At age 14, Pankey was first signed by
Tommy Mottola to
Casablanca Records and
Def Jam Recordings.
Jay-Z shepherded him into a joint venture through
The Island Def Jam Music Group. He was featured on a
remix of
Rihanna's single "
If It's Lovin' That You Want". He mixtape
The Apprentice 3 – Season Finale has amassed over 85,000 listens on the
mixtape website
DatPiff. He also contributed a verse to the original version of
Lil Wayne's "
A Milli" before it was replaced with new verses by Wayne for the album version. In 2009, Pankey signed a contract with After Platinum Records. In early 2010, he signed with
Young Money Entertainment and
Universal Motown. He has worked with actor and musician
Nick Cannon. It was announced that
Universal Republic Records was going defunct, all of the artists on the roster moved from the label including (Cory Gunz) was being moved to
Republic Records making the label itself revived. Pankey was a featured artist on Dirti Diana's 2013 mixtape
R.I.P. To The Competition. On July 16, 2013, he released his first mixtape in two years with ''Datz WTF I'm Talkin Bout
, it featured guest appearances by Busta Rhymes, Charlie Rock, Mack Maine, Wiz Khalifa, and Juicy J among others. In March 2014, Pankey revealed he was working on an EP titled Kriminal Mind'' and following its release he would release his debut studio album. == Legal issues ==