Big Pooh first got his break by Beni B of ABB Records. He had been pursued by most of the major labels for about a year. He ended up signing to Atlantic "because the independent label we were signed to, ABB felt Atlantic was the best route for them as well as us". His deal with Atlantic ended in 2007. In January 2007, in response to the departure of Little Brother member, co-founder and main producer
9th Wonder, Pooh stated in an interview that "there are no hard feelings and no beef", adding that "this is just a decision that had to be made so all three of us could move forward and continue to provide the world with dope music." Pooh appeared on the Little Brother download-only
mixtape entitled
And Justus for All, which was released free on the internet February 13, 2007, mixed by DJ Mick Boogie. In 2009, he released a new interim "street" album,
The Delightful Bars, with four slightly different versions of the album available, including one
iTunes exclusive "Candy Apple" edition which contains 13 tracks, each featuring different artwork showing a nude model sprinkled with candy. The video for the album's lead single, "The Comeback," features a kitchen scene with Pooh surrounded by women preparing ingredients, baking and packaging "Delightful Bars" candy bars. The first release will be an album produced entirely by
Virginia producer
Nottz, while the second project will be an EP produced by the label's production roster. Pooh graduated from
South Lakes High School in
Reston, Virginia in 1998. ==Discography==