106 & Park! Rap City! Summer 2003! I remember all too well, the "Dirty South" had our speakers pumpin' and the dance floors rockin' to hits from David Banner, Ludacris, and the Ying Yang Twins but this particular young man had all the girls screaming his name "CHINGY".
Does the song “Right Thurr” ring a bell?. It was his breakout hit, but he quickly blossomed into one of the brightest young stars of that time. “Right Thurr” was just the start, as he released four (4) studio albums, eight (8) mixtapes, fifteen (15) singles.
With popular hits such as, “Pullin’ Me Back” (ft. Tyrese), “All the Way To St Louis” (Ft. David Banner, and the late Nate Dogg), “Leave Wit Me” (Ft. R. Kelly), “Holidae Inn” (Ft. Ludacris, Snoop Dogg), “One Call Away” (Ft. Jason Weaver).
Chingy was featured on BET’s docuseries "FINDING", where he discussed his successes and his mistakes that had cost him his career.
Chingy expressed how his biggest mistake may have been his choice in legal representation; and being young at the time, he employed a St. Louis lawyer, whom his mother recommended.
The lawyer made claims that the label was stealing from Chingy. This resulted in Chingy being dropped from the label and moved to Capitol Records, which further sparked a public feud between him Southern rapper Ludacris.
During a 2004 interview with Chingy’s Manager, Chaka Zulu, and Ludacris, they stated, “We don’t want anybody representing the crew who is going to make false accusations like that, we have no respect for this individual basically.”
Chaka Zulu said that the books were shown to Chiny’s accountant who confirmed that there were no signs of theft and there was no money missing.
Ludacris had this to say in response to Ching-a-Ling’s allegations “I’m the CEO of the company, I’m also an artist, but I sign artists with the expectation of every single artist being as big as they can possibly be. That’s what makes me happy, because we are a family. You can still internally do your own thing, but still be a part of the family. No one’s going to pigeonhole you. We’re here to make you as successful as possible because it in turn makes us successful.”
It seems the move to Capitol Records was no fruitful as Ching registered poor performance for his second album Powerballin’. The rapper claims the album was poorly promoted and both Capitol and Slot-A-Lot Records dropping the ball when it came to putting out singles.
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| Transgender Sidney Starr |
Poor album performance and beef with Nelly in 2005 really put things into perspective for Ching. The beef with Nelly saw the release of songs such as, “Another One” and “We Got.” Both artists have since squashed the beef and are even doing shows together.
He was rumored to be involved in a romantic relationship with transgender model Sidney Starr.
In a detailed interview with VLAD TV Sidney explains how she (He) met Chingy at a show in Chicago. The model later revealed that she (He) lied and issued a public apology.
Chingy nor His career was unable to recover this embarrassing scandal. Now 39, the rapper plans to continue his music career; he was currently working on a project "Just Like That" but stated that if is his legacy is that he is only known as the guy who sings “Right Thurr” then so be it!
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