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Nicknames:
Fiend, Sleepy Eye Jones Mia X used to work
at a local record store, and every once in awhile, Fiend would
come in with his demo tapes. After Mia X heard him, she told
Master P and before Fiend knew it he got signed with No Limit
Records. Then in early '97, Fiend did his solo, "Don't Mess
Around," off the hit soundtrack, I'm Bout It. Once Fiend
made his first national appearance, Master P had him featured on
Mia X's "Mama's Family," off Unladylike. Then in
earlySeptember of '97, Fiend got his most notable appearance on
Master P's triple platinum album, Ghetto D, where Fiend plays a
major role on the hit single and video, "Make 'Em Say Uhh."
Ever since then, Fiend has contributed a lot to the tank and been
featured on every No Limit album release.
In early May of '98,
Fiend released his debut album off No Limit, There's One In Every
Family, which is a conglomeration of twenty-one powerful and hard
hitting tracks bringing the world his lyrical talent. Fiend has
even came out with his own style of rap, which he labels"Fiendism."
Fiendism is a concept of one person believing in wrong things/ideas
and having devilish thoughts. You can catch examples of his style
throughout songs he appears in.
Fiend is also part of C-Murder's
new group, Tank Dawgs, which consists of $50 AKA C-Murder, Sleepy
Eye Jones AKA Fiend, himself, Camaflouge Assassin AKA Mac and the
newest member Top Dogg AKA Snoop Dogg. Their debut album is due
to drop sometime in '99.
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