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Jeezy

Jay Wayne Jenkins (September 28, 1977), who goes by the name Jeezy and sometimes as Young Jeezy, is an American rap artist who has been associated with the groups Boyz n da Hood and United Streets Dopeboyz of America. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, he established a record label at a young age and went on to make hit singles with artists such as Kanye West, Usher, Akon, and Rihanna. As Young Jeezy, his 2005 album Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 went to Number 1 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart and he has had six other number one releases on that chart: The Inspiration (2006), Cold Summer: The Authorised Mixtape (2007) with U.S.D.A., The Recession (2008), TM: 103: Hustlerz Ambition (2012), Seen It All: The Autobiography (2014) and Trap or Die 3 (2016). All seven also went to Number 1 on the Top Rap Albums Chart and reached the top spots of the Billboard 200. He has had 57 tracks on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart with 9 in the Top 10 and two that went to Number 1: "Soul Survivor" (2005) featuring Akon and Usher's "Love in This Club" (2008), on which he features. His 2018 album Pressure went to Number 3 on the Hip-Hop and Rap charts and Number 6 on the US pop chart. After releasing the full-lengths TM104: The Legend of the Snowman (2019) and The Recession (2020), Jeezy returned in 2022 with the DJ Drama joint EP Snofall, which hit Number 9 on the Billboard 200 chart.