He first gained attention through the promotional single 'Focus', which spent seventeen weeks on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, peaking at No. In 2001, he teamed up with producer Dub-B, also known as White Boy, and began releasing his first mixtapes and demos, one of which ended up in the hands of Hot 97 radio host and Desert Storm Records label head DJ Clue.Ĭareer Breakthrough, self-titled debut (2002–2003) īudden quickly became a mixtape fixture, and secured a major deal with Def Jam Recordings in 2002. With his son on the way, Budden began taking music more seriously. Budden did not earn his diploma, and fathered a child with an older woman by the age of 20. After an emotional confrontation with his mother, Budden voluntarily went into rehab on July 3, 1997, in exchange for him being allowed to attend his senior prom. After returning to Jersey, he began using drugs, developing an addiction to angel dust. īudden was a troubled youth and sent to Laurinburg Institute, a boarding school in North Carolina, where he began to hone his skills as a rapper. Budden's father was absent from his life during his childhood, a subject he would later address in his music. He moved to Jersey City, New Jersey, at the age of thirteen with his mother and older brother, where he attended Lincoln High School. 2.4 No Love Lost, All Love Lost, Rage & The Machine (2013–2016)īudden was born to Joseph Budden and Fay Southerland on August 31, 1980, in Spanish Harlem in New York City.2.3 Halfway House, Slaughterhouse, Padded Room, Escape Route (2008–2012).

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