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About|the rapper|the method of evading detection|Camouflageunreferenced|date=November 2009rewrite|date=May 2009Infobox musical artist | name = Camoflauge| image = Camoflauge.jpg| caption =| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Jason Johnson| alias =| birth_date = Birth date|1981|12|9| death_date = death date and age|2003|5|19|1981|12|9| origin = Savannah, Georgia | instrument =| genre = Hip hop music|Rap, Hip Hop | occupation =| years_active = 1999–2003| label = Pure Pain Records| associated_acts = Crime Affiliates| website =| notable_instruments = Jason Johnson (December 9, 1981 - May 19, 2003), also known as Camoflauge , was a United States|U.S. rapper from Hitch Village housing project in Savannah, Georgia .

Biography


Musical career


Seeking to put his life experiences to tape, Camoflauge started his rap career as he sold 20,000 copies of Crime Pay$ , an album he released with the Hip hop music|hip-hop group Crime Affiliates. When I Represent , his solo album on the independent label Pure Pain, sold over 50,000 copies, Universal Music Group offered the rapper a deal. However, when Camoflauge was arrested for possession of crack cocaine, Universal did not pick up the option on his contract, even though the charges were later dropped. He opened for heavyweight rap acts such as 8 Ball (album)|8 Ball , MJG , Scarface (rapper)|Scarface , Master P , Ice-T , Pastor Troy , Lil Boosie , Birdman (rapper)|Birdman , Trick Daddy , and Ludacris . His last album , Keepin It Real (Camoflauge album)|Keepin It Real , was released in August 2002. He was gunned down outside of a recording studio in May 2003. He was only 21 years of age.

Album sales after his death


Pure Pain Records has been ordered to cease selling Camoflauge's albums, due to a dispute with the slain rapper's mother. Tammie Greene claims that the label has not provided her with an adequate accounting for three albums and a DVD the rapper released.

According to the spokesperson, Pure Pain is still operating at a loss, due to the production of Camoflauge's final album, Keepin It Real . A judge halted the album sales, ruling an uncertified financial statement submitted by the label claiming losses of over $200,000 in 2002 and 2004, was not valid.

Discography


Albums


  • Crime Pays (with Crime Affiliates) (1999)

  • I Represent (2000)

  • Strictly 4 da Streets: Drugs Sex and Violence, Vol. 1 (2001)

  • Keepin It Real (Camoflauge album)|Keepin It Real (2002)

  • Underground Savannah (2000)


  • Mixtapes


  • Underground Savannah (2000)

  • Home of the True Emcees - Tribute to Jason “Camoflauge” Johnson (2006)


  • Guest appearances


  • Dulaa "Pure Pain" Komplex Feelings

  • DJ B-Lord "Bout My Money" Trick Daddy (feat. Camoflauge)

  • DJ Smallz Southern Smoke 9: Money is Still a Major Issue (pt. 1 of 2) (hosted by Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull ) "Pure Pain"

  • White Dawg "We Ballin" Bonifide


  • References


    reflist

    External links


  • http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2003-05-21-camoflauge-killed_x.htm Rapper Camoflauge fatally shot outside Georgia studio

  • http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0603/p01s02-usju.html Amid Moss and murder, Savannah mobilizes

  • http://www.rapbasement.com/modules.php? name=News& file=article& sid=344 www.rapbasement.com/modules.php? name=News& file=article& sid=344

  • http://www.allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/? ID=2836 www.allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/? ID=2836

  • http://www.tupac-online.com/News/0-256116-00.html www.tupac-online.com/News/0-256116-00.html


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    Category:People from Savannah, Georgia
    Category:People murdered in Georgia (U.S. state)
    Category:Unsolved murders in the United States

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