Bird Man Biography
Bird Man is an American rapper, record producer and entrepreneur. He was born February 13, 1969, in New Orleans. His mother “Ms. Gladys”, died when he was two years old. His father, a Vietnam veteran, also died when he was 27, in a car accident in 1996.
While living in the Ford Heights, he began committing robberies and selling heroin. He was later arrested at the age 16 and again 18 for drug possession and was sentenced to 3 years in Elayn Hunt Correctional Center. He served 22 months before he was acquitted of all charges.
Bird Man Age
He is 48 years of age.
Bird Man Wife
He is currently dating Toni Braxton.He has never been married.
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In 1998 to 2002, he joined producer and DJ Mannie Fresh to form the duo Big Tymers.Big Tymers debuted in 1998 with the album How Ya Luv That? and went on to release I Got That Work in 2000 and Hood Rich in 2002, respectively. I Got That Work had the singles “Get Your Roll On” and “#1 Stunna”. Although the singles failed to debut on The Billboard Hot 100 music chart, I Got That Work was certified Platinum by the RIAA for selling over 1 million copies in the United States.
Lil Wayne and Birdman released an album titled Like Father, Like Son. It was certified gold and spawned two singles, which were “Stuntin’ Like My Daddy” and “Leather So Soft”. He was also featured on the remixes of high selling rap singles such as “We Fly High” by Jim Jones and “Make It Rain” by Fat Joe. In 2007, Birdman released his fourth studio album, 5 * Stunna. The first single, “Pop Bottles”, featuring Lil Wayne, was a hit, as was the second single “100 Million”, featuring Young Jeezy, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne. The third single, featuring Lil Wayne, titled “I Run This”, was a hit as well. Birdman refers to Lil Wayne as his son, not biologically, but emotionally. He had known Wayne since he was a child. He was definitely a father figure to Wayne.
In 2010 he was going to release an album titled Priceless 2, a sequel to his previous album, but changed it to Bigga Than Life.The first promotional single was titled “Loyalty” and featured Lil Wayne and Tyga. Other collaborations will come from Rick Ross, Young Jeezy, Bun B and Drake. The album was scheduled to be released in early 2011.He released a music video for a possible future single, “My Jewel”, which featured Bun B and Young Jeezy.On November 22, 2010, he released the first official single, “Fire Flame”, which featured Lil Wayne. Birdman released another single called “I Get Money” featuring T-Pain, Young Money artist Mack Maine and Lil Wayne. On September 13, 2011, Birdman released “Y.U. MAD”, featuring Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne. He collaborated with Mack Maine as a duo named White Boys to release a mixtape titled Billionaire Minds on November 2, 2011.On May 22, 2012, he released “Born Stunna”, featuring Rick Ross. The remix, featuring Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj, was released July 10, 2012. The most recent single, “Shout Out” featuring Gudda Gudda and French Montana, was released October 16, 2012.
During 2008 it was announced Birdman was set to release a mixtape with his long-time friend Rick Ross titled The H. On May 16, 2013 Birdman and Rick Ross announced that would be released as a mixtape hosted by DJ Khaled on May 23, 2013. The project was recorded during a couple days in 2008. A new compilation album, entitled Rich Gang: Flashy Lifestyle, hosted by Birdman, was previously set to be released June 25, 2013. The album would feature appearances from the many members of Cash Money Records and Young Money Entertainment among others such as Meek Mill, French Montana and Future. A mixtape titled Rich Gang: Allstars was released prior to the release of that album. This mixtape included singles from artists of Rich Gang, such as “Started From the Bottom” by Drake, “Bugatti” by Ace Hood featuring Rick Ross and Future, “Karate Chop” (Remix) by Future, “Love Me” by Lil Wayne featuring Drake and Future, “Freaks” by French Montana featuring Nicki Minaj, “Rich As Fuck” by Lil Wayne featuring 2 Chainz, and “Champions” by Kevin Rudolf featuring Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit, Birdman, and Lil Wayne.
In 2014, Birdman began promoting Atlanta-based rappers Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan. The two had already collaborated extensively with each other. Birdman released a single titled “Lifestyle” featuring Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan from a Rich Gang album. He also released a second Rich Gang mixtape titled Rich Gang: Tha Tour Pt. 1 featuring new music from Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan. The mix-tape featured no music from Young Money or Cash Money artists except Birdman himself, and instead had guest features from artists such as PeeWee Longway, Nipsey Hu$$le, Jacquees and Yung Ralph. Birdman, Young Thug, and Rich Homie Quan had a joint tour planned.
Forbes magazine estimated his personal fortune at US $125 million in 2012.In 2013 he was listed by Forbes.com as the fifth highest-earning star in hip hop, taking in $21 million in the year to September 2013.
Birdman and Lil Wayne had supposedly reconciled from their beef in 2016 after being seen at Drake’s NYE Party, at Miami’s Club Liv, and in studio. However, a contract dispute still exists between them, with the latter trying to get out of the contract; in 2016, Birdman called off their lawsuit.
Birdman announced the release date of his mixtape with his protege Jacquees on April 26, 2016. This went on to be released on May 27, 2016 and he had other projects released in 2016.
Bird Man Songs
1.Fire flame.
2.I get money.
3.Loyalty.
4.Money to blow.
5.Shout out.