Leslie Pridgen (born July 8, 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) better known as Freeway is an American rapper signed to Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella imprint under Def Jam Recordings. He is notable for rhymes which are checkered throughout his verses, and for the long beard he keeps due to his Muslim faith. He got his name from the infamous drug trafficker Ricky Ross, similar to another rapper called Rick Ross. Currently lives in The Marquis Apartments in King of Prussia, PA. Free was a part of the Philly group State Property. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 480 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (600 × 750 pixel, file size: 33 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area    - City 369. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Roc-A-Fella Records is an American hip hop/rap record label. ... Def Jam Recordings is an American based hip-hop record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as a part of The Island Def Jam Music Group. ... G-Unit Records is a record label founded by 50 Cent and his manager Sha Money XL. After the debut of the album Get Rich or Die Tryin, 50 Cent was granted his own label. ... State Property is a rap crew from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA led by Roc-A-Fella Records rapper Beanie Sigel and comprised of Philly rappers Freeway, Peedi Crakk, Oschino Vazquez and Omillio Sparks, and the Young Gunz (Young Chris and Neef). ... This article refers to the rapper Beanie Sigel. For the gangster, see Bugsy Siegel. ... Jay-Z (aka the Jigga, HOV and Hova, born Shawn Carter on December 4, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African American rapper/hip hop artist and record label executive; one of the most popular and successful rappers of the late 1990s and early 2000s. ... is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area    - City 369. ... Rap redirects here. ... Jay-Z (aka the Jigga, HOV and Hova, born Shawn Carter on December 4, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African American rapper/hip hop artist and record label executive; one of the most popular and successful rappers of the late 1990s and early 2000s. ... Roc-A-Fella Records, one of the largest United States hip hop/rap record labels, was co-founded in New York City by hip hop mogul Damon Dash and now multi-platinum rapper Jay-Z in 1995. ... Def Jam Recordings is an American based hip-hop record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as a part of The Island Def Jam Music Group. ... For the slang term, see Beard (female companion). ... There is also a collection of Hadith called Sahih Muslim A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Persian: Mosalman or Mosalmon Urdu: مسلمان, Turkish: Müslüman, Albanian: Mysliman, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of the religion of Islam. ... Freeway Ricky Ross Ricky Ross was a drug trafficker whom many consider responsible for beginning the cocaine epidemic in the U.S. during the 1980s. ... William Roberts (born February 8, 1977 in Carol City, Florida) better known by his stage name Rick Ross (alternate form Rick Ro$$ ), is a rapper from Carol City in northern Miami-Dade County, Florida of Haitian descent[1]]].[1] Ross moniker is borrowed from drug trafficker Ricky Freeway Ross, who...

Biography

Early life

In 1997, Freeway, who began his career as an MC by battling at the lunch tables in his high school cafeteria, met fellow Philly native Beanie Sigel while rapping on stage at a hometown nightclub. "We ain’t never exchange numbers or anything, but he told me I was hot and I told him he was hot," said Freeway. The two struggling MCs also made a pact that whoever got signed first would help get the other a record deal. Staying true to his word, Beanie Sigel "came back and got Freeway" not long after being signed to Roc-A-Fella Records. Freeway became one of the label's most valuable artists after making his first appearance on The Dynasty: Roc La Familia and appearing on several other Roc-A-Fella releases before putting out his solo album, Philadelphia Freeway. Roc-A-Fella Records is an American hip hop/rap record label. ... Philadelphia Freeway was the debut album from Philadelphia rapper Freeway. ...

Debut album

The album was produced primarily by Roc-A-Fella-affiliated artists, Just Blaze, Bink!, and Kanye West and featured mostly Roc-A-Fella rappers as well, many of them from State Property, a Philadelphia-based bunch of Roc-A-Fella members that Freeway and Beanie Sigel had compiled into a group. The album's biggest hit was "Flipside" featuring Peedi Crack. Justin Smith (born in Paterson, New Jersey on January 14, 1978), better known as Just Blaze, is an American hip hop music producer. ... Bink!, A.K.A. Bink Dogg, is an African-American producer associated with Roc-A-Fella Records. ... Kanye Omari West (pronounced /kɑnjɛj/) (born June 8, 1977) is an American record producer and rapper who rose to fame in the mid 2000s. ... State Property is a rap crew from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA led by Roc-A-Fella Records rapper Beanie Sigel and comprised of Philly rappers Freeway, Peedi Crakk, Oschino Vazquez and Omillio Sparks, and the Young Gunz (Young Chris and Neef). ...

Relations between Beanie Sigel and State Property soured after the incarceration of Sigel, and State Property essentially broke up. Whether Sigel and Freeway are still friends is unclear, though Sigel has said he didn't know if he would ever work with State Property again. However, Sigel was present at Jay-Z's I Declare War concert alongside Freeway. On the most recent Young Chris mixtape entitled "Killadelphia: More Bodies than Dayz", Freeway is on a track with Beanie, Peedi Crakk, and Young Chris, which seems to indicate at least some members of State Property are back on good terms.

Ice City

After his debut album, Freeway put together another Philadelphia-based crew named Ice City. The group is named after their neighborhood North Philly. Besides Freeway, Ice City is made up of Face Money, Bars, Indy 500, Peedi Crakk, and Hydro. Welcome to the Hood, their debut album, was released under Sure Shot Recordings, but received little attention. After his debut album, Freeway put together another Philadelphia-based crew named Ice City. ... Peedi Peedi (born October 18, 1978, Pedro Zayas, and formerly Peedi Crakk) is a rapper from Philadelphia, Pennsylvanias North Philadelphia neighborhood in a community known as Ice City. He was once a member of State Property, alongside Beanie Sigel, longtime friend Freeway, Young Gunz, Oschino Vazquez and Omillio Sparks. ...

Recent events

Freeway is currently recording for his second album, Free at Last. It is scheduled to be released on November 20th 2007.^[1] For other uses, see Free at Last. ... November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

Freeway teamed up with DJ Noodles and HipHopGame.com to release a new mixtape, titled "Heavyweight Flow" in preparation for his new album, Free at Last. Released on September 15th, 2007^[2] DJ Noodles is a Hip-Hop producer and radio DJ in the U.S. Noodles can be heard weekly on his Fix Your Face Radio program airing on Sirius Satellite Radio and his weekly syndicated radio show named The Blast Off Mix which airs throughout the U.S. and in... For other uses, see Free at Last. ...

Other collaborations

• He had a verse on the Kanye West track "Two Words" with Mos Def from album The College Dropout. Also was featured on the track "We Gangsta" on Tito 6's album King of the Great Lakes.
• He also appeared in the video game Def Jam: Fight For NY.
• Appeared on Hector "El Father"'s compilation album Los Rompe Discotekas and collaborated with Polaco on the track "Soñando".
• He appeared along with Jay-Z on Eminem's 8 mile soundtrack on a song called "8 Miles and Runnin'".
• He also collaborated with Keshia Chante on the song "Fallen".
• Freeway has also made appearances on albums by Jay-Z, Memphis Bleek, The Diplomats, Jermaine Dupri, among others.
• Freeway was also a featured guest on the "Cannon Remix" by DJ Drama, Lil Wayne, Gillie the Kid, Detroit Red,and Juice (which is going to be on the upcoming Gangsta Grillz: The Album)
• Freeway has also collaborated with Phoenix based rappers AZ Boys on a song called "Murder Scene" also featuring The Game.
• Collaborated with Paul Wall on two tracks: on "State to State" from The People's Champ, and also on "On The Grind" (along with Crys Wall, Paul's wife) from Get Money, Stay True.
• Collaborated Turf Talk on the track: 'Minnie Minnie' from The Westcoast Vaccine (The Cure)
• Appeared on a remix of "Ooh Wee" by producer Mark Ronson. The track also featured Ghostface Killah, Saigon, Nate Dogg & Trife Da God.

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Albums

• 2003: Philadelphia Freeway
• 2007: Free at Last

Philadelphia Freeway was the debut album from Philadelphia rapper Freeway. ... Free at Last is the second studio album by rapper Freeway. ...

References

is the 235th day of the year (236th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

External links

• Official Site
• Freeway
• Freeway at MySpace