Percy Robert Miller (born April 29, 1967), better known as Master P, is an American rapper. He is the founder and CEO of No Limit Enterprises, an entertainment and financial conglomerate.
Master P was born in New Orleans, the oldest of five kids. After the death of his brother, Kevin, and with some junior college business courses to his credit, Master P moved to Richmond, California and opened a small record store, No Limit Records, financing the store with $10,000 that he received as part of a medical malpractice settlement related to the death of his grandfather.
Rapper
Master P began his rap career in 1991 in Richmond California, when he released 'Get Away Clean' on In-A-Minute Records. He has worked with other artist in the Bay Area including E-40, E-A-Ski and Andre Nickatina.
In the early 1990s Brotha Lynch Hung met long time friend and fellow rapper Master P while Master P was living in the Northern California area. They have since done many collaborations, The first being on the album Master P Presents...West Coast Bad Boyz II with the track Datz What I Said from lynch's own album Loaded.
Master P later formed hard-core rap group TRU with his two brothers Silkk The Shocker and C-Murder. Master P left In-A-Minute records shortly after releasing his debut album and formed his own label No Limit Records. With Master P as its premier artist, No Limit Records went on to release many albums from artists such as Snoop Dogg, Mystikal, Mia X, Mercedes, Soulja Slim, and Miller's siblings Silkk Tha Shocker and C-Murder and son Lil Romeo. He started a new label The New No Limit records, but released far fewer records than his previous label. In 2005, Master P started a new label called Guttar Music Entertainment.
After working in music industry as a retailer, Master P became an entertainer, as well as owning his own record company. No Limit Records, the retail store, became No Limit, the record company. In 1994, he self-produced his first album, The Ghetto's Tryin' to Kill Me.
After selling millions of records, he decided to sign his company, No Limit Records, to a straight pressing and distribution deal with Priority Records. The deal was solidified with Priority in 1995, No Limit Records released TRU (made up of Master P and his brothers, Silkk the Shocker and C-Murder).
His first feature film, 'I'm Bout It', a straight to video project debuted number one on Billboard's Top Music Video chart. The film is allegedly based loosely on his life growing up in New Orleans. The soundtrack debuted number one on Billboard's R&B album chart and number four on Billboard's Top 200.
Personal life
Master P is married to Sonya Cassandra Miller. Together they have seven children Mercy, Hercy, Itali, Tytyana, Intylyana, Vercy, and Percy Romeo Miller, Jr (Lil' Romeo). In 2006, he announced the production of a book, titled "Guaranteed Success". The book is designed to "educate those interested in benefiting from the power of Hip-Hop from a financial stand point". The book is scheduled for a September 2007 publication date, under the banner of Kensington Publishing Corporation.
Basketball player
He had a contract with NBA teams twice - with the Charlotte Hornets during the 1998/99 season and the Toronto Raptors in 1999 pre-season. He was waived a few weeks after signing in both cases and he has not played in a regular season NBA game. He also played in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) for Fort Wayne Fury.
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