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About|the musician|the MMA Fighter|Jesse TaylorInfobox musical artist|name = JT Money|image =|caption =|image_size =|background = solo_singer|birth_name =Jeff Thompkins|origin =|genre = Hip hop music|Hip hop |Occupation(s) = Rapper |years_active = 1990–present|label = Luke Records|Luke , Priority Records|Priority |associated_acts = Poison Clan , Luther Campbell , 2 Live Crew Jeff Thompkins , known by his stage name JT Money , is an United States|America n rapper and was the leader of the Miami-based hip hop group, Poison Clan .cite news|url= http://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/28/arts/the-pop-life-big-dreams-and-short-shorts.html|title=The Pop Life; Big Dreams And Short Shorts|date=April 28, 1999|publisher= The New York Times |accessdate=May 5, 2010 | first=Neil | last=Strauss
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Thompkins was discovered by Luther Campbell|Luke Skyywalker of the 2 Live Crew in a Miami talent show. Skyywalker signed JT Money and Debonaire as the group Poison Clan to his Skyywalker Records .cite web|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1430719/19990519/jt_money.jhtml|title=JT Money Traces Miami Connection Of Debut Album|date=May 19, 1999|publisher= MTV |accessdate=May 5, 2010 In 1990 JT Money and Debonaire released their first album as a group, 2 Low Life Muthas . After this Debonaire left Poison Clan to join another group, Home Team, with his brother, Drugzie also from the Poison Clan. This left JT Money as the main lyrical driving force of the group, which also featured members Madball, Uzi, Big Ram, and associates Shorty-T and Trigga. The second Poison Clan album, 1992's Poisonous Mentality , featured the hit "Shake What Ya Mama Gave Ya", which was listed by XXL Magazine as one of the top 250 hip-hop songs of the 1990s. JT Money released two more albums under the Poison Clan name: Ruff Town Behavior in 1993 and Straight Zooism in 1995. Some other well known Poison Clan songs include "Action", "Bad Influence", "Dance All Night", "Fire Up This Funk", "The Girl That I Hate", and "Don't Sleep On A Hizzo".cite news|url= http://www.miamiherald.com/2009/09/19/1239514/bass-basics.html|title=Bass Basics|date=September 19, 2009|publisher= Miami Herald |accessdate=May 5, 2010Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot
In 1999 JT Money dropped the Poison Clan name for the album '' Pimpin' On Wax , now just recording under his own stage name. This album achieved mainstream commercial success with the major hit single " Who Dat (JT Money song)|Who Dat ",. The song featured Solé , cite web|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1430718/19990813/jt_money.jhtml|title=Solé Re-teams With JT Money For New Single|date= MTV |publisher=August 13, 1999|accessdate=May 5, 2010 reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 , and won Top Rap Single at the 1999 Billboard Music Award s.cite news|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/556695.stm|title=Britney and Backstreet Boys share glory|date=December 9, 1999|publisher= BBC News |accessdate=May 5, 2010 After this JT Money continued his solo career, releasing three more albums to date, none of which matched the commercial success of his solo debut.
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