Download Mixtape | Free Mixtapes Provided by DatPiff.comQ Ballsilini- Born William Johnson in Greeneville, TN. on the 17th of December. Qball moved to Hilliard, FL directly after he was born, where his father is from. Hilliard is a small town just outside of Jacksonville, FL. He attended grade school in Hilliard for a couple years then moved back to Greeneville, TN after his parents split up. Over the years Q developed a love for rap music. While a lot of his friends toyed with rappin ,it became a passion for him and he took it very serious. Qball dropped out of high school in the 11th grade and moved to Atlanta, GA with hopes of making it big in music. He lived in Atlanta for 5 years in an area called Edgewood. While living in Atlanta Q worked with & produced for altlanta rapper Alley boy aka Lil Curt and Young Shone former Neva Again Records artist.He decided to move back to Greeneville for the 2nd time in 2001 so he would be closer to his family.He was offered his first contract from 101 Ent in 2002 after opening up for Nappy Roots & Lil Zane.101 is a label owned by Terrance Camp. Terrance Camp is the executive producer of nappy roots' first and biggest selling album " Watermelon , chicken & gritz". Unfortunatley they did not see eye to eye on the contract. Qball was offered his 2nd contract by Goodie Mob Records in 2003 but turned it down also. Goodie mob and Qball could not come to a mutual agreement on the contract but are still good friends and there are no hard feelings. Khujo Goodie is actually featured on Q's record "my pimp wayz" .Q has featured in such magazines as.murder dog, the next level, tha hole & underground.In 2005 Qball was nominated for "artist of the year" at the "dirty south awards" in Dallas, TX.Qball's album "aint stoppin nothin" was nationally distributed by select-o-hits and promoted by Elusive inc. a company ran by Shawn Williams of Def jam south which inabled Q to be on the movie scene of "hustle & flow" in Memphis and meet movie producer John Singleton.Qball has been doing shows since 1998 and has opened up for & headlined with major artists such as.ugk,tela, cash money, ludacris, lil jon, master p, bubba sparxxx twice, juvenile twice, speaking of juvenile.Qball was actually in the studio with Soulja Slim in New Orleans while the song "slow motion" was being recorded before juvenile was even thought about being put on the song. Q met Soulja Slim in New Orleans while on the scene of B.G.'s video "keep it gangsta".Soulja Slim was interested in having Qball sign to Cut Throat records before he died in 03.anyway.continuing with ying yang twins three times, trina, lil flip ,young bloodz, clipse, david banner, nappy roots, choppa, 2 live crew ,Petey Pablo ,remy ma, gucci mane ,b.g. who is featured on Q's record "aint stoppin nothin",Rick Ross, Lil Boosie, Gorilla Zoe, Ginuwine,Plies,Yo Gotti & t-pain as of 2010.Qball is the first rap artist from East Tennessee to have nationwide distribution.his record "grain & spokes" was featured on a upcoming independent film by former No limit records artists Kane & abel in 2008.Q is scheduled to release his new album/mix tape in 2010 intitled "CADILLAQ MUSIQ" on Q Records.Q moved to Columbia,SC for 3 yrs before returning back to Atlanta,Ga for the second time in late 2010.
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