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Jonathan Smith (born January 27, 1971), better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American rapper, music producer, entrepreneur, and international DJ who was a member of the group Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz. Lil Jon formed the group in 1997, and the group released several albums between then and 2004. He then went solo and released a new album in 2010 called Crunk Rock.
Lil' Jon was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated from Frederick Douglass High School.
After working as a DJ for Atlanta night clubs, he started working for So So Def Recordings between 1993 and 2000. The group signed to the Atlanta-based Mirror Image Records and were distributed by Ichiban Records. In 1997, Lil' Jon & the East Side Boyz debuted with Get Crunk, Who U Wit: Da Album. It included singles "Who U Wit?" and "Shawty Freak a Lil' Sumthin'", the latter of which came out in 1998. Both singles charted on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at No. 70 and No. 62 respectively. In 2000 Jon took part in starting up his own label BME Recordings and signed a distribution agreement with Norcross, Georgia based Southern Music Distribution. There he released his break through album titled We Still Crunk. Among the tracks on that project was the hit single "I Like Dem Girlz", which reached No. 55 on the R&B chart and No. 3 on the Hot Rap Tracks chart.
Actors: Monique Dupree (actress), Adam Shankman (producer), Marc C. Geschwind (miscellaneous crew), Kathy Najimy (actress), Bear McCreary (composer), Naeem Uzimann (actor), Erik Feig (producer), Stephanie Angel (miscellaneous crew), Peter Conboy (actor), John Jillard Sr. (actor), Harry Shum Jr. (actor), Carol McConnaughey (miscellaneous crew), Chas Scherer (actor), David Nicksay (producer), Mark Blum (actor),
Plot: A tight-knit group of New York City street dancers, including Luke (Malambri) and Natalie (Vinson), team up with NYU freshman Moose (Sevani), and find themselves pitted against the world's best hip hop dancers in a high-stakes showdown that will change their lives forever.
Keywords: 3-d, 3-dimensional, 3d-in-title, auction, boom-box, brother-sister-relationship, college, college-student, contest, danceI am not my family tree
These are different leaves, you know
There are miles and miles between
My roots and what I'm tryin' to grow
I am not the slave they sold
Nor am I royalty
I've worn them both
The finest coat,
And rags that barely covered me
But there's mercy in the soil
Mercy in the sun
Learnin' to forgive
What cannot be undone
What was meant to harm
Can't harm you in the end
Stepped out on a limb I thought my break
But love said,
It will only bend
I am not my past mistakes
Labeled by some place in time
Nor am I a trophy case
Tryin' to maintain my shine
I have dreamed a thousand dreams
Watch a grain in famine grow
I am not my family tree
I have branches of my own
But there's mercy in the soil
Mercy in the sun
Learnin' to forgive
What cannot be undone
And what was meant to harm
Can't harm you in the end
Stepped out on a limb I thought might break
But love said,
It will only bend
Oh, Does fate resign us too?
Find shelter for our wounds
Beneath the battered roof of broken dreams
Oh, But I will choose to stand
In the shadow of Your hand
And see what grows when grace has sown the seed
Oh, oh, oh
These are different leaves, you know
Oh, oh, oh
But there's mercy in the soil
Mercy in the sun
Learnin' to forgive
What cannot be undone
And what was meant to harm
Can't harm you in the end
Stepped out on a limb I thought might break
But love said,
It will only bend
It will only bend
It will only bend