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Born in Corona, Queens, and raised in Yonkers, Styles began rapping with Jadakiss, Kasaan and Sheek in 1994, as they all grew up in the same Yonkers, New York neighborhood. They eventually signed to Bad Boy Records, and recorded songs with Notorious B.I.G. and Puff Daddy. In 1998, The Lox released Money, Power & Respect. Soon thereafter, Styles P led the Lox on the now infamous quest to leave Bad Boy Records. When they were finally released, the Lox signed to Interscope. Shortly thereafter, a new Lox album and Jadakiss’ solo album Kiss Tha Game Goodbye were released.

Styles released A Gangster and a Gentleman in 2002 as his debut solo album. The album contained the somber “The Life”, featuring Pharoahe Monch which was originally recorded for Rawkus Records’ Soundbombing 3 compilation album. The follow up hit was the song dedicated to marijuana use, “Good Times (I Get High)”, one of the most played songs of 2002.

In 2003, Styles P and Jadakiss appeared on the “Oz Soundtrack” with one of the harder edged songs “Some Niggas” about prison life. On a mixed album with several songs about the lifestyle behind bars, “Some Niggas” was one of the fiercest and most remembered songs on the street from that album.

In 2004, Styles P released the mixtape Ghost Stories in limited distribution form (NY only) — the mixtape spread to other cities and onto the internet in the next year. He was featured on the hit song “Locked Up (Remix)”, by R&B artist Akon.

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mikelovesjapan wrote:
January 2008

Styles is actually a UK Hardcore DJ xD Someone should maybe correct the Description above!

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KoldShadow wrote:
June 2007

Hey no need for name-calling . . .

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8th_Bass wrote:
May 2007

actually you retard he used to be known as just styles, then he changed it to styles p, just like sheek louch used to be known as just sheek

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xstuartx wrote:
September 2006

Styles P people, fix your tags!

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