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Birth Name: Patrick Houston
Genre: Rap
Period: `90s, 2000s
Biography:
Of the many hardcore rappers to emerge from Memphis during the late `90s, Project Pat certainly stood above his peers. His affiliation with the Three 6 Mafia collective introduced him to many listeners, especially after he was featured on the group`s hit song "Sippin` on Some Syrup" in 2000. Yet Project Pat (born Patrick Houston, brother to Three 6 Mafia founder Juicy J) made his mark on much of America with a hit song of his own a year later, "Chickenhead." The song -- which features production by Juicy J and DJ Paul along with vocals by La` Chat -- became a Dirty South anthem in 2001 and propelled Pat`s third album, Mista Don`t Play: Everythangs Workin, into the Top Five, an amazing feat for such a hardcore artist.
Rap music had long been a part of Pat`s life before he soared to national fame in the early 2000s. His brother, Juicy J, co-founded influential Memphis hardcore rap group Three 6 Mafia during the early `90s. Though never an official member of the group, Pat affiliated himself with the Mafia, appearing on such albums as Crazyndalazdayz (1998) and Indo G`s Angel Dust (1998). A year later, Pat recorded a solo album of his own for Hypnotize Minds/Loud, Ghetty Green. Though the solo debut didn`t propel Pat to superstar status, it did establish him within the growing Dirty South scene, and his follow-up album, Murderers & Robbers (2000), did much the same; though this second album was released independently rather than through Loud.
Next came Pat`s high-profile appearance on Three 6 Mafia`s "Sippin` on Some Syrup," and when that song became a huge hit, the stage was set for one of his own. That hit would be "Chickenhead," a song also featuring La` Chat, the successor to Gangsta Boo`s position as the token female member of Three 6 Mafia. The song pitted the two against one another in typical Dirty South style: La` Chat talking badly about Pat, he calling her a "chickenhead."
Just as his career had reached exciting heights, Pat`s longtime legal skirmishes began to catch up with him. During the interim period following the success of "Chickenhead," Pat struggled with legal problems stemming from a January 2001 parole violation, when police pulled him over for speeding and discovered two revolvers. On March 13th of that same year, a federal jury found him guilty of two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm. He had been on parole for aggravated robbery. Perhaps because of these legal matters, or for whatever reason, Loud continually pushed back the release date for Pat`s fourth album, Layin` da Smack Down, until it finally arrived in the summer of 2002. Mixtape appearances and work with Three 6 Mafia bridged the four-year gap before Crook by da Book: The Fed Story arrived. Duplicate entry '' for key 1
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