Natassia Gail Zolot (born September 24, 1989), better known by her stage name Kreayshawn, is an American rapper and music video director. Her stage name is a play on the word "creation". She is best known for her 2011 hit single "Gucci Gucci".
Natassia Gail Zolot on September 24, 1989 in San Francisco, California and moved to Oakland when she was ten years old. She is of Russian descent, and the daughter of Elka Zolot, a former member of the San Francisco garage punk band The Trashwomen. Zolot got her first video camera when she was ten years old, and started documenting her raps. When she was seventeen, she began exploring her interest in cinematography by shooting videos of friends and later music videos for local rappers such as Lil B. Her videos caught the attention of dean Patrick Kriwanekhe, and Zolot attended Berkeley Digital Film Institute with a full scholarship for two semesters. She then moved to Los Angeles to pursue her music video career.
In 2010, Zolot released her first mixtape, Kittys x Choppas, as well as her first music video for the song "Bumpin Bumpin". On May 16, 2011, she released a music video for her single Gucci Gucci, which generated nearly three million views on YouTube in the first three weeks. The popularity of her Gucci Gucci video caught the attention of several record labels, and Zolot quickly signed a contract with Columbia Records. In June 2011, Zolot's management was contacted by the label representing the Red Hot Chili Peppers about directing a music video for the band's single, "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie" (from the album, I'm with You). However, the band later opted to re-shoot the video and did not release the version directed by Zolot. In September 2011, Zolot was nominated for the MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist, but lost the category to Tyler, The Creator. She also hosted the Red Carpet event before the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards. Kreayshawn's debut album will be released August 14, 2012.
Tauheed Epps (born September 12, 1976), better known by his stage name 2 Chainz, formerly known as Tity Boi, is an American rapper from College Park, Georgia. He was previously signed to Ludacris' record label Disturbing tha Peace with Dolla Boy as Playaz Circle.
2 Chainz was born Tauheed Epps on September 12, 1976. He was originally known under the name "Tity Boi", a name given to him by his mother, as Epps was an only child and thus the only one his mother would breastfeed. Further research and investigation showed that he had one brother named Dimatri who was 9 months younger than him and adopted by a couple in Birmingham, Alabama. His brother has one daughter named Sakia and one son named Dimatri Jr. nicknamed, DJ. His niece, Sakia is 13 (2011) and his nephew, DJ is 2 (2011). His niece is very proud of her uncle and talks to him alot on the phone. She also loves to visit him on her breaks.
His graduating record in college was a 4.0
Epps formed the hip hop duo Playaz Circle (the word "Playaz" being an acronym of Preparing Legal Assets for Years from A to Z) in College Park, Georgia in 1997 with his high school friend Earl Conyers, who became known under his recording name Dolla Boy. Following the release on an independent album titled United We Stand, United We Fall, the duo were introduced to fellow rapper Ludacris when he moved into their College Park apartment complex whilst he was acting as a disc jockey: after he took an interest in Playaz Circle, he began to record several songs with the group, playing some of them on his radio station.