Birdman

Bryan Williams Born February 15 1969 Better Known By His Stage Name Birdman Or Baby Is An American Rapper And Record Executive From New Orleans Louisiana. He Is The Co-Founder Of Cash Money Records And One Half Of The Duo Big Tymers. Along With His Releases With Big Tymers And For His Solo Career Birdman Recorded A Collaboration Album And Numerous Tracks With Lil Wayne. Birdman Was Born And Raised In Uptown New Orleans. With His Brother Ronald "Slim" Williams Birdman Founded Cash Money Records In 1991. He Used His First Moniker B-32 Baby With The 32 Golds And Released His Only Independent Album I Need A Bag Of Dope In 1993. In 1997 He Joined Rapper Mannie Fresh To Form The Duo Big Tymers. Big Tymers Debuted In 1998 With The Album How Ya Luv That? And Went On To Release I Got That Work In 2000 And Hood Rich In 2002. I Got That Work Had The Hit Singles "Get Your Roll On" And "#1 Stunna" Hood Rich Had "Still Fly" Which Was Nominated For A Grammy And "Oh Yeah!". Big Money Heavyweight Followed In 2003 The Group Disbanded In 2004. In 2002 Birdman Released His Self-Titled Debut Studio Album Birdman With The Singles "Do That" And "What Happened To That Boy" With Clipse . Since That Album Birdman Made Guest Performances On The Singles "Let's Get Down" By Bow Wow "Hell Yeah" By Ginuwine And "Bounce Back" By Juvenile. Birdman Released His Third Studio Album Fast Money In 2005 Fast Money Spawned The Singles "Get Your Shine On" And "Neck Of The Woods" Both Of Which Featured Lil Wayne. For Lil Wayne Birdman Produced And Performed On Tracks On Tha Carter And Tha Carter II. Birdman & Lil' Wayne Released An Album Titled Like Father Like Son. It Was Certified Gold And Spawned Three Singles Including "Stuntin' Like My Daddy" And "Leather So Soft". He Was Also Featured On The Remixes Of The Bestselling Rap Singles "We Fly High" By Jim Jones And "Make It Rain" By Fat Joe. In 2007 Birdman Released His Fourth Studio Album 5 * Stunna. The First Single "Pop Bottles " Featuring Lil Wayne And Jadakiss Was A Hit As Well As The Second Single "100 Million " Which Featured Rick Ross Lil Wayne Young Jeezy Dre & DJ Khaled. The Third Single Featuring Lil Wayne Titled "I Run This " Was A Hit As Well. Birdman's First Single From His Fifth Album Pricele$$ Was "Always Strapped" Featuring Lil Wayne And The Second "Written On Her" Featuring British Singer Jay Sean. "Southside" Featuring Lil Wayne Is The Third Single. "Money To Blow" Featuring Drake And Lil Wayne Is The Fourth Single. "4 My Town Play Ball " Featuring Drake And Lil Wayne Is The Fifth Single. "Written On Her" Also Became Birdman's First UK Release In December 2009. In 2010 He Was Going To Release An Album Titled "Priceless 2" A Sequel To His Previous Album But Changed It To "Bigger Than Life'' The First Promotional Single Was Titled "Loyalty" And Featured Lil Wayne And Tyga. Other Collaborations Will Come From Rick Ross Young Jeezy Bun B And Drake. The Album Will Drop During First Quater Of 2011. He Released A Music Video For A Possible Future Single "My Jewel" Which Features Bun B And Young Jeezy. He Released The First Official Single "Fire Flame" On November 22 2010 Which Features Lil Wayne. Birdman Has An Estimated Net Worth Of Over $400 Million. Much Of That Money Has Come From A Variety Of Business Deals With Universal Music Group As Well As From Sales Within Cash Money Records. His Total Net Worth Makes Him The Second Richest Rapper In History Behind Jay-Z. read less