Ace Hood

Antoine Franklin McColister (born May 11, 1988), better known by his stage name Ace Hood, is an American rapper.

He was born in Port St. Lucie, Florida, and raised in Deerfield Beach, Florida.

in 2006.

He also began promoting himself via open mic events and talent shows around town.

In 2007, he met DJ Khaled outside the office of the WEDR 99 Jamz radio station.

After Hood gave Khaled an autobiography and his demo tape, Khaled asked Hood to do a freestyle over the instrumental of his song "I'm So Hood" from his second album, We the Best, and later signed Hood to his We the Best Music Group label.

Hood was named, along with several others, on the Freshmen of '09 by XXL magazine.

He was signed by record producer DJ Khaled to his label We the Best Music Group in a joint venture with Def Jam Recordings in 2008.

McColister has released four major label studio albums: Gutta (2008), Ruthless (2009), Blood, Sweat & Tears (2011), and Trials & Tribulations (2013).

The latter two albums contained his most successful singles: "Hustle Hard" and "Bugatti" (featuring Future and Rick Ross), which peaked at numbers 60 and 33 respectively on the Billboard Hot 100.

His first album, Gutta, was released in 2008.

Singles included "Cash Flow" featuring T-Pain and Rick Ross, and "Ride" featuring Trey Songz.

Hood also released mixtapes called Ace Won't Fold and All Bets On Ace.

He made a guest performance among several rappers on DJ Khaled's single "Out Here Grindin'", also featuring Akon, Rick Ross, Plies, Lil Boosie and Trick Daddy, which peaked at number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100.

It is from Khaled's third studio album We Global, and was eventually certified gold by the RIAA.

Ace Hood appeared on Wildstyle Radio on WUAG 103.1FM in Greensboro, North Carolina, on September 7, 2008, to promote his album, Gutta, along with DJ Khaled.

The album debuted at number 36 on the Billboard 200, selling 25,000 copies its first week.

On June 30, 2009, seven months later, Hood released his second album, titled Ruthless, once again on Def Jam.

The album's first single was "Overtime", which was produced by The Runners and featured Akon and T-Pain.

The album's second single is "Loco Wit The Cake", which was produced by Schife, of the Palm Beach County Karbeen Mafia.

The album's guest list includes Rick Ross, Ludacris, Jazmine Sullivan, The-Dream, Birdman, and Lloyd.

The album debuted at number 23 on the Billboard 200, selling 20,000 copies its first week.

Hood confirmed that his third album will be called, Blood, Sweat & Tears.

Following a football injury in the 10th grade, and after realizing he wouldn't be able to go pro, the Broward County native began to seriously consider rapping as a career.

Hood teamed up with a local group called Dollaz & Dealz and released a single titled "M.O.E."

It was released on August 9, 2011.

The first official single, "Hustle Hard", became Ace's highest charting solo single, peaking at number 60 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The second official single is "Go 'N' Get It".

Both tracks are produced by Lex Luger.

The third single is "Body 2 Body" featuring Chris Brown and the song is produced by J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League.

It peaked at number 65 on the Hot 100.

The album features artists like T-Pain, Yo Gotti, Kevin Cossom, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne.

The album debuted at number 8 on the Billboard 200, selling 26,000 copies, becoming the rapper's most successful album so far.

He promoted the album with his first concert tour, the Hustle Hard Tour.

He also appeared on three tracks from DJ Khaled's fifth studio album, We the Best Forever: "I'm Thuggin'", "Future", and the "Welcome to My Hood (Remix)".

Hood started 2012 by collaborating with Cash Money Records artist Bow Wow on a song called "We Going Hard".

In 2016, McColister departed from We the Best Music and embarked on a career as an independent artist.

Ace Hood was born in Port St. Lucie, Florida, his mother is of Haitian origin, his father is of Italian descent.

He was raised with his younger cousin Ty Barton Jr. in Deerfield Beach, part of Broward County.

He graduated from Deerfield Beach High School.