An san Lil Jon ga magoya baya a matsayin "Sarkin Crank". Ƙwararren ƙwarewa da yawa ya ba shi damar a kira shi ba kawai mawaƙa ba, amma har ma dan wasan kwaikwayo, mai gabatarwa da kuma rubutun ayyukan.
Yarinta da matasa na Jonathan Mortimer Smith, makomar "Sarkin Crank"
An haifi Jonathan Mortimer Smith a ranar 17 ga Janairu, 1971 a Atlanta, Amurka. Iyayensa ma'aikata ne a kamfanin soja na Lockheed Martin.
Iyalin sun rayu cikin ladabi kuma sun yi renon yara biyar. Jonathan, a matsayinsa na babba, ya kula da kannensa. Iyaye sun renon yara cikin tsanani. Ganin yadda babban ɗansu yake sha'awar kiɗa, sai suka goyi bayansa.
Jonathan Smith ya sami iliminsa na makaranta bisa ga tsarin maganadisu a mafi tsufa makarantar Amurka mai suna F. Douglas. An ƙirƙiri makarantar musamman don ɗaliban Amurkawa na Afirka daga iyalai matalauta. Yawancin wadanda suka kammala wannan makaranta daga baya sun zama shahararrun masu fasaha, lauyoyi da 'yan siyasa.
Yayin karatu a makaranta, mutumin ya zama abokai tare da Robert McDowell da Vince Philips. Matasa sun kasance da haɗin kai ta hanyar sha'awar gama gari don wasan skateboard. Amma mutanen suna buƙatar kuɗi, kuma sun fara samun ƙarin kuɗi a cikin kantin sayar da kayan wasanni.
Ayyukan farko a cikin kiɗan Lil Jon
Siffar hanyar maganadisu na ilimi ta kasance ƙware ce da aka ayyana a sarari. Jonathan ya zama mai sha'awar kiɗan lantarki. Domin ya horar da basirarsa ko ta yaya, ya zama wanda ya shirya wata liyafa ta musamman na kiɗa na Old Engand Chicken Parties.
Matasa da suke son kiɗan lantarki sun zo sauraron Jonathan. Ra'ayin iyaye game da wasan kwaikwayo na ɗansu: "Yana da kyau a kasance ƙarƙashin kulawar iyaye fiye da yin yawo a kan tituna."
Ba da daɗewa ba DJ mai hazaka ya tashi daga gidan ƙasa zuwa wuraren rawa na garinsu. Sa'an nan kuma ya sadu da wani mutum wanda ya rinjayi tarihin kiɗa na wani matashi mai zane.
Sanin Jermaine Dupree (mai mallakar So So Def Recordings) ya taimaka wa Jonathan ya shiga kamfani mai rikodin. Anan ne tafiyarsa ta ƙwararrun waƙa ta fara.
Matakai na hanyar kirkira na Lil Jon
Da zarar a cikin ɗakin rikodin, wani mutum mai basira ya sami babban matsayi a ofishin yanki na kamfanin.
Jonathan (Lil Jon) yana rubuta waƙa a baya a 1993 lokacin yana ɗan shekara 22.
Aikin farko na matashin ɗan wasan kwaikwayo da mawaki a cikin 1996 shine kundin Def Bass All-Stars. Mawakan rapper na Atlanta sun taimaka masa yin rikodin tarin. Kundin ya sami ƙwararriyar Zinariya ta RIAA kuma an bi shi da jerin LPs.
A cikin layi daya da wannan, a cikin 1995, mawaƙin ya kirkiro ƙungiyar Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz. Sunan ya shaida asali da wurin zama na membobin kungiyar. Dukkansu mazauna yankin gabashin Atlanta ne.
A cikin 1997, ƙungiyar ta fito da aikinsu na farko, Get Crunk, Who U Wit: Da Album. Shi ne ya shahara da sabon salon kidan crunk (crank). Kundin ya kunshi kade-kade 17, kuma daya daga cikinsu shine Who U Wit? ya zama sananne sosai a Atlanta.
Amma masu sauraro ba su shirya don sabon salon ba. Kuma idan babu kamfanin talla, siyar da kundin ya kasance "rashin nasara".
Kundin rukunin na biyu, Mu Har yanzu Crunk! (2000) ya sha wahala iri ɗaya da na farko. Duk da gazawar da ta bayyana, a baya shi ne nasara marar ganuwa. Wakilin gidan rediyon New York ya sanya hannu kan yarjejeniya tare da mawakan. Don haka, an samar musu da karbuwa a matakin kasa.
Kundin na uku, Sanya Yo Hood Up! (2001) (tallafan TVT Records) ya shahara sosai kuma ya tafi zinari. Bia, Bia daga wannan kundin ya shiga cikin waƙoƙi 20 da aka fi sauke bisa ga gidan yanar gizon na musamman.
Album Kings of Crunk ya bayyana a shekara mai zuwa - platinum biyu. Kuma waƙar Get Low har yanzu tana sauti a cikin shahararrun kulake na duniya. Wannan aikin ne ya kasance waƙar sauti ga shahararren wasan Buƙatar Sauri: Ƙarƙashin Ƙasa. A ƙarshen 2003, wannan kundin ya shiga cikin jerin 20 mafi kyawun siyarwa a Amurka.
Kundin Crunk Juice, wanda aka saki a 2004, shi ma platinum biyu ne.
"Hutu" a cikin aikin Lil Jon da ci gaba
Bayan irin wannan gagarumar nasara, mawakin ya huta a cikin aikinsa na tsawon shekaru 6. Dalilin haka shi ne sabani da TVT Records. Cika wajibai a ƙarƙashin yarjejeniya tare da ɗakin karatu, mawaƙin ya fitar da abun da ke cikin solo Snap Yo Fingers. Sannan yarjejeniyar da ke tsakaninsu ta karye.
Ya dawo ne kawai a cikin 2010 tare da aikin solo Crunk Rock. Mawaƙin ya yi rikodin kundinsa a ɗakin rikodin rikodi na Jamhuriyar Universal.
Ainihin "nasara" ita ce Juya Sauka don Menene, wanda aka rubuta a cikin 2014 tare da DJ Snake. Wannan tsarin kida ya sami rikodin ra'ayoyi miliyan 203 akan YouTube. Duo ya lashe lambar yabo ta MTV Video Music Awards don Mafi Darakta.
Sannan mawakin ya gabatar da wani sabon album din solo Party Animal a shekarar 2015.
Menene aka sani game da dangin Lila John da taimakonsa?
Lil Jon ya auri Nicole Smith. Sun daɗe ba su kulla dangantaka ba. A shekara ta 1998, sun haifi ɗa, kuma a 2004 sun tsara dangantaka. Ɗan sanannen uba yanzu an san shi ga jama'a a matsayin DJ Slade. Uba da uwa suna alfahari da shi.
Mai wasan kwaikwayo baya tallata rayuwarsa ta sirri. A Intanet, zaku iya samun hotuna da bayanan bidiyo kawai game da ayyukan ƙwararru ko ayyukan agaji na tauraron.
