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Lil Jon

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Also known as Jonathan Smith

American rapper and record producer (born 1971)

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Lil Jon is an American male artist from the United States who began his professional career in 1991. His musical style is associated with crunk, hip hop, rap, and Dirty South. He has two children and maintains an official website.

The artist’s work has been referenced by 1,440 other encyclopedia articles. According to Crossref, he has five works. On Last.fm, his music has been played 5,129,298 times by 838,259 listeners. He also has 1,050,000 social media followers.

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1971-01-17
crunkdirty southhip hopraptop 10top 100

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
838,259
Total plays
5,129,298

Tags

CrunkHip-HoprapDirty Southhip hop

Jonathan Mortimer Smith (born January 27, 1971 in Atlanta, Georgia), better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American rapper, actor, producer and member of the crunk group Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz. Lil Jon formed the group with friends Big Sam and Lil Bo, and they released five studio albums and have had many hit songs. He's prehaps best known for his iconic single "Get Low", which featured the Ying Yang Twins and reached #2 on the Billboard 100. He released his debut solo album, 'Crun

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Key facts

Born
Jonathan H. Smith , ( 1971-01-17 ) January 17, 1971 (age 55) , Atlanta , Georgia, U.S.
Genres
Crunk Southern hip-hop EDM
Occupations
Rapper record producer disc jockey entrepreneur music executive
Instruments
Vocals keyboards synthesizer drum machine sampler
Works
Recording production
Years active
1991–present
Labels
Epic Republic Geffen Interscope Black Market
Formerly of
Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz
Spouse
Nicole ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2004 ; separated</span>"}]]}'>sep. 2022 ) ​
Website
liljon .com

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Encyclopedic overview

Jonathan H. Smith (born January 17, 1971), better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American rapper and record producer. Regarded as a progenitor of the club-oriented hip-hop subgenre crunk, his production and voice presence were instrumental in the genre's commercial breakthrough in the early 2000s. He was also the frontman of the group Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz, with whom he has released five albums.

Having been credited on most crunk releases throughout the 2000s, Lil Jon produced several of the genre's Billboard Hot 100 hits including "Salt Shaker" by Ying Yang Twins, "Cyclone" by Baby Bash, "Damn!" by YoungBloodZ, "Freek-a-Leek" by Petey Pablo, "Goodies" by Ciara, and "Yeah!" by Usher. The latter won Lil Jon a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Performance as part of his five Grammy Award nominations. As a lead artist, three of his own singles—"Lovers and Friends" (with the East Side Boyz featuring Usher and Ludacris), "Get Low" (with the East Side Boyz featuring Ying Yang Twins), and "Snap Yo Fingers" (featuring E-40 and Sean P)—peaked within the chart's top ten. His debut studio album, Crunk Rock (2010), was met with lukewarm critical and commercial response.

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