
On JanuVado released his third installment of his Slime Flu mixtape series. In 2012 after remaining quiet for a while Vado was granted a release from Interscope to return to the independents. On Novemhe would release the second Slime Flu mixtape. It would chart on the Billboard 200 at #78. He would then release the album Gunz n' Butta with Cam'ron in April 2011. would also sign to BluRoc instead of Roc-A-Fella.Īfter signing he would release the critically acclaimed mixtape Slime Flu and the Bosses of all Bosses mixtape with Cam'ron. Vado signed with Dame's subsidiary record label of Roc-A-Fella under DD172 named BluRoc. signing to the newly re-launched Roc-A-Fella. In 2010, Vado's mentor and friend Cam'ron introduced him to Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder Dame Dash, and Cam'ron and Dame were in talks of the U.N. Vado is featured on the DJ Khaled track "Future" with rappers Ace Hood, Wale, Meek Mill and Big Sean, produced by Boi-1da, from Khaled's fifth studio album We the Best Forever. Vado officially released his long-awaited debut mixtape Slime Flu on Octounder Diplomat Records/ E1 Music. In March 2009 a mutual friend linked Vado with New York rapper and Dipset member Cam'ron who invited Vado to come record music with him and after their first session Cam made Vado the new keystone artist of his crew U.N. Vado is an acronym that stands for "Violence And Drugs Only." Career Winfree's original stage name was MOVADO but later was shortened to VADO. At the age of 19, Vado appeared on a public access television show named "Mad Ciphas." In 2008, he released tracks with childhood friend, Jae Millz. Winfree first started writing at 16 and was influenced by Ma$e, Cam'ron, and Big L. His Mother is of Ghanaian, and his father is African American descent. He was raised in Harlem and grew up on 144th and Lenox. The collaboration continued in 2011 with Gunz N' Butta.Teeyon Winfree was born on March 13, 1985. In 2010, he partnered with Vado for the album Heat in Here, Vol. Harlem's Greatest, a mix of greatest hits, rare songs, and remixes, was released in July 2008 with a new album, Crime Pays, following in May 2009. Despite these achievements, the album saw disappointing sales overall. Message boards blew up right before the album's release when his Jay-Z diss track, "You Gotta Love It," began appearing on mixtapes, and Killa Season reached number two on the album charts. The next year he directed the straight-to-DVD film Killa Season and released an album of the same name. On October 23, 2005, Cam'ron made news when he escaped an attempted carjacking in Washington, D.C., with only a bullet wound on his arm. 2 appeared a year later, and Cam'ron's own follow-up, Purple Haze, dropped late in 2004. Early the following year, his protégés the Diplomats debuted with the two-disc set Diplomatic Immunity. After moving to Jay-Z's Roc-a-Fella label, his single "Oh Boy" became a big hit on urban radio in 2002, and the album Come Home with Me performed well, too. Cam'ron worked with Ol' Dirty Bastard, Mobb Deep's Prodigy, and producer Digga to complete the album, which was released in September 2000. (the acronym standing for Sports, Drugs, and Entertainment). A year later, "What Means the World to You" heralded the release of Cam'ron's biographical sophomore album, S.D.E. "Let Me Know" made the pop and R&B charts in June 1999. "Feels Good" featuring Usher was another R&B chart entry in December. It made the R&B Top Ten and just missed hitting the pop Top 40, setting up Cam'ron's debut album, Confessions of Fire, which went gold and made the Top Ten of both the pop and R&B charts. Then in July came "Horse & Carriage," featuring Mase.
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"3-5-7" was featured in the movie Woo and became his first R&B chart entry in June. Cam'ron first attracted attention with "Pull It," which earned airplay in May 1998. Un signed Cam'ron to his Untertainment label, distributed by Epic Records. But Cam'ron didn't sign with Bad Boy Mase introduced him to the Notorious B.I.G., who in turn brought in his partner, Lance "Un" Rivera. Hooking up with the Bad Boy posse, he developed a pop-rap style similar to chief Bad Boy Puff Daddy. He quickly dropped out and returned to Harlem, where he became a drug dealer before turning to rap. Though his playing earned him scholarship offers from top colleges, Cam'ron was unable to take advantage of them because of his poor academic record, and he enrolled at a small college in Texas instead. Rapper Cam'ron was born and raised in Harlem, attending Manhattan Center High School, where one of his basketball teammates was Mason "Mase" Betha, who also became a successful rapper.
