where Da Cash At" as the lead single for his Young Money debut, Music to Fly to, in 2006 but due to several push backs and lack of promotion, Curren$y decided to leave the label and venture off to do business on his own.

For several months, Curren$y released a series of mixtapes to gain notoriety. His work was impressive enough to land him on the cover of the XXL Magazine Freshmen 10 of 2009. Though he now had the cosign of one of the top hip-hop magazines, Curren$y was still overlooked by major labels. He then chose to sign with Amalgam Digital to release his debut album, This Ain't No Mixtape , in 2009. Curren$y would release another album through Amalgam Digital titled Jet Files.

2009-present: Pilot Talk 1 and 2

His latest album Pilot Talk was released July 13, 2010. Prior to the album's release, there was news of Pilot Talk being released under a newly relaunched Roc-A-Fella Records. However, Curren$y stated in interviews with both XXL and Complex Magazine that the album would be released under Damon Dash's DD172 record label division, BluRoc Records and distributed through Def Jam Recordings.

Curren$y makes numerous appearances on labelmate Ski Beatz debut album, 24 Hour Karate School, which was released on September 21, 2010.

His next album, Pilot Talk 2 will be released November 16, 2010 and will feature Erykah Badu, Camp Lo and Raekwon.

Discography

Independent albums

• 2009: This Ain't No Mixtape
• 2009: Jet Files

Studio Albums

• 2010: Pilot Talk
• 2010: Pilot Talk 2

Mixtapes

• "Sports Center Vol. 1" (2004)
• "Welcome Back, Curren$y" (2004)
• "G-Series" (with Mack Maine) (2006)
• "Life At 30,000 Feet" (2006)
• "Independence Day" (2008)
• "Higher Than 30,000 Feet" (2008)
• "Welcome To The Winner Circle" (2008)
• "Fear And Loathing In New Orleans" (2008)
• "Super Tecmo Bowl" (2008)
• "Fast Times At Ridgemont Fly" (2008)
• "Fin..." (2008)
• "How Fly" (with Wiz Khalifa) (2009)
• "Smokee Robinson" (2010)

Singles

• 2006: "Where Da Cash At" (featuring Lil Wayne and Remy Ma)
• 2009: "Elevator Musik" (This Ain't No Mixtape)
• 2009: "16 Switches Spitter" (This Ain't No Mixtape)
• 2009: "Life Under The Scope" (Smokee Robinson)
• 2009: "Living the Life" (Jet Files)
• 2010: "King Kong" (Pilot Talk)
• 2010: "Roasted" (featuring Trademark and Young Roddy) (Pilot Talk)
• 2010: "The Hangover" (featuring Mikey Rocks) (Pilot Talk)
• 2010: "Nothing But Us" (featuring Smoke DZA) (Ski Beatz's 24 Hour Karate School)
• 2010: "Michael Knight" (Pilot Talk 2)

References

External links

• Official artist page at Def Jam
• Template:Myspace
• Curren$y at Twitter
• Curren$y at Facebook
• Curren$y at MTV
• Curren$y at AllMusic