Born into a Jamaican-American family in the
Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City, After, he decided to drop the "Mr." from his name and release 2 additional singles under the independent label Push Play Music: "Big-Man Lil-Man/P.I.M.P." (2002) and "I Did You Wrong" (2003). The latter contained a production credit by from the team aforementioned Blackout Movement, who would also produce the rapper's breakout single in 2006, "
This Is Why I'm Hot." This would not be enough to finalize a legitimate record deal for the artist. In 2006, he began to record tracks for
Latin hip hop label Urban Box Office. He decided that it would be in his best interests to structure his own label situation. He would also create
American King Music alongside a few business partners. While "This Is Why I'm Hot" gradually increased in airplay, the song did well enough on local radio stations, including New York's
Power 105.1. It also eventually peaked at atop the US
Billboard Hot 100. After a multi-million dollar bidding war, Mims finally signed with the labels
EMI and
Capitol Records; whom released his major studio debut,
Music Is My Savior, in 2007. Mims released his second studio effort on April 7, 2009, titled
Guilt. In October 2008, "Move (If You Wanna)" became the first official single from Mims' new album, peaking at #63 on the
Hot 100 charts. The second single was released on April 7, 2009, entitled "
Love Rollercoaster" featuring
LeToya Luckett. In February 2010, Mims appeared alongside
KRS-One and
Redman on a song entitled "How to Be an Emcee 2010". Mims' relationship with his record label deteriorated during the making of
Guilt, and so after the album's release, he decided to move into the technology field instead of continuing to produce music. Mims collaborated with businessman Erik Mendelson to create an app called RecordGram, which launched in 2016. In 2017, RecordGram won
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