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Baby Bash
Baby Bash in Berkeley, California in 2005
Background information
Birth name	Ronnie Ray Bryant
Born	October 18, 1975 (1975-10-18) (age 32)
Origin	Vallejo, California, United States
Genre(s)	Rap Hip-Hop R&B Pop Crunk Pop Rap
Occupation(s)	Rapper
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	2001 to present
Label(s)	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
Website	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 2001 to 2003, he performed under the stage name Baby Beesh, after which he changed the last part of the name to Bash.^[1] 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.^[2]

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.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Career 2 Discography 2.1 Albums 2.1.1 As Baby Beesh 2.1.2 As Baby Bash 2.2 Singles 2.3 Featured singles 3 References 4 External links

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.^[1] 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.^[3]

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.^[4] Bash's debut album entitled Savage Dreams was released on the independent label Dope House Records in 2001^[1]. 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-40^[5] and Mac Dre, R&B singers like Akon, Avant, Natalie, and Nate Dogg^[3], and other Latino rappers such as Fat Joe, Nino Brown, Doll-E Girl, Frost^[5], and Pitbull.^[6]. He continues to write lyrics for singers such as Paula DeAnda, Whitney Houston, Jennifer Hudson and Frankie J^[7].

His third studio album, Cyclone (initially titled Ronnie Ray All Day)^[8], 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^[7], and the single Cyclone had over 750,000 digital and ringtone sales prior to the album's release^[7].

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^[7]. His major-label debut Tha Smokin' Nephew was well-received by Allmusic^[9], but his 2007 album Cyclone was given mixed reviews, for example being panned by Rolling Stone magazine.^[10]

On December 31, 2007, Baby Bash performed at the halftime show of the Brut Sun Bowl [1] 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

Year	Album	Billboard 200[11]	Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[11]	Top Rap Albums[11]
2003	Tha Smokin' Nephew	48	22	-
2004	Menage a Trois	-	32	-
2005	Super Saucy	11	7	3
2007	Cyclone	30[12]	-	-

Singles

Year	Song	Billboard Hot 100	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	Hot Rap Tracks	Pop 100	Rhythmic Top 40	Album
2003	"Sexy Eyes (Da Da Da Da)" (featuring Russell Lee)	-	-	-	-	37	Tha Smokin' Nephew
2003	"Shorty Doowop" (featuring Russell Lee and Perla Cruz)	115	118	-	-	17	Tha Smokin' Nephew
2003	"Suga Suga" (featuring Frankie J)	7	54	10	-	2	Tha Smokin' Nephew
2005	"Baby I'm Back" (featuring Akon)	19	52	9	15	3	Super Saucy
2005	"That's My Lady (Money)" (featuring Nate Dogg)	-	-	-	-	37	Super Saucy
2007	"Na Na (The Yummy Song)" (featuring Casely)	-	-	-	-	19	Cyclone
2007	"Cyclone" (featuring T-Pain)	7	70	6	7	3	Cyclone
2008	"What Is It" (featuring Sean Kingston)	57	-	18	-	34	Cyclone
2008	"Don't Stop" (featuring Keith Sweat)	-	-	-	-	26	Cyclone

Featured singles

Year	Song	Billboard Hot 100	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	Pop 100	Rhythmic Top 40	Hot Latin Tracks	Australia	Album
2005	"Obsession (No Es Amor)" (Frankie J featuring Baby Bash)	3[13]	69[13]	-	3[13]	2[13]	-	The One
2006	"Energy" (Natalie featuring Baby Bash)	66[14]	-	49[14]	-	-	-	Natalie
2006	"Doing Too Much" (Paula DeAnda featuring Baby Bash)	41[15]	-	29[15]	9[15]	-	-	Paula DeAnda
2007	"Do It Daddy" (Doll-E Girl featuring Baby Bash & Don Cisco)	-	-	-	-	-	-	I Got Your Back
2008	"You've Got a Friend" (Far*East Movement featuring Baby Bash & Lil Rob)	-	-	-	-	-	-	Animal
2008	"Teardrops" (Kate Alexa featuring Baby Bash)	-	-	-	-	-	26[16]	TBA
2008	"You Got Me (Remix)" (One Block Radius featuring Fabolous & Baby Bash)	-	-	-	-	-	-	TBA

Baby Bash was featured on the remix of Mario Vazquez's single "Gallery"^[17][18] He also made a silent cameo in Paula DeAnda's video for "Easy".^[19]

References

External links

• Official Website
• Baby Bash at MySpace

v • d • e Baby Bash Studio albums Tha Smokin' Nephew · Menage a trois · Super Saucy · Cyclone Singles "Sexy Eyes (Da Da Da Da)" · "Shorty Doowop" · "Suga Suga" · "Baby I'm Back" · "That's My Money (Lady)" · "Na Na (The Yummy Song)" · "Cyclone" · "What Is It" · "Don't Stop" Featured singles "Obsession (No Es Amor)"  · "Energy" · "Doing Too Much" · "Do It Daddy" · "You've Got a Friend" · "Teardrops" · "This Boy's Fire" Related articles Universal Records · RCA Records