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wikify|date=January 2012BLP sources|date=October 2009Infobox musical artist |name = Lil' Cease|image =|caption =|background = solo_singer|birth_name = James Lloyd|alias = Lil' Cesar, Cesar Leo de Janeiro, Cesar Leo, Lil' Cease|birth_date = birth date and age|1978|08|10|origin = Brooklyn , New York |genre = Hip hop music|Hip hop |occupation = Rapper , Songwriter , Record producer|Producer |years_active = 1993–present|label = Atlantic Records|Atlantic , Get Low Records|Get Low |associated_acts = Junior M.A.F.I.A. , Mase , The Notorious B.I.G. , The Commission (hip hop) , Chinx Drugz James Lloyd (born August 10, 1978), better known by his stage name '''Lil' Cease , is an American rapper and member of hip hop group Junior M.A.F.I.A. . Cease released his first album, Conspiracy (Junior M.A.F.I.A. album)|Conspiracy , with Junior M.A.F.I.A. in 1995, and gained mainstream attention with a memorable verse on " Player's Anthem ", the album's highest charting single. Frequent name dropping from mentor The Notorious B.I.G. throughout Cease's career helped keep the young rapper in the spotlight. Cease also featured on the Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam -released soundtrack for the 1997 comedy film How to Be a Player alongside LeVert , Cam'ron and fellow Harlem rapper Mase .
After making guest appearances on other artists' albums, Cease released his debut and only studio album The Wonderful World of Cease A Leo . It peaked at #26 on the Billboard 200 and #3 on the Top R& B/Hip-Hop Albums , and features Bristal, Jay-Z and Lil' Kim . In 2005, Lil' Cease, Banger and MC Klepto reunited Junior M.A.F.I.A. and released the group's second album, Riot Musik . In January 2009, Lil' Cease released "Letter to B.I.G.", which sampled "Letter to B.I.G." by Jadakiss from the Notorious (soundtrack)|soundtrack to the film Notorious (2009 film)|Notorious . http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/2009/01/lil-cease-letter-to-big Smokingsection
In popular culture
He was portrayed by Marc John Jefferies in the 2009 biopic Notorious (2009 film)|Notorious .
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