Undetermined Music Artists

Sharing Artistopia
 
Music Is Life @ Artistopia.com

Independent Music Artist:   Sign In  |  Register

Home Music Indie News Discussion Resources Shop Saturday, May 26, 2012
  
 
 
  
 

Lil' Cease

Music Home >>  Music Genres  >> Undetermined Music
 
  
 

< < < < <
> > > > >
More Info on Lil' Cease Similar Undetermined Music Search Artistopia

Biography

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 .

Discography


  • The Wonderful World of Cease A Leo

  • Everything Is Hard Body

  • Filmography


  • Chronicles of Junior M.A.F.I.A. (2004)

  • Reality Check: Junior Mafia vs Lil Kim (2006)

  • Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2006)

  • Life After Death: The Movie (2007)


  • References


    reflist
    Persondata | NAME =Lil Cease
    | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Lil' Ceasar, Cease
    | SHORT DESCRIPTION =
    | DATE OF BIRTH = August 10, 1978
    | PLACE OF BIRTH = ?
    | DATE OF DEATH = Unknown
    | PLACE OF DEATH = Unknown
    DEFAULTSORT:Lil Cease Category:1978 births
    Category:African American rappers
    Category:Atlantic Records artists
    Category:Bad Boy Records artists
    Category:Living people
    Category:People from Brooklyn
    Category:Rappers from New York City

    http://www.hiponline.com/1793/junior-mafia.html
    de:Lil’ Cease
    et:Lil' Cease
    es:Lil' Caesar
    it:Lil' Cease

    Copyright Citations

    This article is licensed under the GNU License
    Click here for original article: Lil' Cease





          

     
       
     
    Home  |  About Us  |  Privacy  |  Sitemap  |  FAQs  |  Terms and Conditions
     
    Copyright 2012, iCubator Labs, LLC, All Rights Reserved.