• Lil Jon, Give It All U Got - Video

  Contactmusic - Found Nov. 4, 2009 Video Information Artist - Lil Jon Genre - Hip Hop Track - Give It All U Got Time - 3:37 min Label - Universal Republic Records Year - 2009

• Tapemasters Inc. & Rick Ross - Illustrious

  TBOHipHop.net :: HipHop's Promotion Source! - Found Nov. 4, 2009 Plies 09. Everybody [EXCLUSIVE] 10. The More I Get 11. I Dare U Feat. Lil? Jon [EXCLUSIVE] 12. Where They Do That At Feat.

• Lil Jon - Give It All U Got (ft. Kee) [WEB]

  TBOHipHop.net :: HipHop's Promotion Source! - Found Nov. 2, 2009 Artist: Lil Jon Song: Give It All U Got Featurings: Kee Album: None Genre: HipHop The video stream is much lower quality than the download.

• Crunk Rock is coming - Lil Jon

  News24.com - Found Oct. 30, 2009 ... that I want down, and I just need to make some final touches." Lil Jon said in an interview at a recording studio. Lil Jon, whose real name is...

• The Let Out: Shark Attack

  The FADER Magazine - Found Oct. 30, 2009 Shark is going to come through to hang and drop exclusive heat all over the place from his bros, you know people like CROOKERS and LIL JON.

• Lil Jon Launches Soundboard iPhone App... Yeeaah!

  Vibe.com - Found Oct. 26, 2009 ... now Lil Jon is following suit. The King of Crunk recently dropped an iPhone app called 'Lil Jon: The Official Soundboard,' putting 17 of Jon's... Playlist: The Pixies, Bar Bingo, The Visual Miscellaneum - Wired News iPhone gets Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Challenge game - Mobile Entertainment Lil Jon Launches Soundboard iPhone App - Baller Status Explore All

  Wired

• Lil Jon is a cultural icon? WHAT?!?! YEAH!!!! (Not) OK!!!!!!

  Daily Cardinal - Found Nov. 5, 2009 While scientists are uncertain of what exactly led to crunk?s demise, many point to the over-saturation of the term, combined with Lil Jon needing

• Machel Montano - The Anthem (Defense Remix) (ft. Pitbull & Lil Jon) ...

  TBOHipHop.net :: HipHop's Promotion Source! - Found Oct. 25, 2009 Artist: Machel Montano Song: The Anthem (Defense Remix) Featurings: Pitbull & Lil Jon Album: Flame On Genre: Soca - HipHop The video stream is

• BHI - Do It Do It (ft. Lil Jon) [DVD]

  TBOHipHop.net :: HipHop's Promotion Source! - Found Oct. 21, 2009 Artist: BHI Song: Do It Do It Featurings: Lil Jon Album: Do It Genre: HipHop - Rap The video stream is much lower quality than the download.

• Event Reviews: Wu-Tang Clan w/ Lil' Jon @ Enmore Theatre, Sydney ...

  Inthemix.com.au - Found Nov. 3, 2009 But as exciting as it was to have Lil Jon whipping across the stage, the crowd was there for the Wu-Tang Clan, and when Jon?s support slot...

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Lil Jon
In September 2007.
Background information
Birth name	Jonathan Smith12
Born	January 27, 1971 (1971-01-27) (age 38)
Origin	Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Genres	Crunk Rapcore Rap rock Hip house Reggaeton Crunkcore
Occupations	Rapper, Singer, Producer, Vintner
Instruments	Keyboards, Synthesizers, Roland TR-808, Drum Machine, Sampler
Years active	Since 1993
Labels	BME Recordings Universal Republic Records TVT Records (2001-2008)
Associated acts	Pitbull, The East Side Boyz, Snoop Dogg, Ludacris, Ying Yang Twins, DJ Drama, T.I., Usher, E-40, Diplo, T-Pain, R.Kelly, Soulja Boy, Lil Wayne, Swizz Beatz, Three 6 Mafia
Website	Official Website

Jonathan Smith (born January 27, 1971),² better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American composer, producer, promoter, and rapper. He is best known as a pioneer of the hip hop sub-genre crunk. His work is recognizable by his distinctive hype shouts of "What?!","Hey!", "Yeah!", and "Okay!", which have earned him a part as a regular character in the repertoire of popular comedian Dave Chappelle.

Early life

Lil Jon was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia and graduated from Douglass High School (Georgia) in 1989. He worked for So So Def between 1993 and 2000, which is where he got his stage name.³²

Lil Jon is a big fan of Atlanta Thrashers of the NHL⁴ and writes a blog on NHL.com.⁵ He has also stated on the blog that his son plays hockey. Atlanta Thrashers goalie Kari Lehtonen also has a picture of Lil Jon on the back of his helmet.⁶ He also has his own energy drink, called CRUNK!!!⁷, his own line of Oakley Sunglasses⁸, his own brand of wine, Little Jonathan Winery, which produces a Merlot, a Chardonnay, and a Cabernet Sauvignon.⁹

Career

Lil Jon says that he is a full time rapper and "was inspired by the synthesizer sounds of rave/dance music he heard playing in Atlanta strip clubs."¹⁰

In 2006 before recording the album, Crunk Rock Lil Jon severed his negotiation with record label TVT. Two years ago, Jon vowed never to record for TVT Records again, alleging that TVT owner Steve Gottlieb was shortchanging him.¹¹

Jon said in a statement: "Crunk Rock is going to be some next level shit."¹¹ As part of TVT Records' 2008 bankruptcy auction, Lil Jon withdrew his multi-million dollar objection to the TVT sale proceedings and agreed to TVT’s transfer of his artist agreement to The Orchard. In return, The Orchard released Lil Jon from all future obligations and returned the rights to the master recordings of his constantly delayed LP, Crunk Rock.¹²

Discography

Albums

with The East Side Boyz

• 1997: Get Crunk, Who U Wit: Da Album
• 2000: We Still Crunk!!
• 2001: Put Yo Hood Up
• 2002: Kings of Crunk
• 2003: Certified Crunk
• 2003: Part II
• 2004: Crunk Juice
• 2010: Crunk Juice 2

Solo Albums

• 2009 Crunk Rock

Video games

• Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
• 25 To Life (cameo appearance)
• Def Jam: Icon
• Need for Speed: Underground "Get Low"
• Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition Remix

Filmography

• 2004: Soul Plane
• 2005: Boss'n Up
• 2005: Hip-Hop Honeys: Las Vegas
• 2006: Date Movie
• 2006: Scary Movie 4
• 2008: Smoke and Mirrors
• 2009: Pimp My Ride International

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Lil Jon

• Official website
• Complete Discography of Lil Jon^{dead link}
• Lil Jon at the Internet Movie Database
• Lil Jon at MySpace