History

Major Figgas was founded in the Erie Ave area of Philadelphia by Gillie Da Kid and Abliva, who were friends from the neighborhood. They knew Bump J, Dutch and Rolx from all living in the same area, and eventually expanded after inducting Spade and Bianca. Chops, Rucie, L deniro and Dirty Rik all soon came aboard.

After releasing several underground tapes, they released the full-length Figgas 4 Life independently which landed them a deal with RuffNation Records

RuffNation Records

RuffNation Records is a joint venture record label between Chris Schwartz and Warner Bros. Records. It was started after Ruffhouse Records was dissolved.-External links:***...

/Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records

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. At this time they had an ongoing back and forth feud with Jay-Z

Jay-Z

Shawn Corey Carter , better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over $450 million as of 2010...

 & his Roc-A-Fella rap group State Property

State Property (Group)

State Property is a rap group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA led by rapper Beanie Sigel with Philly rappers Freeway, Peedi Peedi, Oschino, and Omillio Sparks, and the Young Gunz and female R&B singer Casha...

. An expanded edition of the album was issued in 2000, which reached #115 on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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 and #29 on the U.S. R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Their lone major radio hit was "Yeah That's Us", which hit #2 on the U.S. Rap Singles chart and #34 on the R&B Singles chart. They received a ASCAP Song of the Year award for "Yeah that's us" in 2001.

Venturing out in different endeavors since then they continue to come together on mixtapes and events. Gillie da Kid has recently attracted media attention from his disputes with Lil Wayne over songwriting, all while releasing several mixtapes with other artists from Major Figgas. "Frontin' like your daddy" is a song which outlines this beef and makes several disparaging claims towards Lil Wayne, Baby, and Cash Money Records. Gillie (GDK) is now arguably one of the most recognizable rappers from the North Philly area, and this group has been influential to Lil Wayne's style and lyrical content, as well as other notable rappers from Philadelphia such as Cassidy, Vinnie Paz, and Cyssero.

Discography

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...
2000	Figgas 4 Life Figgas 4 Life Figgas 4 Life is the first and only album by rap group, Major Figgas. It was released on June 13, 2000 through RuffNation Records and was produced by Darnell Marshall, Dean Murder and Hotrunner. The album did fairly well on the Billboard charts, peaking at #115 on the Billboard 200, #29 on the Top...	115	29