Royce da 5'9" | |
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Birth name |
Ryan Daniel Montgomery |
Born |
5 July 1977 |
Genre | |
Occupation(s) |
Rapper |
Years active |
1998-present |
Label |
Shady, Tommy Boy, Interscope, Columbia, E1, Game Recordings, Gracie, M.I.C., One |
Associated acts |
Bad Meets Evil, DJ Premier, Eminem, PRhyme, Slaughterhouse, Statik Selektah |
Royce was given his nickname after he began wearing an R pendant resembling the Rolls Royce symbol to high school. He began rapping when he was eighteen and signed his first deal three years later with Tommy Boy Records. After the label shut down, he signed a deal with Columbia and began recording the album Rock City. The album was heavily bootlegged, so Royce left the label, moved to Koch, and re-released the album as Rock City (Version 2.0) in 2002. Two years later, he released his second and most critically successful album to date, Death Is Certain, which charted with the DJ Premier-produced "Hip-Hop". The following year, he released his third album, Independent's Day, but it was met with less acclaim than either of his previous releases. After a four year hiatus of studio albums, Royce returned with his fourth album, Street Hop, in 2009. His latest solo album, Book of Ryan, was released in 2018.
Discography
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Studio albums
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- 2002: Rock City
- 2004: Death Is Certain
- 2005: Independent's Day
- 2009: Street Hop
- 2011: Success Is Certain
- 2016: Layers
- 2018: Book of Ryan