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GRAND
HUSTLE/ATLANTIC DEBUT, "BEST THANG SMOKIN"
SET FOR RELEASE
AUG. 29TH
Grand Hustle/Atlantic recording artist
Young Dro has conquered urban radio this week as "Shoulder Lean,"
his hit single featuring rapper and labelmate T.I., earns the #1
spot on both the Billboard
Urban Monitor chart and the R&R
Urban Mainstream chart. The Atlanta-based rapper's major label
debut, "BEST THANG SMOKIN'," will be released August 29th.
"Shoulder Lean" landed the #1 spot on
last week's 106 & Park
countdown on BET and was #1 on MTV2, where the video is in ELITE 8
rotation. Young Dro will appear on
Sucker Free on MTV the week of
August 21st and will perform on BET's
106 & Park on August 29th.
Currently, "Shoulder Lean" is Blazin' at MTV Jams and Cum Laude at
mtvU.
Young Dro has also exploded in the
wireless world. His ringtone for "Shoulder Lean" has already sold
more than 500,000 units and is currently Warner Music Group's #1
selling mastertone.
"BEST THANG SMOKIN'" features
production by some of today's hip-hop heavyweights, including Jazze
Pha, Chad West, Keith Mack, and Grand Hustle's own Khao and Lil C.
The album not only features collaborations with labelmate T.I. but
also Slim Thug and Xtaci.
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Born and bred in Atlanta's
Bankhead Court, Young Dro, born Djuan Hart, first got into hip-hop
as a teen, when close friend Chris "Daddy Mack" Smith scored
platinum success with his group, Kris Kross. It was around this
time he also befriended the now multi-platinum rapper T.I. After
setting Atlanta ablaze with his independent hit single, "Yes Sir,"
from his 2002 regional hit album, "I GOT THAT DRO," Young Dro
reunited with T.I., which led to him signing with T.I.'s label,
Grand Hustle, in 2004. "BEST THANG SMOKIN'" is Young Dro's Grand
Hustle/Atlantic debut.
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