U-Lil Jon waziwa kubalandeli ngokuthi "iNkosi yeCrank". Ithalente elinezici eziningi limvumela ukuba angabizi nje kuphela umculi, kodwa futhi umlingisi, umkhiqizi kanye nomdwebi wamaphrojekthi.
Ubuntwana nobusha bukaJonathan Mortimer Smith, ikusasa elithi "King of Crank"
UJonathan Mortimer Smith wazalwa ngoJanuwari 17, 1971 e-Atlanta, eU.SA. Abazali bakhe babeyizisebenzi zenhlangano yezempi i-Lockheed Martin.
Umndeni wawuphila kahle futhi wakhulisa izingane ezinhlanu. UJonathan, njengomdala, wayenakekela izingane zakubo. Abazali bakhulisa izingane kanzima. Bebona uthando lwangempela lwendodana endala ngomculo, bameseka.
UJonathan Smith wathola imfundo yakhe yesikole ngokwendlela kazibuthe esikoleni esidala kunazo zonke saseMelika esiqanjwe ngoF. Douglas. Isikole sakhiwe ngokukhethekile kubafundi base-Afrika baseMelika abavela emindenini empofu. Abaningi abaphothule kulesi sikole kamuva baba abaculi abadumile, abameli kanye nosopolitiki.
Lapho ngifunda esikoleni, umfana waba umngane Robert McDowell futhi Vince Philips. Intsha yahlanganiswa uthando olufanayo lokushibilika kwi-skateboard. Kodwa abafana babedinga imali, futhi baqala ukuthola imali eyengeziwe esitolo semishini yezemidlalo.
Umsebenzi wokuqala kumculo we-Lil Jon
Isici sendlela kazibuthe yemfundo kwakuyingcweti echazwe ngokucacile. UJonathan waba nesithakazelo emculweni we-elekthronikhi. Ukuze ngandlela-thile aqeqeshe amakhono akhe, waba umhleli wephathi ekhethekile yomculo Old Engand Chicken Parties.
Intsha eyayithanda umculo we-electronic yeza izolalela uJonathan. Umbono wabazali mayelana namakhonsathi endodana yabo: "Kungcono ukuba ngaphansi kokuqondisa kwabazali kunokuzulazula emigwaqweni."
Ngokushesha u-DJ onethalente wasuka endaweni engaphansi waya kumaqembu okudansa edolobheni lakubo. Wabe esehlangana nendoda eyathonya umlando womculo womculi osemusha.
Ukujwayelana noJermaine Dupree (umnikazi we-So So Def Recordings) kwasiza u-Jonathan ukuba angene enkampanini yokuqopha. Yilapho uhambo lwakhe lomculo oqeqeshiwe lwaqala khona.
Izigaba zendlela yokudala ka-Lil Jon
Lapho esesitudiyo sokuqopha, umfana onethalente wathola isikhundla esiphakeme ehhovisi lesifunda lenkampani.
UJonathan (Lil Jon) wayebhala umculo emuva ngo-1993 lapho eneminyaka engu-22 ubudala.
Iphrojekthi yokuqala yomdlali osemusha nomqambi ngo-1996 kwakuyi-albhamu ethi Def Bass All-Stars. Ama-rapper ase-Atlanta amsize ukuba aqophe iqoqo. I-albhamu iqinisekiswe igolide yi-RIAA futhi yalandelwa uchungechunge lwama-LPs.
Ngokuhambisana nalokhu, ngo-1995, umculi wadala iqembu Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz. Igama lifakazela umsuka nendawo yokuhlala yamalungu eqoqo. Bonke babeyizakhamuzi zesifunda esisempumalanga ye-Atlanta.
Ngo-1997, iqembu lakhipha iphrojekthi yalo yokuqala, i-Get Crunk, Who U Wit: Da Album. Nguye owasakaza isitayela esisha somculo we-crunk (crank). Le albhamu ibiqukethe izingoma ezingu-17, kanti enye yazo ithi Who U Wit? yaduma kakhulu e-Atlanta.
Kodwa abalaleli bebengakasilungeli lesi sitayela esisha. Futhi uma ingekho inkampani yokukhangisa, ukuthengiswa kwe-albhamu kwaba "ukwehluleka".
I-albhamu yesibili yeqembu, i-We Still Crunk! (2000) wabhekana nesiphetho esifanayo nesangaphambili. Naphezu kokwehluleka okusobala, ngemuva kwayo kwaba impumelelo engabonakali. Omele isitudiyo sokuqopha saseNew York usayine isivumelwano nabaculi. Ngakho-ke, banikezwa ukuthandwa ezingeni lezwe.
I-albhamu yesithathu, i-Put Yo Hood Up! (2001) (ixhaswe yi-TVT Records) yayidume kakhulu futhi yaba negolide. U-Bia, u-Bia ophuma kule albhamu ungene kumaculo angu-20 alandwe kakhulu ngokwewebhusayithi ekhethekile.
I-albhamu ethi Kings of Crunk yavela ngonyaka olandelayo - i-platinum ephindwe kabili. Futhi ingoma ethi Get Low isazwakala kumakilabhu omhlaba adumile. Yilo msebenzi obekuwumculo womdlalo odumile othi Isidingo Sokusheshisa: Ngaphansi Komhlaba. Ekupheleni kuka-2003, le albhamu yangena ohlwini lwama-20 athengiswa kakhulu eMelika.
I-albhamu ethi Crunk Juice, eyaphuma ngo-2004, nayo yayiyi-platinum ephindwe kabili.
"Iholide" emsebenzini kaLil Jon nokuqhubeka kwayo
Ngemva kwempumelelo enjalo, umculi wathatha ikhefu emsebenzini wakhe iminyaka engu-6. Isizathu salokhu kwaba ukungqubuzana ne-TVT Records. Egcwalisa izibopho ngaphansi kwesivumelwano nesitudiyo sokuqopha, umculi ukhiphe ingoma ecula yedwa ethi Snap Yo Fingers. Kwabe sephulwa isivumelwano phakathi kwabo.
Wabuya kuphela ngo-2010 ngephrojekthi eyedwa ethi Crunk Rock. Lo mculi uqophe i-albhamu yakhe e-Universal Republic Records studio yokuqopha.
"Impumelelo" yangempela kwakuyiyodwa ethi Turn Down for What, eyaqoshwa ngo-2014 no-DJ Snake. Lokhu kuqanjwa komculo kuzuze irekhodi lokubukwa kwezigidi ezingu-203 ku-YouTube. Laba bobabili bawine Imiklomelo Yomculo Wevidiyo Ye-MTV Yomqondisi Ongcono Kakhulu.
Umculi wabe esethula i-albhamu entsha eyedwa ethi Party Animal ngo-2015.
Yini eyaziwayo ngomndeni kaLila John nangokupha kwakhe?
U-Lil Jon ushade noNicole Smith. Abazange bakhe ubuhlobo isikhathi eside. Ngo-1998, babe nendodana, futhi ngo-2004 benza ubuhlobo obusemthethweni. Indodana kababa odumile isiyaziwa emphakathini ngelika-DJ Slade. Ubaba nomama bayaziqhenya ngaye.
Umbonisi akakhangisi impilo yakhe yomuntu siqu. Ku-inthanethi, ungathola izithombe nolwazi lwevidiyo kuphela mayelana nemisebenzi yobungcweti noma yokupha yenkanyezi.
