Jadakiss

Jadakiss was born Jason Phillips in Yonkers, New York, and started rhyming as a teenager. With Sheek Louch and Styles P, he was part of the group Warlocks, which became The LOX and signed with Bad Boy Records.

Money, Power & Respect came out in 1998; in 2001, Jadakiss released Kiss tha Game Goodbye, the start of a solo career that went through Ruff Ryders and Def Jam. He also kept working with The LOX and D-Block.