Curren$y
Sign in to saveAlso known as Shante Scott Franklin, Juke, Spitta Andretti, Shante Franklin, Shante Anthony Franklin, Currency
Shante Scott Franklin (born April 4, 1981), better known by his stage name Currensy (stylized as Curren$y), is an American rapper. Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, he signed with the local record labels Cash Money Records and Young Money Entertainment in the mid-2000s, but parted ways with both without any major releases. He signed with DD172 to release four albums before signing with Warner Records to release his fifth album and major label debut, ''Weekend at Burnie's'' (2011). In February of that year, he founded the record label Jet Life Recordings.
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Music · MusicBrainz
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1981
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,395,092
- Total plays
- 27,677,822
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Shante Anthony Franklin (born April 4, 1981 in New Orleans, Louisiana), better known by his stage name Curren$y, is an American rapper and former member of the group Fly Society. Previously a member of Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment, he joined the No Limit Records collective as a teenager. After releasing countless free mixtapes online he released his debut album, This Aint No Mixtape on April 21, 2009. Curren$y is also a former member of Master P's rap group 504 Boyz <a href="https://www
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- Currensy in 2024
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- Shante Scott Franklin
- Musical artist.birth_place
- New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
- Musical artist.years_active
- 2002–present
- Musical artist.genre
- Southern hip-hop
- Musical artist.past_member_of
- 504 Boyz
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- Jet Life
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- Record label.name
- Jet Life Recordings
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- 2011
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- Currensy (CEO)
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- iHipHop DistributionEmpire DistributionAtlantic Records
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- Hip-hop
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- U.S.
- Record label.location
- New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Franklin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New Orleans
- Occupation
- entrepreneur
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Atlantic Records
- Official website
- www.currensyspitta.com
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- Currensy.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1981-04-04
- start of work period
- 2002-00-00
- pseudonym
- Curren$y
- social media followers
- 287000
- Commons category
- Currensy
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Music career
- 2002–2008: No Limit and Young Money
- 2009–2010: ''This Ain't No Mixtape'', ''Jet Files'' and ''Pilot Talk''
- 2010–2011: ''Pilot Talk II'' and ''Weekend at Burnie's''
- 2012–2013: ''The Stoned Immaculate'' and ''Live in Concert''
- 2014–present: ''The Drive In Theatre'' and ''Pilot Talk III''
- Jet Life Recordings
- Current artists
- ''Pilot Talk'' lawsuit
- Discography
- Tours
- References
- External links
Shante Scott Franklin (born April 4, 1981), better known by his stage name Currensy (stylized as Curren$y), is an American rapper. Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, he signed with the local record labels Cash Money Records and Young Money Entertainment in the mid-2000s, but parted ways with both without any major releases. He signed with DD172 to release four albums before signing with Warner Records to release his fifth album and major label debut, ''Weekend at Burnie's (2011). In February of that year, he founded the record label Jet Life Recordings.
Currensy is perhaps best known for his 2015 single, "Bottom of the Bottle" (featuring Lil Wayne and August Alsina), which remains his sole entry on the Billboard'' Hot 100.
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