Mitchell released his debut single "
Mr. Tung Twista" in 1991. In 1992, he released his first album, ''
Runnin' Off at da Mouth'', as Tung Twista. His second album,
Resurrection, was set to be released in 1994, but due to problems with his record label at the time
Atlantic Records and marketing issues involving fellow Chicago rapper
Common's
album of the same name, the album was only released in the city of Chicago and thus got little national attention. In 1996, he teamed with Chicago producer
the Legendary Traxster and Creator's Way / CWAL artists
Do or Die on the track "
Po Pimp" produced by the Legendary Traxster, which became a hit single. This led to a CWAL's label deal with Atlantic Records, which released
Adrenaline Rush in 1997. Twista had by then dropped the "Tung" from his stage name.
Adrenaline Rush became Twista's first charting album, as it peaked at #77 on the
Billboard 200. The album also spawned a
Billboard Hot 100 hit in "
Get It Wet" produced by the Legendary Traxster, which peaked at #96. In 1998, Twista teamed with other Chicago area rappers to form
Speedknot Mobstaz. They released their first album,
Mobstability, produced entirely by the Legendary Traxster, in 1998. Twista then joined label Legit Ballin', which released two compilation albums:
Legit Ballin' in 1999 and ''Legit Ballin' Vol. 2: Street Scriptures'' in 2001. Its first single "
Slow Jamz" (also featured on West's debut album
The College Dropout), featured West and
Jamie Foxx and became a
number-one hit in the US. In 2009, Twista appeared on the single "Legendary" with fellow Chicago rappers AK-47 of
Do or Die and
Saurus and Bones. Twista released his eighth solo album,
The Perfect Storm on November 9, 2010. The first single from the album, "
Make a Movie" produced by the Legendary Traxster, featuring
Chris Brown, was released on August 24, 2010. Two buzz singles were released, "I Do" produced by Traxster and "Heat" produced by fellow Chicago producers
No I.D. and the Legendary Traxster. The album features artists such as
Waka Flocka Flame,
Raekwon, Tia London,
Sean "Diddy" Combs,
Ray J, and others. Production on the album is mainly by the Legendary Traxster along with Streetrunner, the Kray Twinz, Tight Mike, and No I.D., Twista discussed his new documentary, directed by
Vlad Yudin and the making of
The Perfect Storm, including his belief that artists need to do more than just record songs and that they need to become more involved with the community around them. A documentary film,
Mr. Immortality: The Life and Times of Twista, was released in November 2010. In January 2013, Twista was featured in a remix of
Lil Reese's song "Traffic". As of 2013, Twista was working on his ninth studio album,
Dark Horse. He also was rumored to be in the works of signing a record deal with
Kanye West's record label
GOOD Music, although in an interview with
HipHopDX, Twista denied the rumor. The first single was "Throwin' My Money" (featuring R. Kelly) and produced by Chris Millionaire. Twista appeared on the song "Jewels n' Drugs" by
Lady Gaga on the album
Artpop. "It's Yours" (featuring Tia London) was released on May 6, 2014, as the second single of the aforementioned album. It was serviced to
urban contemporary radio in the US on May 27, 2014, by
Capitol Records.
Dark Horse was released on August 12, 2014. Twista is featured on the song "Gossip" from
When Music Worlds Collide released in May 2015. Twista released his mixtape
Summer 96 in 2019. It includes the song "Home Invasion" which features "Do or Die" and was produced by Hearon Tracks. Twista appeared on the TV game show
To Tell the Truth (on
ABC) in 2017. In 2019, he appeared as a judge on the rap competition series
Rhythm + Flow on
Netflix. ==Personal life==