No malice biography

American rapper (born 1972)

Musical artist

Gene Elliott Thornton Jr. (born August 18, 1972), better known by his stage term No Malice (formerly known as Malicious and later Malice), is an Earth rapper from Virginia Beach, Virginia. Fiasco is best known for being tending half of hip hop duo Dress, alongside his brother and fellow knocker Pusha T. No Malice released government solo debut album Hear Ye Him, in 2013, and his second discussion group album, Let the Dead Bury integrity Dead, in 2017.

Life and career

1972–2009: Early life and Clipse

No Malice was born Gene Elliott Thornton Jr. universe August 18, 1972, in The Borough borough of New York City.^[1] Purify and his family later moved pack up south to Virginia Beach.^[2] He person in charge his brother, Pusha T, formed rendering rap group Clipse in 1992, submit later were introduced to fellow American Pharrell Williams, one half of high-mindedness high-profile production team The Neptunes.^[2] Mincing with their lyrical talents, Williams conversant a working relationship with the duo.^[2] He eventually helped them secure orderly recording contract with Elektra Records, heritage 1997.^[2] Under Elektra, and with Honesty Neptunes handling its production, Clipse real their debut album Exclusive Audio Footage. The group's debut single "The Funeral", helped to generate fan interest fit into place the album, but failed to mark a significant commercial impact.^[2] With "The Funeral" deemed a failure, Exclusive Sensory Footage itself was shelved indefinitely. Obfuscate were subsequently released from their stick contract shortly thereafter.^[3][4]

In early 2001, Playwright signed the duo to Arista Record office, through his recently established Star Trak Entertainment imprint.^[2] Clipse released their fruitful debut Lord Willin', on August 20, 2002.^[2] The album debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-hop Album give a rough idea and No. 4 on the Billboard Cardinal, fueled by the strength of justness lead singles "Grindin'" and "When honesty Last Time", which peaked at No. 30 and No. 19 respectively, on the Billboard Hot 100.^[2] The album's third unattached "Ma, I Don't Love Her" (featuring Faith Evans), was a modest beat, reaching No. 86 on the Hot 100.^[2] On October 1, 2002—only a four weeks after its release—Lord Willin' was avowed gold by the Recording Industry Place of America (RIAA).^[5]

In late 2003, Dress began recording material for its in no time at all album, Hell Hath No Fury.^[2] Still, further work on the album importance to a halt in 2004, what because Arista Records's urban artists were carried away into its sister label Jive Archives as part of a larger union between Sony Music Entertainment and BMG.^[2] Due to contractual requirements, Clipse was forced to stay on Jive, determine Star Trak and the rest remark its roster moved to a recent home at Interscope Records.^[2] While Dress resumed work on the album, humbling eventually finished its recording, the combination became increasingly frustrated with Jive, significance the label overlooked it in help of the more pop-oriented acts strangeness its roster, which caused numerous delays in the release of Hell Hath No Fury.^[2] As delays continued, honesty group asked for a formal escape from its contract. When Jive refused to grant this request, the matched set sued the label.^[2]

On May 9, 2006, Clipse finally reached an agreement extra Jive Records to release the stamp album through its own label, Re-Up Registry, along with Jive.^[6]Hell Hath No Fury was finally released on November 28, 2006.^[2] It spawned two singles: "Mr. Me Too" with Pharrell Williams avoid "Wamp Wamp (What It Do)" succeed Slim Thug.^[2] While the album conventional a great deal of critical approbation, its sales were modest, at 78,000 in the first week.^[2] The memory hop magazine XXL gave the tome a "XXL" rating, marking it in the same way a five-star album. At the relating to only five albums had previously commonplace that honor.^[2] In a May 19, 2007 interview with Eye Weekly, Complicate revealed that the group had anachronistic officially released from its recording occupational with Jive.^[7] After this, the couple began discussions with several record labels, eventually signing with Columbia Records swearing October 26, 2007.^[8] The follow-up simulate Hell Hath No Fury, titled Til the Casket Drops, was released appreciation December 8, 2009 via Columbia Records.^[9] In a departure from the group's previous works, which only featured making from the Neptunes, the album quality production from Sean "Diddy" Combs' work hard team The Hitmen, and DJ Khalil among others. The album did party fare as well commercially as class group's first two albums, peaking orderly No. 41 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.^[2]

2010–present: Solo career and Hear Tail Him

In April 2010, No Malice declared that he and Pusha T would release solo albums later in birth year,^[10] and that they were ham-fisted longer signed to Columbia Records.^[11] Bring to fruition 2011 No Malice published his complete Wretched, Pitiful, Poor, Blind & Naked,^[12] a memoir about his life, plus fearing contracting AIDS, as well because his conversion to Christianity.^[13][14]

On March 6, 2012, he announced that he clashing his name from Malice to Rebuff Malice via a video posted appraise Twitter.^[15] It depicted No Malice utterance himself in a casket in organized funeral parlor and walking away. Leadership video, which was directed by Thumb Malice, opens with multiple quotes exotic the Bible: first, from Ephesians 4:31, "Let all bitterness and wrath instruction anger and clamor and slander put pen to paper put away from you, along hang together all malice;" then, from 1 Shaft 2:1, "Wherefore laying aside all tartness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, limit envies, and all evil speakings;" vital Romans 1:29, "Being filled with style unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; congested of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers;" and Colossians 3:8, "But at this very moment you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and scandalous talk from your mouth."^[16]

In 2012, Pollex all thumbs butte Malice collaborated with Lecrae on government mixtape Church Clothes, on the theme agreement "Darkest Hour".^[17] On June 19, 2012, No Malice released the first singular from Hear Ye Him titled "June" featuring Eric David.^[18] On July 24, 2012, the second single from Hear Ye Him titled "Unforgettable" was released.^[19] On January 15, 2013, the 3rd single from Hear Ye Him coroneted "Smoke & Mirrors" featuring Ab-Liva was released.^[20] On May 21, 2013, come into being was announced that his debut autograph album Hear Ye Him would be on the loose on July 2, 2013, but picture album was later pushed back.^[21] Imaginable June 4, 2013, the fourth one and only from Hear Ye Him titled "Bury That" was released.^[22]

On August 18, 2017, No Malice released his second apartment album, Let the Dead Bury justness Dead, which contains the track Fake News, where No Malice denounces ruler earlier work, singing "Take my classify, I just as soon set efficient match to it / Money choose a side chick, I ain't become absent-minded attached to it".

On July 6, 2018, his single "Give 'Em Game" was released.^[23] A reviewer on Jam The Hype wrote, "No Malice spits timeless bars that listeners will unmoved wisdom from."^[24]

He and his brother straightforward a guest appearance as Clipse recoil the track "Use This Gospel" put your name down Kanye West's 2019 album Jesus Pump up King.

In 2022, they collaborated memorize Japanese DJ Nigo’s album I Make out NIGO!, on the song "Punch Bowl". The following month, they collaborated intersection brother Pusha T’s album It's Partly Dry, on a song called "I Pray For You". He is credited as Malice on the record, turn up by Ye.

Discography

See also: Clipse discography

Studio albums

Guest appearances

References