Master P

Percy Robert Miller Sr. (born April 29, 1970), known by his stage name Master P, is an American rapper, record producer, record executive, actor and entrepreneur.

He is the founder of the record label No Limit Records, which was relaunched as New No Limit Records through Universal Records and Koch Records, and again as Guttar Music Entertainment, and currently, No Limit Forever Records.

He is also the founder and CEO of P. Miller Enterprises and Better Black Television, which was a short-lived online television network.

Miller gained fame in the mid-1990s with the success of his hip hop group TRU as well as his fifth solo rap album Ice Cream Man (1996), which contained his first single "Mr. Ice Cream Man".

On February 15, 1990, Master P released the cassette tape Mind Of A Psychopath.

His brother Kevin Miller was killed that same year in New Orleans.

This increased his motivation to become a successful entrepreneur to change his life and save his family.

Master P said that when he used to open for Tupac Shakur in the early 1990s, the people responsible for introducing him would frequently call him "Mr. P the country singer".

Master P released his debut studio album Get Away Clean on February 12, 1991.

This was followed by his second album Mama's Bad Boy, which was released in April 1992.

Both albums were released through In-A-Minute Records.

Also in 1992, he released his first collaboration album with his group TRU titled Understanding the Criminal Mind, and in 1993 they released another album titled Who's da Killer? Master P released his third studio album The Ghettos Tryin to Kill Me! on March 18, 1994; it was later re-released in 1997 as a limited edition under Priority.

That same year Master P collaborated on the No Limit compilation albums West Coast Bad Boyz, Vol. 1: Anotha Level of the Game and West Coast Bad Boyz: High fo Xmas.

On June 6, 1995, Master P released his fourth studio album 99 Ways to Die.

Master P and TRU released their third album True in 1995, which was the group's first major release after two independent albums.

The album reached number 25 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number 14 on the Top Heatseekers.

The album was known for its first single and one of Master P's best known songs "I'm Bout' It, Bout It".

He also worked on the compilation album, Down South Hustlers: Bouncin' and Swingin', during that year.

In 1995, Master P moved from California back to New Orleans to relocate No Limit Records with a set of new artists and in-house producers Beats By the Pound.

On April 16, 1996, Master P released his fifth album Ice Cream Man.

It contained the hit single "Mr. Ice Cream Man".

Miller's popularity grew in 1997 after the success of his Platinum single "Make 'Em Say Uhh!".

In total, Miller has released 15 studio albums.

Percy Robert Miller was born and raised in the Third Ward of Uptown New Orleans, Louisiana.

He grew up in the Calliope Projects.

He is the oldest of five children.

He has one sister, Germaine, and three brothers: Kevin, and platinum-selling rap artists Corey "C-Murder" and Vyshonne "Silkk the Shocker" Miller.

He attended Booker T. Washington High School and Warren Easton High School.

Having played on the basketball team, Miller attended the University of Houston on an athletic scholarship, but dropped out months into his freshman year and transferred to Merritt College in Oakland, California to major in business administration.

After the death of his grandfather, Miller inherited $10,000 as part of a malpractice settlement.

Miller opened a record store in Richmond, California called No Limit Records And Tapes, which later became the foundation for No Limit Records.

Later in 1996, Master P returned with TRU to work on Tru 2 da Game, which would not be released until February 18, 1997.

At that time, TRU was reduced to a trio with just Master P alongside his brothers C-Murder and Silkk the Shocker.

On September 2, 1997, Master P released his breakthrough album Ghetto D.

The first week sales of the album were the highest of any of Master P's albums, selling over 760,000 copies, and it went on to go certified triple platinum.

It contained the hit single "Make 'Em Say Uhh!", Master P's highest-charting single to date.

The song earned him an MTV Video Music Award nomination the following year for "Best Rap Video", but lost to Will Smith's "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It".

On June 2, 1998, Master P released his seventh and best-selling album to date MP Da Last Don.

Master P released a film of the same name earlier that year.

The album debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Top 200 charts selling over 400,000 copies in its first week, and went on to sell over four million copies.