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Plies who is also known with his birth name Algernod Lanier Washington is born on July 1, 1976. Here you can read more about this American rapper and download ringtones from our galleries with ringers. The rapper from Fort Myers, Florida has graduated from Fort Myers High School in 1994. In his early career the performer of so much mobile music started with his brother Levatte the Big Gates Records in 1999. Levatte served as CEO, President, among other things, while Plies initially developed the label's artists - get free ringtones to know them better. Plies initially refused to rap, but then rapped on the song "Tell Dem Krackers Dat", which eventually found its way to Slip-N-Slide Records, landing him his record deal and after the success of "Tell Dem Krackers Dat", Big Gates Records would go on to release two more Plies mixtapes including "36 Ounces", and "100% Real Nigga". Plies was the original rap artist on the song "I Wanna Love You" (also called "I Wanna Fuck You"), which became a hit song for rappers Akon and Snoop Dogg and "I Wanna Love You" achieved unexpected sudden success, reaching the 17th spot on the Billboard Hot 100 without a promotional video or physical CD release, and then topping the chart for two consecutive weeks.
Plies found some trouble when, during a performance at a Gainesville nightclub on July 2, 2006 - Plies was performing a concert, when he was informed that his show would be cut 15 minutes short in order to give time for Lil' Boosie to perform right after, and in response, Plies' entourage opened fire on the crowd, resulting in the injury of 5 people with non-life threatening wounds. An argument about set length escalated into gunfire and two members of his entourage were convicted of attempted murder, while Plies and a third associate were charged with illegal possession of concealed weapons but shortly after, Plies was released after paying $10,000 bail. Originally a featured MC on Akon's "I Wanna Love You", Plies was replaced by Snoop Dogg, quite possibly due to the altercation and his debut album, The Real Testament, which featured the single "Shawty", was set to be released in August 2007. Plies could continue to promote "I Wanna Love You" - listen Plies ringtones - but it was feared that the incident would give the single bad publicity, and since a version with Snoop Dogg was already circulating unofficially in the mixtape scene, that was chosen instead, also, Akon and Snoop Dogg's management also agreed to participate on each other's forthcoming album. |
