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Biography
Infobox musical artist|image=|name = Lil' Troy|image =|image_size = 300 px|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Troy Lane Birklett|birth_date= birth date and age|1966|2|24|alias = |origin = Houston, Texas , United States |genre = Southern hip hop |occupation = Rapper |years_active = 1988–present|label =Short Stop Records|associated_acts =|website = http://www.myspace.com/liltroywannabeaballer www.myspace.com/liltroywannabeaballer Troy Lane Birklett (born February 24, 1966),cite web|url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p296587/biography|pure_url=yes|title=Lil' Troy > Biography|last=Birchmeier|first=Jason|year=2008|publisher=allmusic|accessdate=2010-01-17 http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/txbirths? c=search& first=troy& last=birklett& spelling=Exact& 11_year=& 11_month=0& 11_day=0& 4=& 14=& SubmitSearch.x=0& SubmitSearch.y=0& SubmitSearch=Submit Family Tree Legends search better known by his stage name '''Lil' Troy is an United States|American rapper from Houston, Texas .
Life and career
Before his rapping career, Birklett was a successful drug dealer , who funded his music business with the money he earned from selling drugs.Citation needed|date=March 2012 In 1988, he founded Short Stop Records and joined the group Mass 187 in 1995. Mass 187's song "Gangsta Strut" was featured on local radio.cite web|last=O'Connor|first=Christopher|title=Label Head Lil' Troy Turns Rapper|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/519361/19991027/index.jhtml|publisher=MTV News|accessdate=January 21, 2012|date=October 27, 1999 He eventually was convicted of "using a communications device to commit a felony" and was sentenced to eighteen months in prison, although served only nine months in Beaumont, Texas, federal detention.cite web |first=Soren |last=Baker |url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1449704/20011008/lil_troy.jhtml |title=Lil' Troy, Free From Prison, Is Back To Ballin' |publisher= MTV News |date=October 8, 2001 |accessdate=January 17, 2010 cite web |first=Anthony |last=Mariani |url= http://www.villagevoice.com/2001-10-16/music/never-surrender/ |title=Never Surrender |publisher= Village Voice |date=October 16, 2001 |accessdate=January 17, 2010
Lil' Troy, who featured in his songs many members of Houston's thriving rap scene of the late 1990s, managed to reach national audiences with his single " Wanna Be a Baller " produced by Bruce "Grim" Rhodes. The song reached #70 on the Billboard Hot 100 , and propelled his debut album, '' Sittin' Fat Down South '', to the Top 25 albums on the Billboard 200 . After the success of the lead single, Lil' Troy was picked up by Universal Music Group , which re-released his debut album in 1999 with a larger national distribution. The debut album was a success, as it certified platinum by the RIAA selling 1.5 million copies.cite web|url= http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php? table=SEARCH |title=Recording Industry Association of America |publisher=RIAA |date= |accessdate=2012-03-27 Lil' Troy released his follow up in 2001, titled Back to Ballin . This album did not contain a charting single and did not fare nearly as well as his debut. He released his third and to date last album, Paperwork , in 2006.
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2001
Back to Ballin
Released: September 11, 2001
Label: E1 Music|Koch
95
24
4
2006
Paperwork
Released: February 14, 2006
Label: Short Stop
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Singles
Year
Title
title=Lil' Troy Billboard singles
Album
US
US R& B
US Rap
1999
(featuring Fat Pat (rapper)>Fat Pat , Yungstar, Lil' Will, and H.A.W.K. )
70
40
31
''Sittin' Fat Down South
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External links
MySpace|liltroywannabeaballer|Lil' Troy
http://www.youtube.com/liltroyVEVO Lil' Troy on YouTube
imdb name |id=1860230 |name=Lil' Troy
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