Baby Bash

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Baby Bash

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Img_capt = Baby Bash in Berkeley, California in 2005
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Ronnie Ray Bryant
Born = Birth date and age|1975|10|18|mf=y
Origin = Vallejo, California, United States
Instrument = Vocals
Genre = Rap
Hip-Hop
R&B
Pop
Crunk
Pop Rap
Occupation = Rapper
Years_active = 1995 to present
Label = Dope House, Universal, RCA, J Records, Arista Records, SonyBMG, 2001-present
Associated_acts = T-Pain, South Park Mexican, Frankie J.,Natalie, Paula DeAnda, Doll-e Girl, Chingo Bling, Lucky Luciano, Queenie, Akon, Sean Kingston
URL = [http://www.babybashmusic.com/ www.babybashmusic.com]

Ronnie Ray Bryant (born on October 18, 1975 in Vallejo, California, U.S.), better known by his stage name Baby Bash (formerly Baby Beesh), is an American rapper. Bryant has one brother, and played basketball and football while attending Hogan High School in Vallejo, California. From 1995 to 1998, he performed under the stage name "Baby Beesh", after which he changed the last part of the name to "Bash".cite web|last=Jeffries|first= David|title=Baby Bash - Biography|url=http://wc01.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:dcftxqyjld6e~T1|publisher=Allmusic|date=2007|accessdate=2007-09-16] His first album was "Tha Smokin' Nephew" in 2003, which included the singles "Suga Suga" and "Shorty Doowop". In 2005, "Super Saucy" was released, its lead single being "Baby I'm Back", a collaboration with singer Akon. "Cyclone" followed in 2007, with its title single featuring T-Pain and its follow-up, "What Is It" featuring Sean Kingston, landing on the "Billboard" charts as well.cite web|title=Baby Bash - Billboard Singles|url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=BABY|BASH&sql=11:dcftxqyjld6e~T51|publisher=Allmusic|date=2008|accessdate=2008-02-01]

He has frequently contributed to other performers' works, including a spot in the song "Obsession (No Es Amor)" by Frankie J in 2005 and "Doing Too Much" by Paula DeAnda in 2006.

Biography

Early life

Baby Bash was born to a Mexican mother and Anglo father. His father became a heroin addict. Growing up, his uncles and grandmother exposed him to many different types of musical genres. He is also related to the Leyva family in Fresno, Clovis, Hanford, and Riverdale, CA. Bash had aspirations of becoming a professional basketball player, eventually growing into what he is now known for, a successful songwriter and rapper. He planned to play basketball for the junior college he attended in California during the mid-'90s. After tearing his ankle several times and not having it repaired with surgery, he permanently ended the possibility of ever playing basketball at even a semi-professional level.cite web|title=Baby Bash: Flyest Mexican Under the Radar|url=http://latinrapper.com/featurednews33.html|work=LatinRapper.com|date=2005-04-08|accessdate=2008-04-26]

Career

Baby Bash's career began to rise when he went to Houston, Texas, where he met fellow rapper South Park Mexican, eventually re-locating there. Prior to his success as a solo artist he, under the name "Baby Beesh", was part of rap groups Potna Deuce and Latino Velvet.cite web|last=Loftus|first= Johnny|title=Baby Beesh - Biography|url=http://wc01.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:fcftxqyjld6e~T1|publisher=Allmusic|date=|accessdate=2007-09-17] Bash's debut album entitled "Savage Dreams" was released on the independent label Dope House Records in 2001. The acclaim he received soon caught the attention of Universal Records, who signed him later that year. In 2003, Baby Bash released his first album on a major label, "Tha Smokin' Nephew", and "Super Saucy" in 2005. He recently was featured in Paula DeAnda's first single "Doin' Too Much" from her debut album "Paula DeAnda". He has collaborated with numerous other artists during his career, such as West Coast rappers B-Legit, C-Bo, Coolio, E-40Birchmeier, Jason. [http://wc01.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kbfrxqw0ldke "Get" overview] . Allmusic] and Mac Dre, R&B singers like Akon, Avant, Natalie, and Nate Dogg, and other Latino rappers such as Fat Joe, Nino Brown, Doll-E Girl, Frost, and Pitbull.Jeffries, David. [http://wc01.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kzfexqqsldfe "Super Saucy" overview] . Allmusic: 2005.] . He continues to write lyrics for singers such as Paula DeAnda, Whitney Houston, Jennifer Hudson and Frankie J [http://www.latinrapper.com/baby-bash-interview-2.html Latin Music Interview - "Baby Bash: Latin Hip Hop's Quiet Storm"] ] .

His third studio album, "Cyclone" (initially titled "Ronnie Ray All Day") [ [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1568618/20070830/spears_britney.jhtml Britney Spears Single Is Released; Plus Eve, 50 Cent, Owen Wilson, Snoop Dogg, Kanye West & More, In For The Record] . MTV News: August 30, 2007.] , was released in late October 2007. So far, Baby Bash has released three singles off the album: "Mamacita" featuring Marcos Hernandez, "Na Na (The Yummy Song)", and "Cyclone" featuring T-Pain. The month of the album release, Baby Bash became Myspace's #1 Latin artist, and the single Cyclone had over 750,000 digital and ringtone sales prior to the album's release.

Baby Bash is presently working on a new film entitled "Primos" starring Chingo Bling and Danny Trejo. The comedy involves three cousins working in a bakery with dreams of making money, and is slated for a 2008 release. His major-label debut "Tha Smokin' Nephew" was well-received by Allmusic [Jeffries, David. [http://wc01.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fcftxquald0e "Tha Smokin' Nephew" overview] . Allmusic] , but his 2007 album "Cyclone" was given mixed reviews, for example being panned by "Rolling Stone" magazine. [Citation
last = Hoard
first = Christian
title = Album reviews - 'Cyclone'
newspaper = Rolling Stone
pages = p. 84
issue = 1038
date = November 1, 2007
url = http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/15726238/review/16927921/cyclone]

On December 31, 2007, Baby Bash performed at the halftime show of the Brut Sun Bowl [http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_7746154] game between South Florida and Oregon.

Baby Bash has also worked with Australian artist Kate Alexa, who on March 3, 2008 released the song "Teardrops," which is a cover of Womack & Womack's song with Baby Bash rapping throughout the song. He also performed the song in Australia, where it was well received, reaching #26 on the ARIA Chart.

Discography

Albums

As Baby Beesh

*2001: "Savage Dreams"
*2002: "On tha Cool"
*2003: "The Ultimate Cartel"

As Baby Bash

Baby Bash was featured on the remix of Mario Vazquez's single "Gallery" [Moss, Corey. [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1526723/20060321/ne_yo.jhtml?headlines=true Ne-Yo, Baby Bash Join 'Idol' Dropout Mario Vazquez On Debut] . MTV News: March 21, 2006] [ [http://video.aol.com/video/music-mario-vasquez-gallery-feat-baby-bash/1659496 "Gallery (Remix)" music video] by Mario Vazquez and Baby Bash] He also made a silent cameo in Paula DeAnda's video for "Easy". ["Easy" music video by Paula DeAnda and Bow Wow. Baby Bash can be seen around 2:50 in the video. Hosted on MTV.com: View on [http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?artist=2349322&vid=163454 Overdrive (Windows XP or Mac OS X in the United States)] or [http://www.mtv.com/sitewide/apps/mediaplayer/index.jhtml?vid=163454 standard MTV player for older systems or outside the USA] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.babybash.com Official Website]
*MySpace|babybash|Baby Bash