Lil' Keke

Infobox musical artist


Name = Lil' Keke
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Marcus Lakee Edwards
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Origin = Houston, Texas, U.S.
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Genre = Southern rap, Screwed & Chopped, Dirty South
Occupation = rapper
Years_active = 1993 - present
Label = Swishahouse/ Warner Music Group
Screwed Up Records
TF Records
Associated_acts = Screwed Up Click, UGK
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Lil' Keke (born Marcus Lakee Edwards) is a rapper from Houston, Texas and is an original member of the Screwed Up Click. Keke is currently signed to Swishahouse/TF Records.

Biography

Coming up in the South Park, Houston neighborhood of Herschelwood, Lil Keke's first rise to notoriety came when he joined forces with DJ Screw and became an original member of the Screwed Up Click. His frequent appearances on Screw tapes occurred at an important time because of the popularity of the grey Screw tapes during that era. In the early to mid '90s, he and Fat Pat recorded countless freestyles for Screw, which were featured on tapes being played all over the south side of Houston. They eventually spread to the north, which made Fat Pat and Keke citywide stars, even in Houston's then-polarized north and south sides. After Fat Pat's death Lil Keke released roughly an album a year since his 1997 debut "Don't Mess Wit Texas". It was that record from which he scored a massive hit with "South Side". In late 2005, he signed a deal with TF Records/Swishahouse to release his next album, "Loved By Few, Hated By Many". "It was gonna take a person like me to bridge the gap, because the south side believes in me...", Edwards said. "This wasn't about the north or the south side, this really was good for Houston. Because, man I sold a lot of records on the north side... once the movement hits, man, the south side, they gonna follow." cite web |url=http://swishahouse.biz/index.php?section=artists |title=Lil Keke Artist Biography |accessdate=2008-06-08 |publisher=Swishahouse.biz]

Discography

olo albums

* 1997: Don't Mess Wit Texas (Platinum)
* 1998: The Commission (Gold)
* 1999: It Was All A Dream
* 2001: Peepin In My Window
* 2002: Platinum In Da Ghetto
* 2002: Birds Fly South
* 2003: Street Stories
* 2003: Changin' Lanes
* 2004: Currency
* 2005:
* 2005: In A Hood Near You
* 2008: Loved by Few, Hated by Many

Collaborative albums

* 1998: A Million Dollars Later (with Herschelwood Hardheadz)
* 2003: The Big Unit (with Slim Thug)
* 2004: Wreckin' 2004 (with Big Hawk)
* 2005: Str8 Out Da Slums (with The Jacka)
* 2005: Since The Grey Tapes Vol. 3 (with Big Pokey)

Compilations

* 2000: Featured From Coast To Coast "(compilation of guest appeareances from Lil' Keke)"
* 2008: The Chronicles "(compilation of greatest hits)"

DVDs

* 2007: Game 101: "G" Till I Die

ingles

=Featured singles=

Video Cameo Appearances

* "Swang" by Trae feat. Big Hawk & Fat Pat
* "Wood Grain Wheel" by Slim Thug
* "They Don't Know" by Paul Wall feat. Mike Jones & Bun B
* "Front Back" by T.I. feat. UGK

ee also

*Houston hip hop

References

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/lilkeke Lil' Keke's Myspace page]