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Infobox musical artist | name = Ace Hood| image = Ace-hood-arm-sleeve-tattoo.jpg| caption = Ace Hood performing at the BET Awards 2011 | Birth_name = Antoine McColister| birth_date = birth date and age|mf=yes|1988|5|11| alias = Young Gutta, Mr. Hood| background = solo_singer| origin = Deerfield Beach , Florida | genre = Hip hop , southern hip hop , Contemporary R& B|R& B | occupation = Rapper , Songwriter | years_active = 2007& ndash;present| label = We the Best Music Group (2007-present) Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam (2008-2012) Cash Money Records|Cash Money (2012-present) Young Money Entertainment|Young Money (2012-present) Universal Republic Records|Universal Republic (2012-present)| associated_acts = DJ Khaled , Rick Ross , Birdman (entertainer)|Birdman , Brisco (rapper)|Brisco , T-Pain , Lloyd (singer)|Lloyd , Lil Wayne , Meek Mill , Chris Brown (American entertainer)|Chris Brown , Kevin Cossom , Yo Gotti | website = url|acehood-online.com Antoine McColister , (born May 11, 1988), better known by his stage name Ace Hood , originating from Broward County, Florida is an United States|American rapper . He is signed to DJ Khaled 's label We the Best Music Group and YMCMB . he is formerly signed to Def Jam Recordings .cite news|last=Concepcion|first=Mariel|title=Ace Hood|url= http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp? vnu_content_id=1003805807|work=Billboard|date=2008-05-20 His song "Top of the World", from his debut studio album Gutta (album)|Gutta , was also featured in the basketball simulation game, NBA 2K10 .
Career
Early career
In 2007, he met DJ Khaled outside the offices of WEDR|WEDR 99 Jamz , a South Florida metropolitan area|South Florida radio station that mainly plays Hip hop music|hip hop and contemporary R& B music. After Ace gave him an autobiography and demo tape, Khaled asked Ace to rap over the instrumental of " I'm So Hood " and later signed Hood to his label, We the Best. Ace was named with several others to the Freshmen of 09 by XXL magazine.cite web|title=Check out the (3) Cover for XXL's Dec. Issue (#109)|url= http://www.xxlmag.com/online/? p=27195|work=XXL|date=2008-10-20
2008: Gutta
His first album, Gutta , was released in 2008. Singles included " Cash Flow (song)|Cash Flow " featuring T-Pain and Rick Ross , and " Ride (Ace Hood song)|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, Young Jeezy , Lil Boosie , Trick Daddy and Plies (rapper)|Plies , which peaked at #38 on the Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Hot 100 , becoming Ace Hood's biggest hit.cite news|last=Reid|first=Shaheem|title=Shawty Lo Wants To Confiscate T.I.'s 'Hood Pass; DJ Khaled Banks On His New Artist Ace|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1587247/20080509/id_0.jhtml|work=Mixtape Monday|publisher=MTV News|date=2008-05-09 It is from Khaled's third studio album We Global , and was eventually certified gold by the RIAA . Ace Hood appeared on Wildstyle Radio with Rome and Hoss on WUAG 103.1FM in Greensboro, North Carolina , on September 7, 2008, to promote his album, Gutta (album)|Gutta , along with DJ Khaled . http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v323/79/46/1393560204/n1393560204_30411518_520.jpg dead link|date=March 2012 The album debuted at #36 on the Billboard 200, selling 25,000 copies its first week.
2009: Ruthless
On June 30, 2009, seven months later, Ace Hood released his second album, titled Ruthless (Ace Hood album)| Ruthless , once again on Def Jam. The album's first single was Overtime (Ace Hood song)|"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 lists includes Rick Ross, Ludacris , Jazmine Sullivan , The-Dream , Birdman (entertainer)|Birdman , and Lloyd (singer)|Lloyd . The album debuted at #23 on the Billboard 200, selling 20,000 copies its first week.
2011: Blood, Sweat, & Tears
Ace Hood confirmed that his third album will be called, Blood, Sweat & Tears (Ace Hood album)|Blood, Sweat & Tears . It was released on August 9, 2011. The first official single, " Hustle Hard ", became Ace's highest charting solo single, peaking at #60 on the Billboard 100. The second official single is " Go 'N' Get It ". Both tracks are produced by Lex Luger (producer)|Lex Luger . The third single is " Body 2 Body (song)|Body 2 Body " featuring Chris Brown (American entertainer)|Chris Brown and the song is produced by J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League . It peaked at #65 on the Hot 100. The album features artists like T-Pain , Yo Gotti , Kevin Cossom , Rick Ross & Lil Wayne . The album debuted at #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.cite web|last=Paine |first=Jake |url= http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.16772/title.ace-hood-plans-hustle-hard-tour-dates-revealed |title=Ace Hood Plans Hustle Hard Tour, Dates Revealed & #124; Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales |publisher=HipHop DX |date=2011-09-07 |accessdate=2012-03-30 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|Welcome to My Hood (Remix) ".
2012: Signed on YMCMB
He starts the year 2012 by collaborating on Cash Money Records artist Bow Wow (rapper)|Bow Wow on a song called "We Going Hard". He will be appear on T.I. 's Trouble Man (T.I. album)|Trouble Man album. Birdman (entertainer)|Birdman & DJ Khaled signed Ace Hood and We The Best Music Group to Young Money Entertainment & Cash Money Records. Now DJ Khaled's label We The Best Music Group has combined with YMCMB family. Ace will be recording his fourth studio album under We The Best Music Group| We The Best , Young Money Entertainment|Young Money & Cash Money Records|Cash Money .
Awards, nominations and appearances
Ace Hood performed the Hustle Hard remix with DJ Khaled , Rick Ross and Lil Wayne at BET Awards 2011 .cite news|title=Ace Hood Performing at BET Awards 2011| url= http://www.bet.com/shows/bet-awards/2011/performers/ace-hood.html He was also feature on "The Cypher" with Kevin McCall , Tyga & Chris Brown (American entertainer)|Chris Brown on the 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards. He performed for a homecoming concert and comedy show at North Carolina A& T State University in October 2011.
2012: Same Dream (with Meek Mill ) cite web|url= http://thisbeatgoes.com/hip-hop-news/ace-hood-and-meek-mill-set-to-release-same-dream-collaboration-mixtape/ |title=Ace Hood and Meek Mill Set To Release 'Same Dream' Collaboration Mixtape |publisher=This Beat Goes |date=2011-10-24 |accessdate=2012-03-30
References
Reflist Ace HoodDef Jam RecordingsDef Jam South Persondata | NAME = Hood, Ace | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Mr. Hood | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = May 11, 1988 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Hood, Ace Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:African American rappers Category:People from Port St. Lucie, Florida Category:Rappers from Miami, Florida Category:Def Jam Recordings artists Category:Southern hip hop musicians Category:Deerfield Beach High School alumni
