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Infobox musical artist | image =| name = Silkk The Shocker| caption = Silkk the Shocker at the 2010 BET Awards Black Carpet Post Party| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Vyshonn King Miller| alias = Silkk , The Shocker| birth_date = birth date and age|1975|6|18|birth_place = New Orleans, Louisiana , United States|USA | genre = Hip hop music|Hip hop , rapping|rap | occupation = Rapper, actor| Instruments = Vocals| years_active = 1991–present| label = No Limit Records|No Limit (1996-2001) Priority Records|Priority (1996-2001) EMI (1999-2000) E1 Music (2004-2005) Guttar Music (2004-2008) Sedona Studios(2010-present) No Limit Forever (2010-present)| associated_acts = P. Miller , Romeo Miller , C-Murder , TRU (group)|TRU , 504 BoyzMystikal , Mia X , Mưa , Destiny's Child , LilFreshBoyz| website = http://www.shockersworld.com/ Vyshonn King Miller (born June 18, 1975), who records under the stage name Silkk The Shocker , is an American rapper and actor . He originally went under the stage name Silkk , but later adopted The Shocker after his debut studio album in 1996 entitled, The Shocker (album)|The Shocker .
Early life
Vyshonn King Miller was born on June 18, 1975, in New Orleans, Louisiana . He was raised in the Calliope Projects , which is located in the 3rd Ward of Uptown New Orleans , along with his two brothers Master P|Percy "Master P" Miller , C-Murder|Corey "C-Murder" Miller and three other siblings. He relocated to Richmond, California at the age of 13, and graduated from De Anza High School in 1994
Music career
The Shocker (1996)
Silkk The Shocker rose to fame in the mid-late 1990s, releasing his first record The Shocker (album)|The Shocker in 1996 using the alias Silkk. After changing his name to Silkk The Shocker, he went on to appear on numerous albums from TRU (group)|TRU's Tru 2 da Game , Mia X 's Unlady Like , and Mystikal 's Unpredictable (Mystikal album)|Unpredictable . He had a brief feud with veteran rapper L.L. Cool J in the 90's.
Charge It 2 da Game (1997-98)
In 1998, Silkk The Shocker would feature on Master P's 1998 hit " Make 'Em Say Uhh! ". Continuing on the success of the hit single, Silkk would release his next single with label-mate Mystikal as a featured artist on "It Ain't My Fault" off his second album Charge It 2 Da Game . "It Ain't My Fault" gained popularity and became the trademark song for Silkk The Shocker. In that same year Silkk the Shocker would feature on, at that time a new group, Destiny's Child 's single "Just Be Straight with Me", as well as, Contemporary R& B|R& B singer Mưa 's "Movin' On", the second single released from Mưa (album)|Mưa , her self-titled debut album.
Made Man , My World, My Way & Based on a True Story (1999-2004)
In 1999, Mưa and Silkk collaborated on the lead single from his album Made Man (album)|Made Man . The track, titled "Somebody Like Me", became one of the year's top-selling singles on the Billboard (magazine)|Billboard charts. He also collaborated with Trina on "That's Cool". Since then, Silkk has released two solo albums: My World, My Way (album)|My World, My Way in 2001 and Based on a True Story in 2004. Neither release generated the same publicity he enjoyed in the late 1990s, but the former still managed to sell very well.
Game Changer (2010-present)
On June 3, 2010, a video of Silkk freestyling over DJ Khaled 's "All I Do Is Win" was posted to YouTube .cite web|url= http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=Dr0hYnE_GW0 |title=Silkk The Shocker - All I Do Is Win (Freestyle) - HIPHOPNEWS24-7.COM |publisher=YouTube |date=2007-07-18 |accessdate=2010-06-06 Silkk released his first mixtape called All I Do Is Win on August 21, 2010. This mixtape marks Silkk's return to hip-hop. http://www.trutanksoldiers.com/forum/topics/silkk-the-shocker-all-i-do-is-1 It was confirmed that Silkk signed with his nephew Romeo's new record label, No Limit Forever Records and will be working on his return album called "Game Changer". http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.19228/title.silkk-the-shocker-reacts-to-mystikals-cash-money-signing-compares-c-murders-case-to-trayvon-martin Some of the producers on this album is Manny Guevara|Manny Streetz , Marvz, Mike Bangum of Da Beat Kadetz and JoJo Ryder . It is also confirmed that Silkk the Shocker is going on a new tour with his brother Master P & nephew Romeo Miller the tour is entitled ”No Limit Forever International". http://www.trutanksoldiers.com/forum/topics/no-limit-forever-international
Other Work
Silkk was featured on World Wrestling Entertainment 's WWE Wreckless Intent|Wreckless Intent album, which was released on May 23, 2006. The song he performed on the album, "I'm Comin'", has since been used as the Music in professional wrestling|theme song for WWE Smackdown wrestler Montel Vontavious Porter until his release in late 2010. Silkk also performed former SmackDown! wrestler Orlando Jordan 's theme song, "Do It Big". In June 2010 Silkk also co-starred in the upcoming horror film "Reservation", produce by Sedona Studios the film is due for exhibition Fall 2011.
Personal life
Vyshonn has four siblings, brothers " Master P ", and " C-Murder " and Kevin Miller, who was killed during a robbery. http://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/13/arts/gangsta-rapper-turns-entrepreneur-28-master-p-has-created-one-biggest.html? pagewanted=all& src=pm He has one sister, who owns a beauty salon. Miller has 5 nephews " Romeo Miller ", "Valentino Miller", "Lil' D", "C-Los", "Young Trump", and Veno Miller, also, one niece , singer "Cymphonique Miller". He has two children, a son named "Lil King", and a daughter named "Jianna". He dated singer Mưa for several years, with their relationship ending in 2002. http://www.famoushookups.com/site/relationship_detail.php? name=Mya& relid=4345& celebid=2224
Discography
Main|Silkk the Shocker discography|TRU discography|504 Boyz discography ;Studio albums
1996: The Shocker (album)|The Shocker
1998: Charge It 2 da Game
1999: Made Man (album)|Made Man
2001: My World, My Way (album)|My World, My Way
2004: Based on a True Story (Silkk the Shocker album)|Based on a True Story
2012: Unfinished Business http://nolimitforever.com/records/? cat=1
;Mixtapes
2010: All I Do Is Win Vol. 1 http://www.trutanksoldiers.com/forum/topics/silkk-the-shocker-all-i-do-is-1 http://www.datpiff.com/Silkk-The-Shocker-All-I-Do-Is-Win-Vol-1-mixtape.181559.html
Filmography
;Films
Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
1997
1998
1999
2000
2002
2004
2006
2010
2012
References
reflist
External links
http://www.shockersworld.com/ Official website
Twitter|SilkkTheShocker
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0798043/ Silkk the Shocker at the Internet Movie Database
Silkk the ShockerNo Limit Forever RecordsNo Limit Records Persondata | NAME =Shocker, Silkk The | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =June 18, 1975 | PLACE OF BIRTH = New Orleans, Louisiana , United States | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Shocker, Silkk The Category:African American rappers Category:E1 Music artists Category:No Limit Records artists Category:Rappers from New Orleans, Louisiana Category:1975 births Category:Living people
