Romeo (rapper)

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Romeo
Birth name Percy Romeo Miller Jr.
Born August 19, 1989 (1989-08-19) (age 18)
Origin New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Genre(s) Hip hop
Occupation(s) Entertainer, Actor, Student, Fashion designer, Basketball player
Years active 2001 — present
Label(s) No Limit, New No Limit Records Take A Stand Records
Associated acts Master P, Rich Boyz
Romeo Miller
College USC
Conference Pac Ten
Sport Basketball
Position Point Guard
Class Freshman
Nickname Romeo
Career 2008 – present
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight
Nationality USA
Born August 19, 1989 (1989-08-19) (age 18)
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
High school Beverly Hills High School
Awards
None

Percy Romeo Miller, Jr (born August 19, 1989) better known by his stage name Romeo (formerly Lil' Romeo), is an American entertainer, actor, and basketball player. He is the son of entertainment mogul and entrepreneur Master P and nephew of C-Murder and Silkk the Shocker. He's a recording artist on New No Limit/Take A Stand Records. He has so far released three studio albums and two compilation albums. His fifth album God's Gift was released on December 12, 2006. He attended Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, CA. He has also been awarded a full athletic scholarship to play basketball at the University of Southern California, starting with the 2008-2009 season. Recently, Romeo was named spokesperson for The Los Angeles Earth Day Festival and along with his cartoon creation, Gee Gee the Giraffe, will educate millions of children about the importance of conservation and social responsibility.[1] Romeo is also empowering the youth vote though a national televised Rock The Vote campaign.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Music career

Lil Romeo went to Lexington Creek Elementary.

Before Romeo became famous he was featured in some of his father's (music video) early records. At the age of 11, he followed in his father's footsteps and became an entertainer.[citation needed] He achieved success by breaking Michael Jackson's record of the youngest person to get a number one hit with his first single "My Baby". His success came from his two early studio albums, mainly Game Time. He recoded that album all by himself, at his home studio, which was featured on the show MTV Cribs. Romeo released a third album called Romeoland, with guest appearances from Master P the Rich Boyz, and Solange Knowles.

Romeo also appeared on most of his father's greatest hits, such as "I Need Dubs". He accepted an invitation to interpret the song theme of the 3rd season of the cartoon Static Shock and he also won 2 BET Awards and a Grammy in the year 2001-2002. He is in a rap group with his cousins and younger brother, Young V called "Rich Boyz". Since then, Romeo has been working on a new album, High School Romance. This will be his first studio album in three years and his first studio album to use the name Romeo. Guests will include Master P, Akon, Marques Houston, Silkk the Shocker, C-Los, Young V, and T-Pain with production by Dr Dre. He is to star along with his father Master P in a new horror movie titled The Pig People.[citation needed]

More recently, Romeo launched a new record label with his father Master P called Take A Stand Records. The record label aims to release music without any explicit content.[citation needed]

Romeo's myspace page announced a new album entitled "Gumbo Station" will be coming soon. However, a new single titled "Get low wit it" feat. Akon was release in April of 2008 from an unexpecting album title "High School Romance". As of now, it is believed that he is currently working on two albums. On Romeo's official website, It announces that Romeo's brand new album "High School Romance" will be released in August of 2008 nationwide.In 2005 Romeo was in a feud with Bow Wow. Romeo made a song to Bow Wow Can't Shine Like Me,but both of the two say that they are not feuding they are in fact good friends. He also made a cameo appearance in a Yung Berg music video The Business

[edit] Basketball career

Romeo was invited in the Summer of 2007 to the Reebok-sponsored ABCD Camp, considered the premier basketball camp in the United States. The Teaneck, New Jersey-based ABCD Camp is an invitation-only basketball showcase previously attended by high-profile players including Tracy McGrady, Kobe Bryant, Stephon Marbury, Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James. Romeo was named one of the top-20 players at the camp and played in the ABCD all-star game.

On April 13, 2007, Miller verbally committed to the University of Southern California (USC) and signed a letter of intent on November 19, 2007. Miller, a 6'0" point guard at Beverly Hills High School, a four year starter averaged 13.9 points and 5.6 assists per game during the 2006-2007 high school season.[2]

It should be noted that a Wall Street Journal article on March 9, entitled "A Hot Prospect," cites Sonny Vaccaro, the longtime director of the ABCD Camp, as explaining, "he invited Romeo Miller to the 2006 camp, primarily as a favor to Percy Miller, whom he knew from the club basketball circuit. In the article, Vaccarro indicated, "If you're looking for the profile of an athlete who plays basketball at USC, he's not it."[3]

According to the Wall Street Journal, it appears the decision to grant Miller a full scholarship at USC was largely driven by his relationship with Demar DeRozan of Compton, Calif.,the 6-foot-6 All-American forward who was rated as the No. 5 prospect in the country on Scout.com. The Wall Street Journal reported Coach Floyd as saying, "Last April...Percy Miller called while driving both players from a tournament in Fayetteville, Ark...Percy Miller said 'Demar and Romeo are ready to make their decision, and would you like to have them both on scholarship?'...'I said absolutely.'"[4]

[edit] Clothing line

Romeo is a force behind the PMiller Clothing Line. Romeo is the CEO of the clothing line. P. Miller Shorties and Gumbo Station are his clothing lines. He also has P.Miller shoes and Romeo shoes. He had a P.Miller girls line including the Passion jeans.

[edit] Acting career

He started his acting career with the 2003 film Honey. His character was Benny, a urban kid with some stylin' moves, but a major attitude. In this movie he co-starred with Zachary Isaiah Williams and Jessica Alba. In another 2003 film he made a cameo appearance in Max Keeble's Big Move as himself. Also in 2003 he starred in his own TV show called Romeo! on Nickelodeon. He co-starred with his dad in a movie called Uncle P in 2005. He also starred in another movie, God's Gift, which came out in 2006. Recently, he made a cameo appearance, as himself, in Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide as a rapping coach for the teachers.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Solo albums

[edit] Online Albums

[edit] Compilation albums

[edit] With Rich Boyz

[edit] Collaborative Albums

[edit] Singles

Year Title Chart positions Album
U.S. U.S. R&B U.S. Rap
2001 "My Baby" 3 1 1 Lil' Romeo
2002 "The Girlies" - 62 -
"2-Way" (featuring Master P & Silkk The Shocker) - 65 - Game Time
2003 "True Love" (featuring Solange Knowles) - 116 -
"Play Like Us" - - -
2004 "My Cinderella" (featuring Nick Cannon) - - - Romeoland
"My Girlfriend" (featuring Intyana ) - - -
2006 "U Can't Shine Like Me" (featuring Young V & C-Los) - - - God's Gift
"Shine" - - - Lottery
"Won't Stop, Can't Stop" - - - God's Gift
"We Can" - - -
2007 "Special Girl" (featuring Marques Houston) - 58 - High School Romance
"Rainman" Beat by Reco Lynch (with Master P) - - - Hip Hop History
2008 "Get Low wit it" (featuring Akon) - - - High School Romance

[edit] Featured Singles

Year Title Chart positions Album
U.S. U.S. R&B U.S. Rap
2001 "Parents Just Don't Understand" Lil' Romeo featuring 3LW & Nick Cannon 6 4 - "Jimmy Neutron Soundtrack"
2001 "That's Kool (Remix)" Silkk The Shocker featuring Lil' Romeo & Lil' D 115 51 - "My World, My Way"
2002 "Tell Me a Story (About the Night Before)" Hilary Duff featuring Lil' Romeo - - - "Santa Claus Lane"
"Hush Lil' Lady" Lil' Corey featuring Lil' Romeo & Lil' Reema 63 37 - "I'm Just Corey"
2005 "I Need Dubs" Master P featuring Lil' Romeo - 101 - "Ghetto Bill"

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Television

Year Title Role Notes
2003–2006 Romeo! Romeo Miller Main Role / Starring as Romeo .
Guest appearances
Year Title Role Notes
2001 The Brothers García Ty "Band on the Run" (episode 5, season 2)
2001 Oh Drama! Musical Guest Television special
2001 The Hughleys Himself -
2001 Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration Himself -
2002 Raising Dad Marvin -
2002 The 29th Annual American Music Awards Himself -
2003 One on One Eric -
2003 All Grown Up! Lil Q AGU! Season 1 Episode 8 'It's Cupid, Stupid'[5]

| 2009 || Rap School !

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.starinc.org/blog/eco/?p=19
  2. ^ Antracia Merrill-Moorings, Lil Romeo to shoot hoops for USC, Frost Illustrated, Accessed May 6, 2007.
  3. ^ http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB120485166974418241-lMyQjAxMDI4MDA0NzgwNTcxWj.html
  4. ^ http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB120485166974418241-lMyQjAxMDI4MDA0NzgwNTcxWj.html
  5. ^ Lil' Romeo

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