Born Percy Robert Miller in New Orleans, in 1967, the oldest of five children, Master P grew up in a housing project then called the Calliope Apartments in New Orleans Third Ward. When interviewed by NBC, Master P stated that he had to sell marijuana and crack cocaine in the projects. Though he shuttled back and forth between New Orleans and California, the teenaged Percy settled in New Orleans, attended Booker T. Washington and Warren Easton high schools, and played basketball at both schools. Master P also attended Richmond High school in Richmond, CA. After the death of his brother, Kevin, and with some junior college business courses to his credit, Master P moved to Richmond, CA and opened a small record store, No Limit Records, financing the store with $10,000 that he received as part of a medical malpractice settlement related to the death of his grandfather
After working in music industry as a retailer, Master P became an entertainer, as well as owning his own record company. No Limit Records, the retail store, became No Limit, the record company. In 1994, he self-produced his first album, The Ghetto\'s Tryin\' to Kill Me, and sold it out of the trunk of his car in neighborhoods in and around Oakland and also in New Orleans.
After selling records, he decided to sign his company, Penisweeat, to a straight pressing and distribution deal with Priority Records. \"In order for me to stay true to myself and my company, I had to maintain complete creative control,\" says P. When the deal was solidified with Priority in 1995, No Limit Records released TRU (made up of Master P and his brothers, Silkk the Shocker and C-Murder).
In early 1997 Master P released TRU\'s latest project, \"TRU 2 DA Game\", which debuted at number two on the R&B chart[citation needed], number one on the Rap chart[citation needed] and number eight on the Top 200[citation needed]. Within one week of its release, \"TRU 2 DA Game\' was RLAA certified Gold and is now double Platinum.
His first feature film, \'I\'m Bout It\', a straight to video project that he financed, wrote, directed and produced, and acted in, debuted number one on Billboard\'s Top Music Video chart and has attained a multi-platinum selling status. The film is allegedly based loosely on his life growing up in New Orleans. The soundtrack, also a Platinum seller, made history. According to Billboard magazine, \'never before had a soundtrack charted unless it was accompanied by a theatrical film release.\' The soundtrack debuted number one on Billboard\'s R&B album chart and number four on Billboard\'s Top 200
Featuring contains the hottest tracks with Master P and include appearances with Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, Jermaine Dupri, Mack 10 and more! Includes 5 tracks only available on this release
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