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Plies
Algernod Lanier Washington (born July 1, 1976), better known by his stage name Plies, is an American rapper.
He is the founder of Big Gates Records.
Born in Fort Myers, Florida, Washington was a wide receiver on the football team of Miami University in Ohio in 1996 and 1997 before he became a rapper.
After dropping out of college, he founded Big Gates with his stepbrother.
Signed to Slip-n-Slide Records, from 2007 to 2008 he released three albums.
Plies debuted in 2007 with The Real Testament with successful singles "Shawty" and "Hypnotized".
Plies also released two albums in 2008, Definition of Real and Da REAList, and later released Goon Affiliated in 2010.2007: The Real TestamentThe Real Testament was released in August 2007.
His debut single "Shawty" featuring T-Pain topped the Billboard Hot Rap Tracks chart and peaked at number nine on the Hot 100.
"Hypnotized", the second single, featured Akon, and peaked at number three on the Rap chart and 14 on the Hot 100.
The third single was "I Am the Club".
On February 29, 2008, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified the album Gold for having sold over 500,000 units; five days later the RIAA did the same for singles "Shawty" and "Hypnotized".
Plies made guest performances on DJ Khaled's "I'm So Hood", also featuring T-Pain, Trick Daddy and Rick Ross in 2007, which peaked at #19 on the Hot 100 and is included on Khaled second studio album We the Best, and Fat Joe's single "Ain't Sayin' Nothin'" from The Elephant in the Room in early 2008.2008: Definition of Real & Da REAListDefinition of Real, his second album, was released in June 2008, 10 months after releasing his first album.
The lead single was "Bust It Baby Pt.
2" featuring Ne-Yo, which peaked at number two on both the Hot Rap Tracks and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks charts and number seven on the Hot 100.
The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, selling over 214,000 copies its first week.
The next single was "Please Excuse My Hands", featuring Jamie Foxx and The-Dream.
RIAA certified Gold "Bust It Baby" on September 17 and Definition of Real October 14.
In the same year Plies released his third album, Da REAList, in December 2008, six months after the release of his second album.
The first official single off this album is "Put It on Ya", featuring Chris J.
The album debuted at number 14 on the Billboard 200 with 114,000 copies sold in its first week.
The second single is "Want It, Need It", featuring Ashanti and the third is "Plenty Money".
He did a guest performance on Ludacris's single "Nasty Girl" from Ludacris's album Theater of the Mind.
He also appeared on Khaled's song "Out Here Grindin' also featuring Akon, Ross, Young Jeezy, Lil Boosie, Ace Hood and Trick Daddy, which peaked at #38 on the Hot 100 and is from Khaled's third album We Global.2009-2010: Goon AffiliatedIn an interview with Plies and according to Slip-n-Slide Records, the rapper announced that he completed a fourth album.
Tentatively, he planned to release it on February 16, 2009, but stated that the exact date depended on the success of his third album.
The album, Goon Affiliated, ended up being released on June 8, 2010.
The album's first two singles are "Becky" and "She Got It Made" featuring Bei Maejor.
The album debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200, much more successful than his previous album.
He continued to make guest appearances on Usher's "Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home)" (that version not making the Usher's sixth studio album Raymond vs.
Raymond), Gucci Mane's "Wasted", from The State vs.
Radric Davis and Young Jeezy's "Lose My Mind", from Jeezy's fourth album Thug Motivation 103: Hustlerz Ambition, all of which made the top 40 of the Hot 100.2010-present: Purple HeartOn September 3, 2010 Plies released a mixtape entitled You Need People Like Me which had a song entitled "Boosie" dedicated to the incarcerated rapper Lil Boosie.
On November 18, he released another mixtape entitled You Need People Like Me Pt.
2.
On December 23, 2010 he released another mixtape entitled No Chaser.In 2011 Plies released two mixtapes entitled I Fuck With The DJ & Aristotle.
On May 3, 2011 Plies announce the title for his fifth studio album entitled Purple Heart.
On September 22, 2011 Plies released his first promotion single from Purple Heart entitled "Just (The Tip)" which featured Jeremih & Ludacris.On February 24, 2012 Plies released the promotional mixtape On Trial which included the second promotional single from his album Purple Heart entitled "With You".
On April 17, 2012 Plies released a single entitled "We Are Trayvon" that was dedicated to Trayvon Martin which all profits from the single be donated to the "Trayvon Martin Foundation".On July 16, 2013 Plies released the first official single from Purple Heart entitled "F**king or What", on August 22, 2013 he released the official music video for the single.
On September 3, 2013 Plies released the second official single entitled "Faithful" featuring singer/songwriter Rico Love.Lyricism and public personaDavid Jeffries of allmusic described Plies's debut album The Real Testament as tracks covering both gang life and love.
Similarly, Jeffries described the lyrical content of Da REAList as having "a spectrum that runs from irresponsible gun talk to irresponsible sex talk".
A profile of Plies in the December 2008 issue of Vibe magazine observed that Plies constantly referred to himself as "real" in his music and album titles.
However, it pointed out that the word "has virtually synonymous with 'criminal' and, in some cases, almost superseded the idea of being able to actually rap".
In July 2008, hip hop website HipHopDX published an investigative report suggesting that Plies exaggerated his criminal background.Legal issusesOn July 2, 2006, after a shooting at a Gainesville, Florida nightclub, Plies was charged with illegal possession of a concealed weapon, and members of his entourage were charged with attempted murder.
The shooting, in which 5 people were injured, started after Plies' microphone was cut off for Lil Boosie to perform, after Plies' performance ran over time.
According to the promoter Jonathan Smith, Plies became "enraged".
A fight began with fists and shouting, and ended with at least six rounds of bullets being fired.