Jeff Thompkins, known by his stage name

Stage name

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 JT Money, is an America

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n rapper and was the leader of the Miami-based hip hop group, Poison Clan

Poison Clan

Poison Clan was a Southern hip-hop group signed to Luke Records from 1990 to 1995, the group had a various line-ups and members were JT Money, Debonaire, Uzi, Madball and Big Ram. Poison Clan played an important role in the development of the Dirty South movement that developed late in the decade...

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Music career

Thompkins was discovered by Luke Skyywalker

Luther Campbell

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 of the 2 Live Crew

2 Live Crew

2 Live Crew was a hip hop group from Miami, Florida. They caused considerable controversy with the sexual themes in their work, particularly on their 1989 album As Nasty As They Wanna Be.- Early career :...

 in a Miami talent show. Skyywalker signed JT Money and Debonaire as the group Poison Clan

Poison Clan

Poison Clan was a Southern hip-hop group signed to Luke Records from 1990 to 1995, the group had a various line-ups and members were JT Money, Debonaire, Uzi, Madball and Big Ram. Poison Clan played an important role in the development of the Dirty South movement that developed late in the decade...

 to his Skyywalker Records. In 1990 JT Money and Debonaire released their first album as a group, 2 Low Life Muthas. After this Debonaire left Poison Clan to join another group, Home Team, with former 2 Live Crew rapper Fresh Kid Ice. This left JT Money as the group's only member, but he continued to record under the Poison Clan name. The second Poison Clan album, 1992's Poisonous Mentality, featured the hit "Shake What Ya Mama Gave Ya", which was listed by XXL Magazine as one of the top 250 hip-hop songs of the 1990s. JT Money released two more albums under the Poison Clan name: Ruff Town Behavior in 1993 and Straight Zooism in 1995. Some other well known Poison Clan songs include "Action", "Bad Influence", "Dance All Night", "Fire Up This Funk", "The Girl That I Hate", and "Don't Sleep On A Hizzo".

In 1999 JT Money dropped the Poison Clan name for the album Pimpin' On Wax

Pimpin' on Wax

Pimpin' on Wax is the debut album by rapper, JT Money. It was released on May 25, 1999 through Priority Records and was produced by Christoper Stewart, Dallas Austin and Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs...

, now just recording under his own stage name. This album achieved mainstream commercial success with the major hit single "Who Dat

Who Dat (JT Money song)

"Who Dat" was the lead single released from JT Money's debut album, Pimpin' on Wax. It featured a verse from female rapper, Solé.Produced by Christopher "Tricky" Stewart , "Who Dat" became a huge hit, making it to #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and to date is JT Money's only solo hit...

",. The song featured Solé

Sole

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, reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100

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, and won Top Rap Single at the 1999 Billboard Music Award

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s. After this JT Money continued his solo career, releasing three more albums to date, none of which matched the commercial success of his solo debut.

Albums

Solo Albums:

Year	Album	Chart Positions
		US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	US Hip-Hop Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...
1999	Pimpin' on Wax Pimpin' on Wax Pimpin' on Wax is the debut album by rapper, JT Money. It was released on May 25, 1999 through Priority Records and was produced by Christoper Stewart, Dallas Austin and Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs...	28	8
2001	Blood Sweat and Years Blood Sweat and Years Blood Sweat and Years is the second album by rapper, JT Money. It was released on April 3, 2001 through Priority Records and was produced by Dallas Austin...	48	9
2002	Return of the B-Izer	-	-
2005	Undeniable Undeniable - Background :After the success of Raven's third album, This Is My Time , Crash Records sold their rights to the material on Undeniable to TMG Records, who in cooperation with RayBlaize and her then-current label Hollywood Records, re-released it on October 31, 2006 as, From Then Until...	-	-

With the Poison Clan

Poison Clan

Poison Clan was a Southern hip-hop group signed to Luke Records from 1990 to 1995, the group had a various line-ups and members were JT Money, Debonaire, Uzi, Madball and Big Ram. Poison Clan played an important role in the development of the Dirty South movement that developed late in the decade...

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• 1990: 2 Low Life Muthas
• 1992: Poisonous Mentality
• 1993: Ruff Town Behavior
• 1995: Straight Zooism

Singles

Year	Song	U.S. Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	U.S. R&B	U.S. Rap Hot Rap Tracks Rap Songs is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. It lists the 25 most popular hip-hop/rap songs, calculated weekly by airplay on rhythmic and urban radio stations and sales in hip hop-focused or exclusive markets. From 1989 through 2001, it was based on how much the single...	Album
1999	"Who Dat Who Dat (JT Money song) "Who Dat" was the lead single released from JT Money's debut album, Pimpin' on Wax. It featured a verse from female rapper, Solé.Produced by Christopher "Tricky" Stewart , "Who Dat" became a huge hit, making it to #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and to date is JT Money's only solo hit... "	#5	#2	#1	Pimpin' on Wax
2001	"Hi-Lo"	-	#64	-	Blood Sweat and Years/All About the Benjamins All about the Benjamins All About the Benjamins is a 2002 action movie/comedy movie directed by Kevin Bray, and starring Ice Cube and Mike Epps as a bounty hunter and repeat offender who join forces to find a group of diamond thieves, the former for glory, and the latter to retrieve a winning lottery ticket.-Cast:*Ice...