Young Chris (born Christopher F. Ries in 1983) is a Grammy nominated^[1] American rapper and songwriter. A member of Philadelphia rap duo Young Gunz, formerly signed to Roc-A-Fella records through Beanie Sigel’s State Property collective,^[1] early success included the hit single "Can't Stop, Won't Stop".^[2] Signed in December 2010 as a solo artist to Universal Motown through producer/songwriter Rico Love’s label imprint Division1, Young Chris is currently working on his album release.^[3] Because of identical names (minus a spelling difference), he is often confused with rapper Yung Chris and incorrectly credited as the performer of the song Racks

Music career[link]

Young Gunz[link]

Young Chris and Neef Buck (born Hanif Muhammad) had been friends since they were young boys on the block(C-Ave).^[4] On "Takeover", a track from his 2001 album “The Blueprint”, Jay-Z announced the duo as "Chris & Neef".^[5] In 2001, the duo performed on the State Property soundtrack album.^[5] Young Chris and Neef starred in the titular movie.^[6] Also during this period of their career, Young Chris appeared throughout Dame Dash's Dream Team compilation, and Beanie Sigel's The Reason.^[7] The duo performed together on guest appearances for albums like Jay-Z's The Blueprint 2, Freeway's Philadelphia Freeway, State Property's The Chain Gang Vol. 2, and Memphis Bleek's M.A.D.E.; all while recording their album.^[8] The Young Gunz scored their first hit with "Can't Stop, Won't Stop", the lead-off single from The Chain Gang Vol. 2 album.^[2] Its song and video received major airplay on hip-hop radio, MTV2, and BET and reached #14 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and #6 on the Billboard Hot Rap Tracks chart.^[2]

After the success of their single, "Can't Stop, Won't Stop", the label jumped and was ready to release their debut album, Tough Luv.^[9] It included the remix to "Can't Stop, Won't Stop", which featured St. Louis rapper Chingy.^[9] Singles included "No Better Love" featuring former Roc-A-Fella Records crooner Rell and the Just Blaze-produced "Friday Night".^[9] Tough Luv debuted on the Billboard 200 at #3 after selling 128,000 copies in its first week.^[2] That week, the album at #2 was labelmate Kanye West's debut album The College Dropout, which was released just two weeks earlier.^[10]

After a brief hiatus, the duo returned with Swizz Beatz produced "Set It Off" from their second album, Brothers from Another.^[11] It was the second release from the "new" Roc-A-Fella Records, referencing when Jay-Z became president of Def Jam Records, the first being Memphis Bleek's 534.^[12][13] The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at #15, and included guest features from Kanye West, Swizz Beatz, Slim of 112 and John Legend.^[14][15]

Solo career[link]

As early as March 2006, Young Chris thought about recording a solo album. He initially titled it Now or Never.^[16] He stated to XXL magazine that he wanted to release a solo album by the end of 2008 and had been "95 percent done" by June 2008.^[17] In this article, Young Chris also states that he feels himself up there with Lil' Wayne and Juelz Santana.^[17] Since this time, Chris has taken to the internet to solidify himself as a top solo artist, with his YoungChris.com Social Network, hitting the remix circuit, and his much anticipated "The Network" Mixtape series, hosted by DJ Don Cannon.^[18][19]

In December 2010 Young Chris signed with Division1, a label started by songwriter/producer Rico Love, under the Universal Motown umbrella.^[3] Love considers Young Chris his flagship artist, working closely with Young Chris on his debut album and pre-album/mixtape.^[20] The mixtape, called "The Re-Introduction", was released on November 20, 2010.^[21] The aptly titled mixtape gives the spotlight to a newly signed Young Chris, as a solo artist, and also, re-introduces the combination of DJ Drama and Don Cannon, the former "Affiliates" partners, hosting their first mixtape together, in several years.^[22]

On January 28, a song called "Philly Shit (Mega Mix)" featuring Young Chris, Eve, Black Thought, Money Malc, Fat Joe, Fred The Godson, Diggy Simmons, Jermaine Dupri & The Game was leaked.^[23] On March 22, 2011, Young Chris’ single “A$$ets” was commercially released.^[24]

Awards and Nominations[link]

"Can't Stop, Won't Stop" was nominated for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 46th Annual Grammy Awards.^[1]

Discography[link]

See: Young Chris Discography

External links[link]

• Young Chris Official Website
• Division 1 Website
• Young Gunz Official Website

References[link]

Neef Buck (born Hanif Muhammad on March 30, 1984) is half Ethiopian-American rapper from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Career[link]

He is one half of the Grammy Award-nominated rap duo Young Gunz. Additionally, Neef Buck is a part Beanie Sigel's rap group State Property.^[1] He was signed to Roc-A-Fella Records, a subsidiary label of the Universal Music Group.

Discography[link]

His first album as the Young Gunz achieved Platinum status. His debut single, "Can't Stop, Won't Stop", charted on the top-20 Billboard chart.^[2]

Mixtapes[link]

Singles[link]

References[link]

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Chris Reed
The Reeds in practice.
Personal information
Full name	Chris Reed
Country represented	Japan
Born	(1989-07-07) July 7, 1989 (age 22) Kalamazoo, Michigan
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Partner	Cathy Reed
Coach	Galit Chait Inese Bucevica
Former coach	Shae-Lynn Bourne Nikolai Morozov Valter Rizzo Andrew Stroukoff Susan Kelley
Choreographer	Galit Chait Inese Bucevica
Former choreographer	Nikolai Morozov
Skating club	Kawagoe Figure Skating Club
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	159.60 2010 Winter Olympics
Comp. dance	29.49 2010 Winter Olympics
Original dance	50.81 2010 Winter Olympics
Free dance	81.77 2008 Four Continents
Medal record Figure skating Ice dancing Competitor for  Japan Asian Winter Games Silver 2011 Astana-Almaty Ice dancing

This article is about the ice dancer. For the American marksman, see Chris Reed (marksman).

Chris Reed (born July 7, 1989) is an American-Japanese ice dancer who currently represents Japan. He competes with his older sister Cathy Reed. They are the 2008-2010 Japanese national champions.

Personal life[link]

Chris Reed was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. His mother is Japanese and his father is American.^[1] He holds dual American and Japanese citizenship, although Japanese nationality law states that he would have to choose by age 22 between the two, as his sister Cathy did in 2009, when she renounced her American citizenship in order to continue to represent Japan.^[2] Reed has two skating siblings – his elder sister, Cathy, with whom he competes in ice dancing, and his younger sister Allison Reed, who is also an ice dancer.^[1]

Career[link]

The Reeds are the 2006 U.S. Novice Dance Champions, but chose to represent Japan beginning in the 2006–2007 season.^[3] While Novice national champions are usually given a chance to compete on the Junior Grand Prix, Cathy Reed was too old at the time of their win to compete as a junior internationally. The Reeds were offered a chance to compete for Japan and they took it. They advanced immediately to the senior level, skipping Juniors entirely.

After advancing to the senior level, they placed fourth at the Golden Spin of Zagreb and second at the 2007 Japan Championships. At the 2007 Four Continents, they placed ahead of several teams who had been competing a seniors much longer.

At their Grand Prix debut, the 2007 Skate America, they placed 9th. They placed 8th at their second Grand Prix event, the 2007 NHK Trophy. They won the Japanese national championships. They repeated their 7th place finish at the Four Continents, and then placed 16th at the 2008 Worlds. They represented Japan at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.^[1]

Programs[link]

(with Cathy Reed)