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Like a chained pitbull snapping at the end of its leash, take one look at
Plies
and you know he‘s not playing around. The newest Florida rapper in the game, Plies mixes raw straight-off-the-mixtape street style and a slow southern drawl with business sense that could’ve nabbed him a Fortune 500 job in another life. As dangerous as he is ambitious, Plies is one of the realest breakout artists in the industry today. With down-south swagger like early
T.I.
and ferocity reminiscent of labelmate
Trick Daddy
, Plies is here to stay.
Born and raised in Ft. Meyers, Plies started a record label,
Big Gates Records
, with his brother Ronell in 1999. Initially a producer, Plies refused to rap and instead worked under his brother signing regional artists, booking shows, and engineering mixtapes. During one particular recording session, Plies sung the chorus for one of the Big Gates artists as an example; the hook stuck and they kept it in the final cut of the street track
Tell Dem Krackers Dat
. The track gained momentum in the underground rap scene, and Plies ended up on several Big Gates releases.
After a host of
underground tapes
(
36 Ounces
,
Certified Goon
) and some trouble with the law after a shootout in a Gainesville nightclub, Plies was featured on
DJ Khalid's
breakout hit
I'm So Hood
alongside vocalist
T-Pain
and Miami rap powerhouse
Rick Ross
. The track gained popularity nationwide, peaking at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100. Soon after, Plies landed a record deal with
Atlantic
through 305-based
Slip-N-Slide
records, and released his first feature album,
The Real Testament
, in 2007.
Plies Videos
Plies
Shawty
Views: 236,413
DJ Khaled feat. T-Pain, Trick Daddy, Plies & Rick Ross
I'm So Hood
Views: 114,428
Plies
Get Em Hatin
Views: 74,583
Official Plies Website
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Plies on Wikipedia