New York, NY - Universal Recording artist, Houston-based rapper
Chamillionaire continues to break-out of the South. The talented artist
has
already garnered more than 7 million in listening audience with his
new
single "Turn It Up." The radio friendly song featuring Lil'
Flip first
caught fire in the hip-hop star's native southwest cradle of the
Houston/Dallas market, and is rapidly becoming a nationwide phenomenon."Turn
It Up" is receiving #1 phone requests on Rhythm Crossover Radio
stations in cities such as Memphis, Birmingham, and Orlando, among others.
As a testament to Chamillionaire's national appeal, the Village Voice
recently named the rapper: "one of the five or six greatest rappers
on planet earth." Additionally, BET added the "Turn It Up"
video into medium rotation and it is being serviced to other national
video outlets shortly.The heated response for "Turn It Up, confirms
Chamillionaire's status as one of the breakthrough artists of 2005.
The freestyle prince was relentlessly pursued by major labels ever
since his celebrated debut on the Texas indie scene a few years ago.
The talented rapper appeared on several compilations, (and is rumored
to have sold more than 250,000 mix tapes on his own) and released two
acclaimed solo albums, Get Ya Mind Correct (2002) with Paul Wall, and
Mixtape Messiah (2004), before signing to Universal. Crafting the much
anticipated The Sound of
Revenge with a diverse slate of in-demand producers and artists such
as, Swizz Beatz, Scott Storch (50 Cent), David Banner, Mannie Fresh
, Lil Flip, The Beat Bullies (Big Boi/Outkast), and others. Chamillionaire
has already embarked on a successful radio promotion tour, and is playing
selected dates on The BET 2005 Black College Tour, which runs through
14 historic black colleges and universities, including Grambling, La.
on October 4, and a stop in Chamillionaire's native Houston on November
4 at Texas South University.
