Saigon (rapper)

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Saigon
Saigon
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Warning Shots 2
  US 170 October 24, 2009 (1 week)
The Greatest Story Never Told
  US 61 05.03.2011 (3 weeks)
Greatest Story Never Told Chapter 2: Bread And Circuses
  US 189 11/24/2012 (1 week)
Singles
Ooh Wee (with Mark Ronson , Ghostface Killah , Nate Dogg & Trife)
  DE 95 05/01/2004 (5 weeks)
  UK 15th 11/01/2003 (10 weeks)

Saigon (born June 1, 1978 in Brooklyn , New York ; real name Brian Daniel Carenard ), also known as The Yardfather , Saigiddy and 96-A-0549 , is an American rapper .

biography

Saigon spent some of his youth with relatives in Brooklyn , New Jersey and Virginia . He started selling marijuana in the neighborhood at the age of 11 . At the age of 13 he got into a street gang . At the age of 15, Saigon was sentenced to prison for serious offenses, including assault with a gun. While in prison, he read a book by Wallace Terry about the Vietnam War , which inspired him and led him to his stage name Saigon.

Saigon is under contract with the music label Fort Knocks Entertainment of its discoverer Just Blaze .

In 2005 Saigon made a few brief appearances as himself in the second and third seasons of the TV series Entourage .

Saigon was attacked and injured in New York on the night of January 17, 2006. On September 18, 2007, he got into a fight with Prodigy of Mobb Deep in New York .

In November 2007, Saigon announced that it would end his career, but reversed this decision a short time later on his blog on his MySpace page. Together with Statik Selektah, he released the only digitally available album All in a Day's Work in March 2009 , which was supposedly recorded within a day. On February 15, 2011 he released his album "The Greatest Story Never Told", which reached number 7 in the rap album charts and number 61 in the official sales charts in the USA.

Discography

  • 2003: Da Yard Father 1 - The Best of Saigon (Mixtape)
  • 2003: Da Yard Father 2 - On the Go Back (Mixtape)
  • 2004: Warning Shots (Mixtape)
  • 2005: The Abandoned Tracks Volume 1 (Freedownloadmixtape)
  • 2005: The Abandoned Tracks Volume 2 (Freedownloadmixtape)
  • 2005: Abandoned Nation (Mixtape)
  • 2006: Welcome to Saigon (Mixtape with DJ Drama)
  • 2006: The Return of the Yardfather (Mixtape with Clinton Sparks and DJ Kay Slay)
  • 2006: Belly of the Beast (The Scram Jones Files) (Mixtape)
  • 2007: The Moral of the Story
  • 2009: Warning Shots 2
  • 2009: All in a Day's Work (with Statik Selektah)
  • 2011: The Greatest Story Never Told (Album)
  • 2012: Warning Shots 3 (album)
  • 2014: Gsnt 3: The Troubled Times Of Brian Carenard

Filmography

  • 2005-2006: Entourage
  • 2006: Rap Sheet: Hip-Hop and the drops
  • 2006: Bring That Year Back 2006: Laugh Now, Cry Later

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Chart sources: US
personal data
SURNAME Saigon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Carenard, Brian Daniel (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American rap musician
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York , USA