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Barry Adrian Reese better known by his stage name Cassidy, is an American rapper.
After being noticed for his amazing freestyle capabilities Cassidy was signed To Ruff Ryders & bestfriends Swizz Beatz label Full Surface. On November 29, 2003 Cassidy released his first major single "Hotel" whiched featured R. Kelly it reached the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100. The second single was "Get No Better", which featured Mashonda. On March 16, 2004 Cassidy released his first studio album, Split Personality it went on to be certified gold in the first month it was released.
After the sucess of his debut album Cassidy began the work for his next studio album, On March 14, 2005 Cassidy released the first single from the album entitled "I'm A Hustla" the single went certified platinum it was also the first ever ringtone to ever go platinum, The second single was "B-Boy Stance" which featured his CEO at the time & still today bestfriend Swizz Beatz though it was not at successful as his first single it still charted. On June 28 Cassidy released his second studio album I'm A Hustla it debuted at #5 on the U.S. Billboard 200, with 93,000 copies sold in the first week.