OT Genasis

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OT Genasis (born June 18, 1987 in Atlanta , Georgia ; real name Odis Oliver Flores ) is an American rapper. He was best known for the two singles CoCo and Cut It , which achieved high chart positions in the United States and are part of the urban repertoire of many disco DJs worldwide . He is under contract with The Conglomerate des rapper Busta Rhymes .

life and career

Flores was born in Atlanta , the capital of the US state Georgia . He grew up with his Belize parents in Long Beach , California . His musical role models include 50 Cent , 2Pac and Ludacris .

50 Cent recorded him in 2011 on his G-Unit Records label , through which Genasis released his first mixtape Black Belt in 2012 . However, he landed a flop, which is why he left the contract a short time later and instead signed with Busta Rhymes ' The Conglomerate in order to then work with Busta Rhymes and J-Doe on the album Catastrophic 2 , which was released in 2014. In 2015, in addition to his best-known single CoCo , which reached number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 , another album entitled Rhythm & Bricks was released .

Discography

Mix tapes

  • 2012: Black Belt ( G-Unit Records )
  • 2014: Catastrophic 2 (The Conglomerate)
  • 2015: Rhythm & Bricks (The Conglomerate)
  • 2016: Coke N Butter (The Conglomerate)

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
CH CH US US
2015 CoCo
 CH64 (2 weeks)
CH 		US20th
platinum
platinum

(20 weeks)US
2016 Cut it
 - US35
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(20 weeks)US
feat. Young Dolph

More singles

  • 2014: touchdown
  • 2014: Touchdown Remix ( feat.Busta Rhymes and J-Doe)
  • 2015: The Flyest
  • 2015: Ricky
  • 2015: OV (It's Over)
  • 2015: Do It
  • 2016: Push It (US:goldgold)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Profile of OT Genasis , hotnewhiphop.com, accessed on August 30, 2016. (English)
  2. ↑ a b Chart data: US .
  3. ↑ Andy Kellman: Biography at Allmusic , allmusic.com, accessed on August 30, 2016. (English)
  4. ↑ Music Sales Awards: US
personal data
SURNAME Genasis, OT
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Flores, Odis (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American rapper
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Atlanta , Georgia