Music career David Banner

1 music career

1.1 1994–2000: beginnings , them firewater boyz, vol. 1
1.2 2003–06: mississippi: album, mta2: baptized in dirty water , certified
1.3 2007–present: greatest story ever told , god box

music career
1994–2000: beginnings , them firewater boyz, vol. 1

crump s stage name david banner taken lead character of television series, incredible hulk. several of friends, banner sent demo tapes jackson, mississippi radio station, wjmi. in 1999, banner , rapper kamikaze duo, crooked lettaz, released grey skies (penalty recordings). in 2000, banner released solo debut album, them firewater boyz, vol. 1. released on independent label, big face records, album sold around 7,000 copies. when album s single, pimp , became radio hit, banner began attract major label interest.

2003–06: mississippi: album, mta2: baptized in dirty water , certified

after assessing various offers, banner , manager, scott johnson, decided sign universal records subsidiary, src records, founded steve rifkind had previous success ceo of heavyweight hip-hop label, loud records. in 2003, banner produced t.i. s single, rubberband man , reached #30 on hot 100, #15 on r&b chart, , #11 on rap chart. in 2003, banner released first major label album, mississippi: album. mississippi included hit single, pimp , featuring lil flip. pimp peaked @ #48 on billboard hot 100 chart, #15 on hot r&b/hip-hop songs chart, , #10 on hot rap tracks chart. released follow-up album same year titled mta2: baptized in dirty water yielded hit, crank , featuring static major.

in 2005, banner released third major label album, certified. album s first single ain t got nothing featured magic & lil boosie, followed second single, play , reached #7 on hot 100 chart, #5 on r&b chart, , #3 on rap chart. third single, touching , featured jazze pha , reached #54 on r&b chart. in 2006, banner appeared on seein thangs , song hurricane katrina featured on dj shadow s album outsider . remix featuring bay area hyphy rappers nump , gold made. outside projects banner have included writing theme song video game, saints row, contributing music commercial promoting video game, marvel vs capcom 3: fate of 2 worlds.

2007–present: greatest story ever told , god box

banner played part of tehronne in black snake moan. has worked on adult swim cartoon show crook d sipp, premiered sunday, may 13, 2007. single play used background music in pilot s first television promo. in 2007, played character of mo, in film christmas. banner starred jay, gang leader hood in stomp yard: homecoming. on july 15, 2008, banner released fourth major label album, greatest story ever told. album s first single titled 9mm featured akon, lil wayne, , snoop dogg. banner produced next 2 singles: me featuring chris brown , yung joc, me reached #16 on hot 100, #7 on r&b chart, , #2 on rap chart. , shawty , featuring lil wayne. in 2008, banner featured on track, superfriend, 2008 album, sound, gospel r&b duo, mary mary.

in 2010, played bosch in film experiment. has worked international artists such seeda, japanese rap artist featured in song, life song in 2010 on seeda s breathe album. banner released debut mixtape titled sex, drugs , video games on may 22, 2012 free download. available on website, davidbanner.com, fans encouraged make donation of @ least $1 sixteen song mixtape. first single off mixtape titled amazing featuring chris brown. announced universal republic records going defunct, of artists on roster moved label including (david banner) being moved republic records making label revived.

in 2013, david banner appeared in music video song confessions lecrae. banner played earl gaines, cecil gaines father, in 2013 film butler. banner plays jay, criminal interrogated, in 2014 film ride along. david banner featured on remix of mexican american rapper kap g s single la policia , stirred hype throughout media , internet.