Cameron jibril thomas was born into a military family. His parents divorced when he was 3 years old. Later, he followed his father to many cities and finally settled in Pittsburgh. Cameron jibril thomas High School attended Taylor aldous High School. /kloc-at the age of 0/7, he gave himself a stage name "cameron jibril thomaz", which means "heir" and "wisdom" in Arabic.
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In 2006, the first remix album "City Prince: Welcome to Vanya, Pistohl" and the first solo studio album "Show and Prove" were released through the independent music label tribunal. In the same year, it was rated as "an artist worthy of expectation" by Rolling Stone magazine.
In 2007, he signed a contract with Warner Bros. Records and released his first official single "SayYeah". In September 2008, the remixed version of Star Power was released; In the same year, Cameron Jabril Thomas left Warner Bros. Records.
On June 24th, 2009, 165438+ released his second solo album "Deal or No Deal", which included rap songs such as 15 "Chewing Hard" and "Friendly". 20 10 was selected as "newcomer of the year" by the music magazine The Source; In August, signed a contract with Atlantic Records.
20 1 1 February, 2008, the solo single "Black and Yellow" won the billboard top 100 singles list, becoming the 999th champion single on the list. This song was also shortlisted for the Best Rap Song Award and the Best Rap Performance Award at the 54th Grammy Awards.
On March 29th, the third personal studio album "Roll Paper" was released, ranking second on the billboard album list with the first week sales of197,000 copies. In June, he won the Best Newcomer Award of the Black Entertainment Television Award.