Ray Cash
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| Ray Cash | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Genre(s) | Rap Midwest rap |
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| Years active | 2000s - present | |
| Label(s) | Sony Urban Music / Columbia Records / Ghet-O-Vision | |
Ray Cash (born Wardell Raymond Cheeks in 1980) is an American hip-hop and hardcore rapper from Cleveland, Ohio. Cash has been active since the 2000s.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Background
Ray Cash was the only child to his mother. They lived in a place that Cash muses as the "Hill" located in the Eastside of Cleveland. His area of Cleveland was not seen as a comfort zone because of violence going around. Quote: "His Mother told him not to cross the streets, but his mind was too fascinated in what was going on then". According to Ray, the Cleveland lifestyle invited him well, seeing that he had no brothers except a friend named Thomas Oatman. When Cash grew older, they'd hang out more. The Cleveland environment helped develop his music syle he has today. "I got into Hip-hop from hanging around older dudes, " thanks Cash.
[edit] Inspirations
Cash grew up listening to hip-hop musicians such as NWA, Scarface, and Jay-Z. Their music captivated him, and he first performed in classrooms with raps. His peers admired and helped him during raps. Coincidentally, rapper Jay-Z came through Cleveland on his Hard Knock Life Tour, and Cash was there and marveled his style. Cash also had grown a real opinion on the hip-hop industry. Cash stated that when he grew up, artists were more focused on their actual music (lyrics) than were their record sells. And that artists today care more about record sells than their music. "Cash said he doesn't just acccept what is on the radio, which is not always real, and his approach is to make the game as real as possible.
[edit] First album
Critics such as All Music Guide called C.O.D.(Cash on Delivery) a depth hardcore album. Cash released Cash on Delivery under Sony Urban Music/Columbia on June 27, 2006. This album reached # 82 and # 41 on the billboard charts receiving positive reviews[1][2]. The album content features wild tracks like "The Bomb" (feat. Yummy Bingham), his first single and least serious "Sex Appeal", and hardcore tracks that include "Payback", "F*ck AmeriKKKa", and the 2006 single "Bumpin my Music." His lyrics, especially in "Payback" have reminded some people of Ice Cube and Nas. The single F*ck AmeriKKKa pokes at hypocrites, or the system: "the ones who think they have priority, but do nothing at all. He ended the statement in saying "I know what's going on, as he walked the streets, and the images are not real.
[edit] Ambitions
On his website profile, he says: "I want to be respected". Cash wants to have major billboard success, but want to be respected by his music. He wants his fans to relate to his music." And Cash also wants to venerate the artists like UGK, Scarface, and Jay-Z through his music.
[edit] Chart success
[edit] Discography
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[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | |||
| US Hot 100 | US R&B/Hip-Hop | US Rap | UK | |||
| 2005 | "Sex Appeal (Pimp in My Own Mind)" | - | - | - | - | C.O.D.(Cash on Delivery) |
| 2005 | "Smokin' & Leanin'" | - | - | - | - | C.O.D.(Cash on Delivery) |
| 2006 | "Bumpin' My Music" | - | - | - | - | C.O.D.(Cash on Delivery |
| 2006 | "She A G" | - | - | - | - | C.O.D.(Cash on Delivery |
[edit] Trivia
- Cash is 26 years old.
- Cash used to be a drug dealer on the streets of Cleveland, Ohio.
- A diss record, "Raymond's Funeral Service Mixtape" by Toledo, OH rapper Havana Cash calls out Ray on numerous tracks.
[edit] References
- Biography at Billboard.com.
- Discography at Billboard.com.
- Artist Chart History at Billboard.com.
- Biography at AOL Music.
- Official site.
- Ray Cash XXL.
