Chamillionaire: From Rap Star To Tech Millionaire

[@cjjones258]

His 2nd album is underrated Would listen to it to and back from high school on my iPod back in the day Good times

[@cjbrown420]

I still jam that ultimate victory album I was mad we never got a chopped version. I always say universal fucked him having him release that album in Walmart the same week 50 and Kanye dropped their album. That was a setup

[@TheAbstract35]

Same here

[@TheMossNet]

I still remember walking 45 minutes to this place we had in Memphis called “Spin Street” to buy that Ultimate Victory album. It’s definitely underrated as hell

[@roygherbil3276]

@@cjbrown420 Ultimate Victory was fire!

[@cjbrown420]

@@roygherbil3276 definitely sucks labels didn’t push the album

[@TommyTenderoni]

Much respect to Chamillionaire and being smart with his money

[@cj-hw3pv]

Chamillionaire and 50, played the game with intelligence

[@tranewreck123]

when i was younger i used to think they were the same person

[@ZingZingNZ]

​​@tranewreck123 when I was younger i loved mixtape messiah

[@503_UFC]

R. I. P. Big Pokey!!!

[@noelr1010]

You could hear how great of a businessman he was in many of his tracks.

[@problematic_canik]

I met chamillionaire in chicago downtown when i was either 20 or 21. The most humble down to earth superstar ive ever met. Had a cubs hat on and asked if it would be okay if he sign it he did. I have that hat hanging up in a case in my man cave.

[@marcosmireles7545]

King Koopa!

[@paulevans6066]

Mixtape Messiah Cham was crazy

[@Syte425]

That Sound of Revenge album was the shit!! King Koopa my favorite Texas rapper

[@cjbrown420]

So mad we never got venom

[@jsdldfsfsdf]

Yeah of course do a Mike Jones video. This shit be good bruh.

[@phatymcdaddy]

I grew up in my formative years with cham in my tape deck from his beginnings and followed him ever since. I hve over 300 songs hes done on my ipod alone lol

[@FIGHT101TV]

Good video badazz content you know everything i grew up listening to em an your on point

[@justinstewart1828]

I remember buying sound of revenge a few of my homies loved it everybody else said it was wack. I still have this album with the brown bonus disk. Who wouldve thought the first rap album and artist i bought would blow up and join the tech world and make even more money.

[@MrTimLee84]

Whoever told you that album is wack has bad ears lol

[@duvalt87]

I like Chamillionaire dude is amazing glad hes doing well

[@latrelle611]

Cham was ahead of his time on those old swisha house tapes and spit straight 🔥🔥. And also before I seen how they looked I thought Paul Wall was the black guy and Chamillionaire was the white guy 😂😂

[@Bran-Da-Don]

Chamillionaire was a victim of the Houston wave ending. The consumers were enamored with Texas culture for about 3 years and as a result several artists from Texas were able to blow up (Cham, Mike Jones, Slim Thug, Paul Wall) Once they were no longer new and hip they moved on to Atlanta artists. That's the music business and it will cause someone like Cham to lose his passion for the game and want to try something different. The average consumer has the attention span of a child when it come to artists that they support. Your die hards will support you through and through but it won't equal to huge album sales. Once an artist has sold over 500,000 records they have exceeded their core audience and ventured into the wave chasers and riders who will buy it because everybody else is. These are the ones who are not loyal and will move on to the next thing quickly.

[@ZingZingNZ]

He hated his deal, and would not release anymore music. He made more doing gigs also. And auditing. He waited out the contract. Until he was dropped. He then featured and went to work in more profitable industries. Leaving his hardcore fans

[@Dana-tm4ti]

Pretty good. But, chamillitary therapy wasn't an official release. That was a fan made/bootleg tape.

[@ryanchristophergavan80]

Unless you’re from the north side of Houston - you really don’t understand how big the colour changing click were in the swisha house days. Personally after his major label move - he never was as good as when he was raw.

[@cjbrown420]

I’m from Alief I was one of the 1st cats jamming swishahouse 1st time I heard Cham n Paul was before the kappa 2000 freestyle off that Dr Dre track, I was on them since I tell boys u gotta catch the underground Koopa

[@juanharris5982]

Slow down broski!! The only breather I get is the pop up ads and who can’t wait for those? 😂

[@israelvillamarta]

Yo u kill it every video my guy God bless

[@lobo_solo214]

I grew up on King Koopa, Man on Fire and Sound of Revenge.

[@jaktripper9231]

Great Video. Do the Mike Jones and Magno vid next.

[@lorddreameaux]

Great video bro I don’t think it’s fair he’s called a one hit wonder either

[@cloutcancun]

Definitely not fair! I get he didn't have a record bigger than 'Ridin'' but like I said he did have other song that did well on the charts

[@NOBODYZWATCHINUUU]

Underground everyone was looking for they next flow and mixtapes. Def not a one hitter

[@darienreed212]

Also I think he should have a LEGENDARY MIXTAPE RUN video,because for those of us in Texas we know his mixtapes very well. People also sleep on his first single “Turn It Up” which made his album go gold.

[@shehateme9955]

Who tf knew this man was born in the district. Cool. Respect to his foresight & focus

[@Dmennis]

I was 13 when sound of revenage dropped. Shit was fireee. I couldn't relate to none of it but sounded great!!!. One of the 1st melodic/ rap styles before drake.

[@dkmrap1]

"Erian oillo mahc in the wakandan language" 😂😂😂 i cant believe you fell for that

[@ThatboyAnt216]

Paul had a mixtape before chick magnet it was called how 2 be a playa

[@ulrr23]

The almighty King Koopa

[@jeffreyantwinewyatt948]

So basically u saying his name is chabillionaire

[@playasdntgossip93]

You should do Mike jones and plies

[@robertriojas2639]

A GOAT 👑🐐

[@ExEoDuSPrevail2011]

ultimate victory was damn good album idk what happend .

[@lifeandchoices]

Don't forget about us when you are making billions of dollars love your work I support whatever you do young bother Much Respect

[@IanBristol]

Real powerful life story

[@jenkims1953]

Cham missed out on many hits because of al this but i see why he did it, its a shame because many of those earlier hits of collaborations of artist he missed out on. I think he won in the end though because he made so much money.

[@Deepndakut757]

Good vid…what about magnificent?

[@TheMossNet]

7:47 that just goes to show that those label execs had no clue about the independent grind out there in Texas.

[@justinstewart1828]

They think we are slow since we are from the south yet pur rapper are ceos bosses label owners and pioneers.

[@cjbrown420]

Ultimate victory was a sleeper the label screwed him made him release the same week as Ye and 50 plus they had him put his albums in Walmart which is why there’s no cursing they played him but he got the ultimate victory in the Tech world, Koopa !!!

[@TheMossNet]

It was actually the week after Kanye & 50’s release. But I agree they definitely screwed him over. They knew what they were doing

[@cjbrown420]

@@TheMossNet Cham didn’t bend for the label so they made him pay with his career but at the end Cham got the last laugh in tech

[@TheMossNet]

@@cjbrown420 definitely got the last laugh

[@mearllee3511]

50 Cent threw him a lob by dissing him in an interview some time before Ultimate Victory released. Cham mentions it on a pod w/ Dame Dash that he ran across 50 and asked about the comments & 50 told him he should’ve taken the bait. Cham went from knowing “Controversy Sells” to being humble & protecting his image. It didn’t pay off in the mainstream but it did for his future endeavors.

[@cjbrown420]

@@mearllee3511 yea I remember that

[@Trllla_g]

5:00 What interview is that ?? Anyone have the link

[@cloutcancun]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZS4lHWtr91gepI

[@blackice3395]

Great fucking video

[@Docc13]

His last name is pronounced Sarah-key

[@YoungNah32]

What’s that intro track?

[@blackice3395]

Wish I was in his shoes!

[@melobanx9349]

The wakandan language 😂

[@restlesszoo]

h town

[@gregwhite7852]

👍🏿

[@theodorev4611]

*promo sm*

[@ligomi]

Wakandan isnt a language

[@abdulrahmanalshangiti6296]

You’ve just gained a follower 🤍