Biography
His musical background came from viewing and observing hip-hop music videos. He engaged in freestyle rap battles. J-Kwon's path to fame included mooning Arista head L.A. Reid and mocking producer Jermaine Dupri. These events helped gain the MC a contract with the latter's So So Def, a subsidiary of the former's employer. However, his life was far more turbulent before that; kicked out his mother's house at the age of 12, he took to the street, dealt crack cocaine, and had his jaw broken after defeating a fellow MC in battle. His label deal helped turn that around.

Early life
J-Kwon first got signed in a very odd way, in that he would mock what would be his main producer, Jermaine Dupri, who produced a majority of his first album, Hood Hop. Regardless, according to Dupri, J-Kwon was also signed because of his rapping skills.
After "Tipsy" had done its fair share on the radio, Jive parted with "You & Me", featuring Sadiyyah, as the second single. Disagreement with the record label followed, as J-Kwon wanted "Parking Lot" or "Hood Hop" to be a second single, but Jive decided "You & Me" with the fall and holiday theme in mind, considering it was a breezier, softer song. While the released single was no where near as successful as the earlier smash, the song did chart to #58 on the Billboard Hot 100 and landed a spot on the seventeenth edition of Now That's What I Call Music!. Afterwards, Jive had released third single "Hood Hop", which had little success, and failed to chart on the Hot 100 and only peaking at #52 on Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Tracks.
J-Kwon rose back to stardom in 2005 when he was given the opportunity to make the priority song on the XXX: State of the Union soundtrack. The song, "Get XXX'd", featuring Petey Pablo and Ebony Eyez, was completed soon enough and was featured on the movie's soundtrack and in the credits of the movie. Also in 2005, he promoted another part of media, this time in television, when he collabrated with comedian Andy Milonakis in "Like Dis", to promote The Andy Milonakis Show, which was played in skits on MTV during the show's first season broadcast.

2004-2005: Musical Beginnings
(tagged since June 2006)
J-Kwon is reported currently working on his second album, Louisville Slugger. The album was due in December 2006, but was pushed back to the third quarter of 2007. The album will be released on the So So Def Recordings recording label. Guest appearances include Chingy, Nelly, and Ebony Eyez, Teairra Mari, Brandy. J-Kwon has made a song called "Blockstar", and will likely be the first single. It features Joel Madden from the pop-punk band Good Charlotte. There is also a song called "Look At Me Shine", but is unconfirmed to be a single.

2007: Louisville Slugger
J-Kwon was given the opportunity by Jive Records to create his own record label. The result was Hood Hop Entertainment.

Hood Hop Entertainment

Discography

Solo Singles

Albums
2006: Here To Stay 2007: The Power Of The Mic